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@bothrs/util
Advanced tools
Manage Airtable data based on standard env variables.
await select('Blogposts')
=> Load blogposts
await timeout(1000)
=> Wait for 1 second
const busy = await isPending(promise)
=> Check if promise is pending
const [error, data] = await to(promise)
=> Unwrap promise
Manage Airtable data.
await select({ app: '', key: '' }, 'Blogposts')
=> Load blogposts
Fetch JSON + shorthand for Authorization: Bearer
Read and write from filesystem using promises.
Minimal helper for localStorage
Optimize common requests.
Generate random strings and UUIDs.
Filter uniq items from an array.
Manage URLs.
serialize({ example: 'ok' })
=> Build a querystring
Download translations table from Airtable and write to file that can be imported.
Optimistically load translations table from Airtable.
Manage command line.
console.log(green('Success'))
=> Log "success" in green
Demo CDN integration
Command line colors
console.log(green('Success'))
=> Log "success" in green
Svelte store for reconnecting websocket.
Read and write cookies.
Copy to clipboard
Manage dates
Download files
Format strings
Hash shorthands
const hash = md5('test')
Svelte store for user inactivity
const { sub } = unsafeDecode('eY...')
=> Decode JWT
Load knex instance with config based on standard env variables.
import { knex } from 'knex-env'
=> Ready to use knex instance
Knex config based on standard env variables.
Load leaflet JS and CSS.
Load scripts, stylesheets and CSS.
Svelte store for location
Stream logs to a file.
Send mailgun messages.
Render basic markdown to HTML.
Functions with numbers
Load Messenger SDK.
Disable scroll behind modals.
Svelte store for device orientation
Hash and verify passwords.
Get a random element from an array.
Initialize Sentry based on standard env variables.
Send emails with nodemailer based on standard env variables.
Connect to a socket.io server.
Svelte store helpers
Svelte store for light/dark theme
Translation helpers
Launch a Typeform widget.
Load the Voxeet SDK.
Helpers to protect against XSS
FAQs
Common helper functions
The npm package @bothrs/util receives a total of 192 weekly downloads. As such, @bothrs/util popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @bothrs/util demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 7 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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