absenat/cli.js

dedicated messaging service core

/**
 * @author mr-exception
 * @description In this file, all commands designed as a command line interface are loaded for the user. Its primary responsibility is to retrieve command text from the command line and transfer it to the corresponding method.
 */
const standard_input = process.stdin;
standard_input.setEncoding('utf-8');
const readline = require('readline').createInterface({
  input: standard_input,
  output: process.stdout
});
/**
 * finshes current comannd and starts a new line
 */
const finished = () => {
  readline.question(`# `, command => {
    run_command(command);
  });
}
const run_command = input => {
  let args = input.replace('\n', '').split(' ');
  const command = args[0];
  args.splice(0, 1)

  if (!command_functions[command]) {
    console.log(chalk.red(`Err: Command ${command} not found.`));
    finished();
  } else
    command_functions[command](args, () => {
      finished();
    });
}
/**
 * starts the command line interface with *commands* array
 * @param {array} commands 
 */
const run = () => {
  finished();
}
module.exports = {
  run,
  finished,
}