areply

areply

the read-eval-print-loop creator for node.js

features

you can add commands listen keypresses listen for user commands listen for user inputs save history

usage

create a simple repl

const areply = require("areply");
const repl = new areply(
  "history-file.txt",
  "my-repl-name",
  "my-repl-prefix",
  "my-repl-version",
  "my-repl-original-name",
  "my-repl-description"
);

explanation:

• first arg is the history file to save the repl history
• second arg is the name to show on questions
• third arg is the prefix of commands
• fourth arg is the version of repl
• fifth arg is the original name of the repl
• last arg is the description of repl

start the repl

repl.start();

• this will start the repl process

create a command

repl.addCommand("command-name", "command-description", commandFunction);

explanation:

• first arg is the name of command
• second arg is the description of command
• last arg is the function that will be called when user call the command

listening events

//keypress
repl.on("keypress", ({ ch, key }) => {
  // the ch is the char
  // the key is the key pressed info
});
//command
repl.on("command", (data) => {
  // this returns the command name and arguments parsed in string and array
});
//user input
repl.on("line", (line) => {
  //the full repl input
});