File: //usr/share/doc/node-dashdash/examples/custom-option-time-ago.js
#!/usr/bin/env node
/*
* Example showing adding a custom option type to dashdash's parsing.
* Here we'll add a 'timeAgo' option type. See the comment below.
*/
var path = require('path');
var format = require('util').format;
var dashdash = require('../lib/dashdash');
/**
* A 'time' option type that allows either a duration (an amount of time ago):
* 1h one hour ago
* 2d two days ago
* 90m ninety minutes ago
* 120s 120 seconds ago
* or a date (another parsable by `new Date()`).
*/
var durationRe = /^([1-9]\d*)([smhd])$/;
function parseTimeAgo(option, optstr, arg) {
var t;
var match = durationRe.exec(arg);
if (match) {
var num = match[1];
var scope = match[2];
var delta = 0;
switch (scope) {
case 's':
delta += num * 1000;
break;
case 'm':
delta += num * 60 * 1000;
break;
case 'h':
delta += num * 60 * 60 * 1000;
break;
case 'd':
delta += num * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
break;
}
t = new Date(Date.now() - delta);
} else {
try {
t = dashdash.parseDate(arg);
} catch (ex) {
throw new Error(format('arg for "%s" is not a valid duration ' +
'(e.g. 1h) or date: "%s"', optstr, arg));
}
}
return t;
}
// Here we add the new 'duration' option type to dashdash's set.
dashdash.addOptionType({
name: 'timeAgo',
takesArg: true,
helpArg: 'TIME',
parseArg: parseTimeAgo
});
// ---- example usage
var options = [
{ names: ['time', 't'], type: 'timeAgo' }
];
try {
var opts = dashdash.parse({options: options});
} catch (e) {
console.error('%s: error: %s', path.basename(process.argv[1]), e.message);
process.exit(1);
}
if (opts.time) {
console.log('time (ISO format): %s', opts.time.toISOString());
}