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moss-node-client
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A node.js client implementation of http://theory.stanford.edu/~aiken/moss/
npm install moss-node-client
Clone the project, navigate to example, edit index.js to specify your moss user id, or alternatively run via cross-env
cross-env MOSS_ID=12345678 node ./index.js
const MossClient = require('moss-node-client')
// Create a client and specify language and moss user id
const client = new MossClient("python", "12345678")
// Name the current session
client.setComment("project1")
// Add a base file
client.addBaseFile('./submissions/base.py', 'base')
// Add files to compare
client.addFile('./submissions/sub1.py', 'sub1')
client.addFile('./submissions/sub2.py', 'sub2')
// Call process(), a async/promise that returns the moss url
client.process().then(url => {
console.log(url)
})
FAQs
A MOSS (by aiken of stanford.edu) client in Node.JS
We found that moss-node-client demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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