Name: boring
Owner: P'unk Avenue
Description: A minimalist command line option parser.
Created: 2015-04-11 15:37:51.0
Updated: 2015-12-09 11:58:55.0
Pushed: 2015-04-11 15:40:48.0
Homepage: null
Size: 104
Language: JavaScript
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A command line argument parser without pirates
When someone types:
app jump sideways --foo --bar=whee --super-cool=totally
You get:
[ "jump", "sideways"],
o: true,
r: "whee",
uper-cool": "totally"
Notice that parameters without --, if any, go into the _ array. Parameters with -- become properties in their own right.
argv = require('boring')();
There is no support for old-fashioned “single-hyphen” options, like:
0
Or:
You can't tell which are boolean and which take arguments unless a specification is passed in. And that's not boring enough for me.
These are very simple to implement, and if you're like me, you'd rather do it yourself.
I have nothing against full-featured, pirate-themed option parsers, which are very nice if you're into that sort of thing. I just find myself walking the plank when my options don't follow the pattern of what's easy to validate with piracy.
This simple module is too dumb to break.
boring was created at P'unk Avenue for use in Apostrophe, an open-source content management system built on node.js. If you like boring you should definitely check out apostrophenow.org. Also be sure to visit us on github.
Feel free to open issues on github.
