print-message

print-message

Node.js module for printing out beautiful messages in console.

Installation

Install print-message module:

npm install --save print-message

Getting Started

Require print-message module and call a function:

const printMessage = require('print-message');

printMessage(['Hello, everyone']);

Options

You can set your own options for border.

const printMessage = require('print-message');

printMessage([
    "You can set your own options for border",
    "Options below is default options"
], {
    border: true, // Enable border
    color: 'default', // Default text color from console
    borderColor: 'yellow', // Border color is yellow
    borderSymbol: '─', // Symbol that uses for border
    sideSymbol: '│', // Symbol that uses for side separators
    leftTopSymbol: '┌', // Symbol that uses for left top corner
    leftBottomSymbol: '└', // Symbol that uses for left bottom corner
    rightTopSymbol: '┐', // Symbol that uses for right top corner
    rightBottomSymbol: '┘', // Symbol that uses for right bottom corner
    marginTop: 0, // Margin before border is begins
    marginBottom: 0, // Margin after border is ends
    paddingTop: 0, // Padding after border begins
    paddingBottom: 0, // Padding before border ends
    printFn: process.stdout.write.bind(process.stdout) // Custom function for print generated message
});

Examples

Print simple message

const printMessage = require('print-message');

printMessage([
    "Hello",
    "It's the huge world",
    "But width can be calculated automatically"
]);

Print message with custom options

const printMessage = require('print-message');

printMessage(['You can set your own options for border'], {
    border: true, // Enable border
    color: 'green', // Text color
    borderColor: 'blue', // Border color is blue
    borderSymbol: '│', // Symbol that uses for border
    sideSymbol: '│', // Symbol that uses for side separators
    leftTopSymbol: '└', // Symbol for left top corner
    leftBottomSymbol: '┌', // Symbol for left bottom corner
    rightTopSymbol: '┘', // Symbol for right top corner
    rightBottomSymbol: '┐', // Symbol for right bottom corner
    marginTop: 3, // Margin before border is begins
    marginBottom: 3, // Margin after border is end
    paddingTop: 2, // Padding top after border begins
    paddingBottom: 2, // Padding bottom before border ends
    printFn: function (message) {
        // Custom function that accepts generated message as argument and print it
        process.stdout.write(message);
    }
});

Print message without border

const printMessage = require('print-message');

printMessage([
    "This message will be without border",
    "But you still can set marginTop and marginBottom"
], {
    border: false,
    marginTop: 3,
    marginBottom: 3
});

License

The MIT License (MIT)