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264 lines
6.3 KiB
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# ora
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> Elegant terminal spinner
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<p align="center">
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<br>
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<img src="screenshot.svg" width="500">
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<br>
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</p>
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## Install
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```
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$ npm install ora
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```
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## Usage
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```js
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const ora = require('ora');
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const spinner = ora('Loading unicorns').start();
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setTimeout(() => {
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spinner.color = 'yellow';
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spinner.text = 'Loading rainbows';
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}, 1000);
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```
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## API
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### ora(text)
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### ora(options)
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If a string is provided, it is treated as a shortcut for [`options.text`](#text).
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#### options
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Type: `object`
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##### text
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Type: `string`
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Text to display after the spinner.
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##### prefixText
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Type: `string | () => string`
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Text or a function that returns text to display before the spinner. No prefix text will be displayed if set to an empty string.
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##### spinner
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Type: `string | object`\
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Default: `'dots'` <img src="screenshot-spinner.gif" width="14">
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Name of one of the [provided spinners](https://github.com/sindresorhus/cli-spinners/blob/main/spinners.json). See `example.js` in this repo if you want to test out different spinners. On Windows, it will always use the `line` spinner as the Windows command-line doesn't have proper Unicode support.
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Or an object like:
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```js
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{
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interval: 80, // Optional
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frames: ['-', '+', '-']
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}
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```
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##### color
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Type: `string`\
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Default: `'cyan'`\
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Values: `'black' | 'red' | 'green' | 'yellow' | 'blue' | 'magenta' | 'cyan' | 'white' | 'gray'`
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Color of the spinner.
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##### hideCursor
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Type: `boolean`\
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Default: `true`
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Set to `false` to stop Ora from hiding the cursor.
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##### indent
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Type: `number`\
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Default: `0`
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Indent the spinner with the given number of spaces.
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##### interval
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Type: `number`\
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Default: Provided by the spinner or `100`
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Interval between each frame.
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Spinners provide their own recommended interval, so you don't really need to specify this.
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##### stream
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Type: `stream.Writable`\
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Default: `process.stderr`
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Stream to write the output.
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You could for example set this to `process.stdout` instead.
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##### isEnabled
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Type: `boolean`
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Force enable/disable the spinner. If not specified, the spinner will be enabled if the `stream` is being run inside a TTY context (not spawned or piped) and/or not in a CI environment.
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Note that `{isEnabled: false}` doesn't mean it won't output anything. It just means it won't output the spinner, colors, and other ansi escape codes. It will still log text.
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##### isSilent
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Type: `boolean`\
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Default: `false`
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Disable the spinner and all log text. All output is suppressed and `isEnabled` will be considered `false`.
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##### discardStdin
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Type: `boolean`\
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Default: `true`
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Discard stdin input (except Ctrl+C) while running if it's TTY. This prevents the spinner from twitching on input, outputting broken lines on <kbd>Enter</kbd> key presses, and prevents buffering of input while the spinner is running.
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This has no effect on Windows as there's no good way to implement discarding stdin properly there.
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### Instance
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#### .start(text?)
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Start the spinner. Returns the instance. Set the current text if `text` is provided.
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#### .stop()
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Stop and clear the spinner. Returns the instance.
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#### .succeed(text?)
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Stop the spinner, change it to a green `✔` and persist the current text, or `text` if provided. Returns the instance. See the GIF below.
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#### .fail(text?)
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Stop the spinner, change it to a red `✖` and persist the current text, or `text` if provided. Returns the instance. See the GIF below.
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#### .warn(text?)
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Stop the spinner, change it to a yellow `⚠` and persist the current text, or `text` if provided. Returns the instance.
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#### .info(text?)
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Stop the spinner, change it to a blue `ℹ` and persist the current text, or `text` if provided. Returns the instance.
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#### .isSpinning
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A boolean of whether the instance is currently spinning.
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#### .stopAndPersist(options?)
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Stop the spinner and change the symbol or text. Returns the instance. See the GIF below.
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##### options
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Type: `object`
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###### symbol
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Type: `string`\
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Default: `' '`
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Symbol to replace the spinner with.
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###### text
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Type: `string`\
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Default: Current `'text'`
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Text to be persisted after the symbol
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###### prefixText
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Type: `string`\
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Default: Current `prefixText`
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Text to be persisted before the symbol. No prefix text will be displayed if set to an empty string.
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<img src="screenshot-2.gif" width="480">
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#### .clear()
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Clear the spinner. Returns the instance.
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#### .render()
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Manually render a new frame. Returns the instance.
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#### .frame()
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Get a new frame.
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#### .text
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Change the text after the spinner.
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#### .prefixText
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Change the text before the spinner. No prefix text will be displayed if set to an empty string.
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#### .color
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Change the spinner color.
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#### .spinner
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Change the spinner.
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#### .indent
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Change the spinner indent.
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### ora.promise(action, text)
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### ora.promise(action, options)
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Starts a spinner for a promise. The spinner is stopped with `.succeed()` if the promise fulfills or with `.fail()` if it rejects. Returns the spinner instance.
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#### action
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Type: `Promise`
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## FAQ
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### How do I change the color of the text?
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Use [Chalk](https://github.com/chalk/chalk):
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```js
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const ora = require('ora');
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const chalk = require('chalk');
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const spinner = ora(`Loading ${chalk.red('unicorns')}`).start();
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```
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### Why does the spinner freeze?
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JavaScript is single-threaded, so synchronous operations blocks the thread, including the spinner animation. Prefer asynchronous operations whenever possible.
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## Related
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- [cli-spinners](https://github.com/sindresorhus/cli-spinners) - Spinners for use in the terminal
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- [listr](https://github.com/SamVerschueren/listr) - Terminal task list
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- [CLISpinner](https://github.com/kiliankoe/CLISpinner) - Terminal spinner library for Swift
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- [halo](https://github.com/ManrajGrover/halo) - Python port
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- [spinners](https://github.com/FGRibreau/spinners) - Terminal spinners for Rust
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- [marquee-ora](https://github.com/joeycozza/marquee-ora) - Scrolling marquee spinner for Ora
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- [briandowns/spinner](https://github.com/briandowns/spinner) - Terminal spinner/progress indicator for Go
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- [tj/go-spin](https://github.com/tj/go-spin) - Terminal spinner package for Go
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- [observablehq.com/@victordidenko/ora](https://observablehq.com/@victordidenko/ora) - Ora port to Observable notebooks
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- [spinnies](https://github.com/jcarpanelli/spinnies) - Terminal multi-spinner library for Node.js
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- [kia](https://github.com/HarryPeach/kia) - Simple terminal spinners for Deno 🦕
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