cmdr

A simple module to parse CLI arguments, flags and options for Deno.

Goals

• Simple to use
• Easy configuration
• Arguments validation (todo)
• Auto-generated manual (todo)

NOTE: expect it to break before 1.0.0 release.

Getting Started

import { cmdr } from "https://deno.land/x/cmdr/mod.ts";

type Options = { name: string; help: boolean };

const { usage, match } cmdr<Options>("hello-world <NAME> -h, --help");

if (match.help) {
  console.info(usage.string);
  Deno.exit(0);
}

console.info(`Hello, ${match.name ? match.name : 'you there'}!`);

Example

Check more exaples here.

// main.ts

import { cmdr } from "https://deno.land/x/cmdr/mod.ts";

const { usage, match } = cmdr<Options>(
  "hello-world <NAME>... -q, --question=<QUESTION> -v, --version -h, --help",
)(Deno.args);

if (match.help) {
  console.info(usage.string);
  Deno.exit(0)
}

if (match.version) {
  console.log("Version: 0.0.0");
  Deno.exit(0);
}

if (match.name.length === 0) {
  console.error("Please, specify at least one <NAME>")
  Deno.exit(1);
}

const namesCombined = match.name.join(", ").replace(
  `, ${match.name[match.name.length - 1]}`,
  ` and ${match.name[match.name.length - 1]}`,
);

console.log(`Hello, ${namesCombined}!`);

if (match.question) {
  console.log(`Here's a question: ${match.question}`)
}

Running the example

$ deno run ./main.ts -q "what do you want for dinner?" John Alice Joe
# Hello, John, Alice and Joe!
# Here's a question: what do you want for dinner?

Compiling the example

$ deno compile --unstable --lite -o hello_world ./main.ts
# ...
$ ./hello_world -q "what do you want for dinner?" John Alice Joe
# Hello, John, Alice and Joe!
# Here's a question: what do you want for dinner?

Contributing

All contributions are very welcome!

If you find any bug or have a feature request, please open a new issue.

For code or documentation contributions, fork this repository, do your thing, and submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is released under the MIT License.