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@architect/utils
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@architect/utils @architect/utils are common utilities for the @architect suite of projects.
npm i @architect/utils
utils.banner(params)Responsible for printing the standard banner, and loading the basic environment variables and necessary AWS credentials necessary to run Architect.
params are required with the following available properties:
inventory (required): Inventory object from @architect/inventorydisableBanner (boolean): skip printing the banner and Architect's AWS environment bootstrapping routinesdisableRegion (boolean): don't print the AWS region (useful in public CI scenarios, for example)disableProfile (boolean): don't print the AWS profile (also useful in public CI scenarios)version (string): the package version string to print out (e.g. Architect 1.2.3)quiet (boolean): disable banner printingutils.getLambdaName(fn)Returns a valid AWS Lambda function name based on its URL (route).
utils.pathToUnix(pathString)Converts any path to a Unix style path, with / as the seperator. This works around Windows issues where / is assumed across other parts of Architect.
utils.toLogicalID(str)Converts str into PascalCase for CloudFormation use.
utils.updater(name, params)name (a string) is required; params may include the boolean option quiet to manually override Architect's global printing status.
Returns a function to be reused for standardized logging updates with the following methods:
status - prints an affirmative status update
start - starts an animated progress indicator
updatedone - ends current progress indicator with an update
stopcancel - cancels current progress indicator without an updateerr - pretty prints an error
error and failwarn - cancels current progress indicator and prints a warning
warnraw - just logs a message as-is (while respecting quiet)Automatically respects Architect's global printing status, and also respects the following env vars:
ARC_QUIET - if truthy, disables printingCI - if truthy, disables certain terminal progress animationsFAQs
Common utility functions
The npm package @architect/utils receives a total of 72,258 weekly downloads. As such, @architect/utils popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @architect/utils demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 6 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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