loading-indicator

Simple and customizable command line loading indicator

Install

Warning: v2.0.0 is a complete rewrite of the previous implementation.

$ npm install loading-indicator --save

Usage

import loading from 'loading-indicator';
 
// Initialize the loading animation and saves the timer id
const timer = loading.start();
 
// 1500ms later, stop the loading animation passing along the timer id
setTimeout(() => {
  loading.stop(timer);
}, 1500);

Presets

import loading from 'loading-indicator';
// Import available presets
import presets from 'loading-indicator/presets';
 
// Use an available preset (or simply provides an array with your custom preset)
const timer = loading.start(null, {
  frames: presets.arrows
});

Custom text

import loading from 'loading-indicator';
 
// Setup a custom loading text
const timer = loading.start('Loading...');

API

loading.start([text], [options])

Returns a number with the id that is used to reset the render interval (later referenced as timer).

text

Type: string
Default: null

Text do append to the indicator symbol.

options

Type: object

Available options.

options.delay

Type: number (milliseconds)
Default: 100

Delay for the render to be triggered.

options.frames

Type: array
Default: presets.spinner

Frames for the loading animation sequence.

Available presets are:

• spinner (default)
• circle
• dots
• bullets
• arrows
• clock

loading.stop(timer, [shouldKeepOutput])

timer

Required
Type: number (integer)

Id of the render function interval.

shouldKeepOutput

Type: boolean
Default: false

Whether or not to keep the output when loading.stop() is called.

License

MIT ©️ Rafael Rinaldi