@xhmikosr/bin-wrapper

Binary wrapper that makes your programs seamlessly available as local dependencies

Install

npm install @xhmikosr/bin-wrapper

Usage

import path from 'node:path';
import BinWrapper from '@xhmikosr/bin-wrapper';

const base = 'https://github.com/imagemin/gifsicle-bin/raw/main/vendor';
const bin = new BinWrapper()
	.src(`${base}/macos/gifsicle`, 'darwin')
	.src(`${base}/linux/x64/gifsicle`, 'linux', 'x64')
	.src(`${base}/win/x64/gifsicle.exe`, 'win32', 'x64')
	.dest(path.join('vendor'))
	.use(process.platform === 'win32' ? 'gifsicle.exe' : 'gifsicle')
	.version('>=1.71');

(async () => {
	await bin.run(['--version']);
	console.log('gifsicle is working');
})();

Get the path to your binary with bin.path():

console.log(bin.path());
//=> 'path/to/vendor/gifsicle'

API

new BinWrapper(options)

Creates a new BinWrapper instance.

options

Type: Object

skipCheck

• Type: boolean
• Default: false

Whether to skip the binary check or not.

strip

• Type: number
• Default: 1

Strip a number of leading paths from file names on extraction.

.src(url, [os], [arch])

Adds a source to download.

url

Type: string

Accepts a URL pointing to a file to download.

os

Type: string

Tie the source to a specific OS.

arch

Type: string

Tie the source to a specific arch.

.dest(destination)

destination

Type: string

Accepts a path which the files will be downloaded to.

.use(binary)

binary

Type: string

Define which file to use as the binary.

.path()

Returns the full path to your binary.

.resolvedUrls()

Returns an array of the source URLs matching the current OS and arch.

.version(range)

range

Type: string

Define a semver range to check the binary against.

.run([arguments])

Runs the search for the binary. If no binary is found it will download the file using the URL provided in .src().

arguments

• Type: Array
• Default: ['--version']

Command to run the binary with. If it exits with code 0 it means that the binary is working.

License

MIT © Kevin Mårtensson