cli-spinner

What is cli-spinner?

The cli-spinner npm package is a simple and customizable spinner for command-line interfaces. It helps to indicate that a process is ongoing, providing a visual cue to users that something is happening in the background.

What are cli-spinner's main functionalities?

Basic Spinner

This feature allows you to create a basic spinner that shows a rotating animation in the terminal. The spinner can be customized with different characters.

const Spinner = require('cli-spinner').Spinner;
const spinner = new Spinner('processing.. %s');
spinner.setSpinnerString('|/-\\');
spinner.start();
setTimeout(() => spinner.stop(true), 5000);

Custom Spinner Strings

This feature allows you to use predefined spinner strings by passing an index to the setSpinnerString method. Each index corresponds to a different spinner animation.

const Spinner = require('cli-spinner').Spinner;
const spinner = new Spinner('loading.. %s');
spinner.setSpinnerString(18);
spinner.start();
setTimeout(() => spinner.stop(true), 5000);

Spinner with Custom Interval

This feature allows you to set a custom delay interval for the spinner animation, making it faster or slower depending on your needs.

const Spinner = require('cli-spinner').Spinner;
const spinner = new Spinner('waiting.. %s');
spinner.setSpinnerString('|/-\\');
spinner.setSpinnerDelay(100);
spinner.start();
setTimeout(() => spinner.stop(true), 5000);

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README

node-spinner

A simple spinner for node cli.

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Installation

This package is available on npm as cli-spinner.

npm install cli-spinner

Example usage

var Spinner = require('cli-spinner').Spinner;

var spinner = new Spinner('processing.. %s');
spinner.setSpinnerString('|/-\\');
spinner.start();

APIs

var obj = new Spinner('processing.. %s')

var obj = new Spinner({
    text: 'processing.. %s',
    stream: process.stderr,
    onTick: function(msg){
        this.clearLine(this.stream);
        this.stream.write(msg);
    }
})

Create a new spinner object. The advanced options can be used in any combination, none of them are required.

obj.start()

Starts the spinner.

obj.stop(clean)

Stops the spinner. Accepts a Boolean parameter to clean the console.

obj.isSpinning()

Returns true/false depending on whether the spinner is currently spinning.

obj.setSpinnerString(spinnerString)

Sets the spinner string. Accepts either a String or an Integer index to reference the built-in spinners.

obj.setSpinnerDelay(spinnerDelay)

Sets the spinner animation speed.

obj.setSpinnerTitle(spinnerTitle)

Sets the spinner title. Use printf-style strings to position the spinner.

Spinner.setDefaultSpinnerString(spinnerString)

Sets the default spinner string for all newly created instances. Accepts either a String or an Integer index to reference the built-in spinners.

Spinner.setDefaultSpinnerDelay(spinnerDelay)

Sets the default spinner delay for all newly created instances.

Demo

To see a demonstration of the built-in spinners, point your console at the example folder and run:

node spinner.js