ketch

Ketch helps you execute, one way or another.

Overview

Use this module to easily build commands for passing to child_process functions.

When called as a function, this module will return a new Ketch instance.

Installation

npm install ketch

Example:

var ketch = require('ketch');

// what branch am I on?
ketch('git')
  .prepend('/usr/bin/env')
  .push('symbolic-ref')
  .opt('quiet', 'short')
  .push('HEAD')
  .exec()
  // returns stdout, stderr as array
  .done(function(output) {
     console.log(output[0].trim());
  }, function(err) {
     throw err;
  });

// use a callback instead
ketch('git')
  .prepend('/usr/bin/env')
  .push('symbolic-ref')
  .opt('quiet', 'short')
  .push('HEAD')
  .exec(function(err, stdout, stderr) {
    if (err) {
      throw err;
    }
    console.log(stdout.trim());
  });

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Class: Ketch

Provides chainable functions to easily build and execute a command.

last_err: String , Last error, if present
last_stdout: String , Last stdout value, if present
last_stderr: String , Last stderr value, if present
last_exec_cmd: String , Last command run with child_process.exec()
last_execFile_cmd: String , Last command run with child_process.execFile()
last_fork_cmd: String , Last command run with child_process.fork()
last_spawn_cmd: String , Last command run with child_process.spawn()
cmd: Array , Internal array representation of this command.

ketch.Ketch.parseArgs()

Parse function arguments into an array. arguments may be one of:

• an array
• a space-separated string
• one or more strings (not separated by space)

Returns: Array, Command as an array

ketch.Ketch.append()

Append an argument or arguments to this command. Alias: push()

Returns: Ketch, Ketch instance

ketch.Ketch.prepend()

Prepend an argument or arguments to this command. Alias: unshift()

Returns: Ketch, Ketch instance

ketch.Ketch.opt()

Sugar function to append one or more options to the command.

Returns: Ketch, Ketch instance

Example:

ketch('git').opt('q', 'short') // becomes "git -q --short"

ketch.Ketch.toString()

Returns current command as a space-separated string.

Returns: String, String representation of this command

ketch.Ketch.pop()

Pops the last argument off of the command. Does not return it. If you need that, use ketch('foo').cmd.pop()

Returns: Ketch, Ketch instance

ketch.Ketch.shift()

Shifts the first argument off of the command. Does not return it. If you need that, use ketch('foo').cmd.shift()

Returns: Ketch, Ketch instance

ketch.Ketch.splice()

Splice the command.

Returns: Ketch, Ketch instance

ketch.Ketch.serialize()

"Serialize" this command into command/arguments array format, suitable for passing to execFile or fork. Aliases: get(), toJSON

Returns: Array, Array where first item is a string, second is array of commands

ketch.Ketch.exec(options, callback)

Wrapper around child_process.exec(). Returns a promise, or

Parameters

options: Object, Options for child_process.exec()

callback: function, If present, will execute as NodeJS-style callback; otherwise will return a Promise.

Returns: ChildProcess | Promise, ChildProcess instance if callback is specified, otherwise a Promise.

ketch.Ketch.execFile(options, callback)

Wrapper around child_process.execFile(). Returns a promise, or

Parameters

options: Object, Options for child_process.execFile()

callback: function, If present, will execute as NodeJS-style callback; otherwise will return a Promise.

Returns: ChildProcess | Promise, ChildProcess instance if callback is specified, otherwise a Promise.

ketch.Ketch.fork(options, callback)

Wrapper around child_process.fork(). Returns a promise, or

Parameters

options: Object, Options for child_process.fork()

callback: function, If present, will execute as NodeJS-style callback; otherwise will return a Promise.

Returns: ChildProcess | Promise, ChildProcess instance if callback is specified, otherwise a Promise.

ketch.Ketch.spawn(options, callback)

Wrapper around child_process.spawn(). Returns a promise, or

Parameters

options: Object, Options for child_process.spawn()

callback: function, If present, will execute as NodeJS-style callback; otherwise will return a Promise.

Returns: ChildProcess | Promise, ChildProcess instance if callback is specified, otherwise a Promise.

ketch.Ketch.clear()

Obliterates the current command. Alias: reset()

Returns: Ketch, Ketch instance

ketch.Ketch.debug()

Debugging function to log the current command to console. Chainable, for your pleasure.

Returns: Ketch, Ketch instance

ketch.Ketch.tap()

"Tap" into the chain.

Parameters

callback: function, Which will be passed the Ketch instance.

Returns: Ketch, Ketch instance

License

© 2014-2015, Christopher Hiller. Licensed MIT.