hostparty/lib/constants.js

Programmatic and CLI editing for OS hosts file

/**
 * constants used throughout the hostparty application
 */

module.exports = {
    // protected entries that cannot be easily removed
    PROTECTED_ENTRIES: {
        IPS: ['::1', 'fe80::1%lo0'],
        HOSTS: ['localhost']
    },

    // operating system platforms
    PLATFORMS: {
        LINUX: 'linux',
        DARWIN: 'darwin',
        FREEBSD: 'freebsd',
        OPENBSD: 'openbsd',
        WIN32: 'win32'
    },

    // file system paths
    PATHS: {
        UNIX_HOSTS: '/etc/hosts',
        WINDOWS_HOSTS_SUFFIX: '\\System32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts'
    },

    // error codes
    ERROR_CODES: {
        ACCESS_DENIED: 'EACCES'
    },

    // user roles for elevated access
    USER_ROLES: {
        WINDOWS_ADMIN: 'Administrator',
        UNIX_ROOT: 'root'
    },

    // user input responses
    USER_RESPONSES: {
        YES_SHORT: 'y',
        YES_LONG: 'yes',
        NO_SHORT: 'n',
        NO_LONG: 'no'
    },

    // messages and prompts
    MESSAGES: {
        ARGUMENT_SWAP_PROMPT: 'Use the suggested order? (y/n): ',
        ARGUMENT_SWAP_WARNING: 'Warning: Arguments might be swapped.',
        ORDER_CORRECTED: 'Using corrected order.',
        SWAP_SUGGESTION_FORMAT: 'Did you mean: %s %s?'
    },

    // regex patterns
    REGEX: {
        WINDOWS_PLATFORM: /^win/i,
        COMMENT_LINE: /^\#/,
        WHITESPACE_NORMALIZE: /(\s)+/g,
        HOSTNAME_VALIDATION: /^((([a-zA-Z0-9]|[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9\-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])\.)*([A-Za-z0-9]|[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\-]*[A-Za-z0-9]))$/
    },

    // default options
    DEFAULT_OPTIONS: {
        GROUP_HOSTS: true,
        FORCE_CHANGES: false
    },

    // output formatting
    OUTPUT: {
        TABLE_SEPARATOR: ' | ',
        NEWLINE: '\n',
        SPACE: ' '
    }
};