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| <h1 align="center"> Yargs </h1> | |
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| <b >Yargs be a node.js library fer hearties tryin' ter parse optstrings</b> | |
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| ## Description | |
| Yargs helps you build interactive command line tools, by parsing arguments and generating an elegant user interface. | |
| It gives you: | |
| * commands and (grouped) options (`my-program.js serve --port=5000`). | |
| * a dynamically generated help menu based on your arguments: | |
| ``` | |
| mocha [spec..] | |
| Run tests with Mocha | |
| Commands | |
| mocha inspect [spec..] Run tests with Mocha [default] | |
| mocha init <path> create a client-side Mocha setup at <path> | |
| Rules & Behavior | |
| --allow-uncaught Allow uncaught errors to propagate [boolean] | |
| --async-only, -A Require all tests to use a callback (async) or | |
| return a Promise [boolean] | |
| ``` | |
| * bash-completion shortcuts for commands and options. | |
| * and [tons more](/docs/api.md). | |
| ## Installation | |
| Stable version: | |
| ```bash | |
| npm i yargs | |
| ``` | |
| Bleeding edge version with the most recent features: | |
| ```bash | |
| npm i yargs@next | |
| ``` | |
| ## Usage | |
| ### Simple Example | |
| ```javascript | |
| #!/usr/bin/env node | |
| const yargs = require('yargs/yargs') | |
| const { hideBin } = require('yargs/helpers') | |
| const argv = yargs(hideBin(process.argv)).argv | |
| if (argv.ships > 3 && argv.distance < 53.5) { | |
| console.log('Plunder more riffiwobbles!') | |
| } else { | |
| console.log('Retreat from the xupptumblers!') | |
| } | |
| ``` | |
| ```bash | |
| $ ./plunder.js --ships=4 --distance=22 | |
| Plunder more riffiwobbles! | |
| $ ./plunder.js --ships 12 --distance 98.7 | |
| Retreat from the xupptumblers! | |
| ``` | |
| > Note: `hideBin` is a shorthand for [`process.argv.slice(2)`](https://nodejs.org/en/knowledge/command-line/how-to-parse-command-line-arguments/). It has the benefit that it takes into account variations in some environments, e.g., [Electron](https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/4690). | |
| ### Complex Example | |
| ```javascript | |
| #!/usr/bin/env node | |
| const yargs = require('yargs/yargs') | |
| const { hideBin } = require('yargs/helpers') | |
| yargs(hideBin(process.argv)) | |
| .command('serve [port]', 'start the server', (yargs) => { | |
| return yargs | |
| .positional('port', { | |
| describe: 'port to bind on', | |
| default: 5000 | |
| }) | |
| }, (argv) => { | |
| if (argv.verbose) console.info(`start server on :${argv.port}`) | |
| serve(argv.port) | |
| }) | |
| .option('verbose', { | |
| alias: 'v', | |
| type: 'boolean', | |
| description: 'Run with verbose logging' | |
| }) | |
| .parse() | |
| ``` | |
| Run the example above with `--help` to see the help for the application. | |
| ## Supported Platforms | |
| ### TypeScript | |
| yargs has type definitions at [@types/yargs][type-definitions]. | |
| ``` | |
| npm i @types/yargs --save-dev | |
| ``` | |
| See usage examples in [docs](/docs/typescript.md). | |
| ### Deno | |
| As of `v16`, `yargs` supports [Deno](https://github.com/denoland/deno): | |
| ```typescript | |
| import yargs from 'https://deno.land/x/yargs/deno.ts' | |
| import { Arguments } from 'https://deno.land/x/yargs/deno-types.ts' | |
| yargs(Deno.args) | |
| .command('download <files...>', 'download a list of files', (yargs: any) => { | |
| return yargs.positional('files', { | |
| describe: 'a list of files to do something with' | |
| }) | |
| }, (argv: Arguments) => { | |
| console.info(argv) | |
| }) | |
| .strictCommands() | |
| .demandCommand(1) | |
| .parse() | |
| ``` | |
| ### ESM | |
| As of `v16`,`yargs` supports ESM imports: | |
| ```js | |
| import yargs from 'yargs' | |
| import { hideBin } from 'yargs/helpers' | |
| yargs(hideBin(process.argv)) | |
| .command('curl <url>', 'fetch the contents of the URL', () => {}, (argv) => { | |
| console.info(argv) | |
| }) | |
| .demandCommand(1) | |
| .parse() | |
| ``` | |
| ### Usage in Browser | |
| See examples of using yargs in the browser in [docs](/docs/browser.md). | |
| ## Community | |
| Having problems? want to contribute? join our [community slack](http://devtoolscommunity.herokuapp.com). | |
| ## Documentation | |
| ### Table of Contents | |
| * [Yargs' API](/docs/api.md) | |
| * [Examples](/docs/examples.md) | |
| * [Parsing Tricks](/docs/tricks.md) | |
| * [Stop the Parser](/docs/tricks.md#stop) | |
| * [Negating Boolean Arguments](/docs/tricks.md#negate) | |
| * [Numbers](/docs/tricks.md#numbers) | |
| * [Arrays](/docs/tricks.md#arrays) | |
| * [Objects](/docs/tricks.md#objects) | |
| * [Quotes](/docs/tricks.md#quotes) | |
| * [Advanced Topics](/docs/advanced.md) | |
| * [Composing Your App Using Commands](/docs/advanced.md#commands) | |
| * [Building Configurable CLI Apps](/docs/advanced.md#configuration) | |
| * [Customizing Yargs' Parser](/docs/advanced.md#customizing) | |
| * [Bundling yargs](/docs/bundling.md) | |
| * [Contributing](/contributing.md) | |
| ## Supported Node.js Versions | |
| Libraries in this ecosystem make a best effort to track | |
| [Node.js' release schedule](https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/). Here's [a | |
| post on why we think this is important](https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/maintainers-should-consider-following-node-js-release-schedule-ab08ed4de71a). | |
| [npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/yargs | |
| [npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/yargs.svg | |
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| [standard-url]: http://standardjs.com/ | |
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| [conventional-commits-url]: https://conventionalcommits.org/ | |
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| [type-definitions]: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/yargs | |
| [coverage-image]: https://img.shields.io/nycrc/yargs/yargs | |
| [coverage-url]: https://github.com/yargs/yargs/blob/main/.nycrc | |