Screwdriver

A toolkit adding very helpfull functions to your node scripts.

There is some functions missing in Javascript and node scripts, like checking if a file exists or trimming a string, manipulating HTML colors and easily check the type of a variable.

Example in a node js script :

    // without polyfill

    // Set the sd variable
    var sd = require('node-screwdriver');

    // set path as a string
    var path = './test/myImage.png';

    // use the sd methods
    console.log('Show extension: '+sd.getExtension(path));
    console.log('Show dir: '+sd.getDir(path));

    
    // with polyfill
    require('node-screwdriver').polyfill();
    
    // path is still a string but now we can use path.fileExists()
    if (path.fileExists()) {
        console.log('The file alrady exists');
    } else {
        if (path.touch()) {
            console.log('File created);
        } else {
            console.log('Could not create the file');
        }
    }

Polyfill

You can use the function polyfill() to add methods to the javascript objects and prototypes so it's more easy to use.

Added to all instances of the String objects:

getExtension
getNoExtension
getFilename
getDir
fileExists
touch
dirExists
isHex
isHexShort
trim
ltrim
rtrim
xtrim
contains
endWith
startsWith
ucFirst

Added to all instances of the Array objects:

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    require('node-screwdriver').polyfill();
    var str = '/path/to/file/myImage.png';
    console.log('Extension: '+str.getExtension());
    console.log('Is a file: '+str.fileExists());
    console.log('File name starts with "~": '+str.getFilename().startsWith('~'));

Added to Math object:

randFloat
randInt

    require('node-screwdriver').polyfill();
    var randomX = Math.randInt(0, 100);

Added to Object:

isInt
isFloat
isDefined
isUndefined
isBoolean
isRegexp
isString
isObject

    require('node-screwdriver').polyfill();
    var str = 'My string';
    console.log('Is float: '+Object.isFloat(str);
    console.log('Is boolean: '+Object.isBoolean(str);
    console.log('Is string: '+Object.isString(str);

You can also use the methods without polyfill.

    var sd = require('node-screwdriver');
    var path = './MyDir/';
    if (!path.dirExists()) {
        path.mkdirp();
    }

MATH

randFloat (min, max)

Returns a random float number between min and max, included.

randInt (min, max)

Returns a random integer between min and max, included. Each Integer have the same distribution.

ARRAY

unique (arr)

Returns array with unique values

inArray (arr, value)

Returns true if value is in the array

each (arr, fct, args)

Execute a function for each element of an array

TIME

getDateTime (time)

Get the date and time with the format "Y-m-d H:i:s". Optional time is aimed timestamp in ms

now (time)

Get the time now (timestamp in ms) or time relative to now. Ex: sd.now(246060) is now + 1 day

FILE

getExtension (path)

Get the extension of a file path

getFilename (path)

Get the filename (name and extension) of a file path

getDir (path)

Get the directory of a file path (without the filename)

getNoExtension (path)

Get the filename without the extension of a path

mkdirpSync (dir, mode)

Synchronous mkdirp, create directory and parent directories if needed, similar to command "mkdir -p"

mkdirp (dir, mode, callback)

Create directory and parent directories if needed, similar to command "mkdir -p"

fileExists (path)

Returns true if the path exists and is a file

dirExists (path)

Returns true if the path exists and is a directory

TYPE

isInt (value)

Returns true if the value is an integer

isArray (value)

Returns true if the value is an array

isBoolean (value)

Returns true if the value is a boolean

isUndefined (value)

Returns true if the value is undefined

isDefined (value)

Returns true if the value is defined

isString (value)

Returns true if the value is a string

isRegexp (value)

Returns true if the value is a regular expression

isFunction (value)

Returns true if the value is a function

isObject (value)

Returns true if the value is an object

isHex (value)

Returns true if the string value is a hexadecimal HTML color (#FFFFFF)

isHexShort (value)

Returns true if the string value is a short hexadecimal HTML color (#FFF)

STRING

trim (str)

Return trimmed string, remove left and right space characters

ltrim (str)

Return left trimmed string, remove left space characters

rtrim (str)

Return right trimmed string, remove right space characters

xtrim (str)

Return trimmed string and replace multiple space characters with a single space character

contains (str, search)

Returns true if the search is contained in str

endsWith (str, search)

Returns true if the search is at the end of str

startsWith (str, search, position)

Returns true if str begins with search, optional starts at position

ucFirst (str)

Returns the string with the first character in upper case

VECTOR

degreeToRadian (d)

Converts degree to radian

radianToDegree (r)

Converts radian to degree

normalize (x, y)

Return a normalize vector object

COLOR

hexToRgb (str)

Converts hexadecimal HTML color (#FFF or #FFFFFF) to RGB object {r,g,b}

rgbToHex (str)

Converts RGB object {r,g,b} to hexadecimal HTML color (#FFFFFF)

normalizeHex (str)

Converts short hexadecimal HTML color (#FFF) to full hexadecimal HTML color (#FFFFFF) if needed

Changelog

v0.1.6

Add parameter to getDateTime to change date
Touch file

v0.1.5

ucFirst function

V0.1.4

Polyfill function
Fix small bugs
Add type functions to Object

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