TypeItGpt

A simple library to type a message char by char, with a blinking cursor, that looks like the chatGPT answer.

Demo

Demo

Installation

NPM

npm install typeit-gpt --save

CDN

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/typeit-gpt/src/index.css" />
<div id="message-container""></div>

<script type="module">
    import TypeItGpt from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/typeit-gpt';
    TypeItGpt.typeCursor('Hello World');
</script>

Usage

<!--with default options the library expects a div with id="message-container" to be present in the DOM    -->
<div id="message-container"></div>

import { TypeItGpt } from "typeit-gpt";

// simple usage
TypeCursor.typeCursor("Hello World");

// with options
TypeCursor.typeCursor("Hello World", options);

options

Option	Type	Default	Description
messageContainer	HTMLElement	document.getElementById( 'message-container' ) as HTMLElement	the element that will contain the message
shouldType	( message: string ) => boolean	( message: string ) => !message.includes( '<' )	a callback that is called on every char typed, on false the message will be added directly on true the message will be typed char by char
onType	(oldMessage: string, currentChar: string ) => void	undefined	a callback that is called after every char typed
onEnd	() => void	undefined	a callback that is called when the message is typed
waitLongerChar	Array	[ ',', '.', '?' ]	if the first char is currently typed, add a longer timeout
timings.charInterval	number	50	the time between each char typed
timings.waitLongerInterval	( timeBefore: number ) => number	( timeBefore: number ) => Math.random() _ 50 _ timeBefore	the time between each char typed
timings.spaceInterval	( timeBefore: number ) => number	( timeBefore: number ) => Math.random() _ 5 _ timeBefore	the time between each char typed
startEmpty	boolean	true	if the message should start empty, or append to the previous message
cursorWidth	string	'1rem'	the width of the cursor
cursorColor	string	'white'	the color of the cursor
removeClassAfterEnd	boolean	false	if the type-it-gpt class should be removed from the message after the typing is done

methods

Method	Description
TypeCursor.typeCursor( message: string, userOptions: TypeOptions = defaultOptions, )	types a message char by char
typeCursor( message: string, startEmpty: boolean = true, onEnd: () => void = () => { } )	types a message char by char
setStopTyping()	call this function to write all the message at ones and stop the typing, this is useful if a new message needs to be typed

Typescript

The project is developed using typescript, so weather you use typescript or javascript, you will get documentation and type checking.