template-maker/src/cli.js

A CLI to generate project templates with alot of options!!

import arg from 'arg'
import inquirer from 'inquirer';
import {createProject} from './main'


function parseArguementsIntoOptions(rawArgs) {
    const args = arg(
        {
            "--git":Boolean,
            "--yes":Boolean,
            '--install':Boolean,
            "-g":'--git',
            '-y':"--yes",
            "-i":"--install"
        },
        {
            argv:rawArgs.slice(2)
        }
    )

    return {
        skipPrompts:args["--yes"] || false,
        git:args["--git"] || false,
        template:args._[0],
        runInstall:args['--install'] || false
    }
}

const prompForMissingOptions = async (options) => {
    const defaultTemplate = "Vanilla"

    if (options.skipPrompts) {
        return {
            ...options,
            template:options.template || defaultTemplate
        }
    }

    const questions = []
    if (!options.template) {
        questions.push({
            type:'list',
            name:"template",
            message:"Please choose which project template to use",
            choices:[
                "Vanilla",
                "Node-Ejs",
                "Backend",
                "Web",
                "PHP",
                "Python",
                "TypeScript-Temp",
                "React-Temp",
                "Angular-Temp",
                "Vue-Temp"
            ],
            default:defaultTemplate
        })
    }

    if (!options.git) {
        questions.push({
            type:"confirm",
            name:"git",
            message:"Initialize a git repo?",
            default:false
        })
    }

    const answers = await inquirer.prompt(questions)

    return {
        ...options,
        template:options.template || answers.template,
        git: options.git || answers.git
    }
}

export async function cli(args) {
    let options = parseArguementsIntoOptions(args)
    options = await prompForMissingOptions(options)
    await createProject(options)
}