What is @poppinss/utils?
@poppinss/utils is a utility library that provides a collection of helper functions for various common tasks in JavaScript and TypeScript. It includes utilities for data manipulation, type checking, and more.
What are @poppinss/utils's main functionalities?
String Manipulation
The string manipulation utilities include functions like camelCase, which converts a string to camel case.
const { string } = require('@poppinss/utils');
const camelCaseString = string.camelCase('hello world');
console.log(camelCaseString); // 'helloWorld'
Object Utilities
Object utilities include functions like clone, which creates a deep copy of an object.
const { object } = require('@poppinss/utils');
const obj = { a: 1, b: 2 };
const clonedObj = object.clone(obj);
console.log(clonedObj); // { a: 1, b: 2 }
Type Checking
Type checking utilities include functions like is.number and is.string, which check the type of a given value.
const { is } = require('@poppinss/utils');
console.log(is.number(123)); // true
console.log(is.string(123)); // false
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Utils
This module exports a collection of re-usable utilties to avoid re-writing the same code in every other package. Do make sure to check the API docs as well.
Table of contents
Usage
Install the package from npm as follows:
npm i @poppinss/utils
yarn add @poppinss/utils
and then use it as follows
import { Exception, requireAll, esmRequire } from '@poppinss/utils'
The module exports the following methods/classes.
Exception
Raise an exception with custom status code and error code.
import { Exception } from '@poppinss/utils'
new Exception('Route not found', 404, 'E_ROUTE_NOT_FOUND')
esmRequire
Require a module and returns the default
export if module is an esModule
or returns the actual value in case of CommonJs.
The method is helpful when you don't know that you are requiring a CommonJs module or a ESM module.
TS module (user.ts)
export default {
username: 'foo'
}
import { esmRequire } from '@poppinss/utils'
esmRequire('./user')
requireAll
Require all .js
and .json
and .ts
files from a given directory.
import { join } from 'path'
import { requireAll } from '@poppinss/utils'
requireAll(join(__dirname, 'config'))
requireAll(join(__dirname, 'config'), false)
requireAll(join(__dirname, 'config'), true, true)
API
Following are the autogenerated files via Typedoc
Change log
The change log can be found in the CHANGELOG.md file.
Contributing
Everyone is welcome to contribute. Please go through the following guides, before getting started.
- Contributing
- Code of conduct
Authors & License
Harminder virk and contributors.
MIT License, see the included MIT file.