| # yargs-unparser |
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| [npm-url]:https://npmjs.org/package/yargs-unparser |
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| Converts back a `yargs` argv object to its original array form. |
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| Probably the unparser word doesn't even exist, but it sounds nice and goes well with [yargs-parser](https://github.com/yargs/yargs-parser). |
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| The code originally lived in [MOXY](https://github.com/moxystudio)'s GitHub but was later moved here for discoverability. |
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| ## Installation |
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| `$ npm install yargs-unparser` |
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| ## Usage |
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| ```js |
| const parse = require('yargs-parser'); |
| const unparse = require('yargs-unparser'); |
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| const argv = parse(['--no-boolean', '--number', '4', '--string', 'foo'], { |
| boolean: ['boolean'], |
| number: ['number'], |
| string: ['string'], |
| }); |
| // { boolean: false, number: 4, string: 'foo', _: [] } |
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| const unparsedArgv = unparse(argv); |
| // ['--no-boolean', '--number', '4', '--string', 'foo']; |
| ``` |
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| The second argument of `unparse` accepts an options object: |
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| - `alias`: The [aliases](https://github.com/yargs/yargs-parser#requireyargs-parserargs-opts) so that duplicate options aren't generated |
| - `default`: The [default](https://github.com/yargs/yargs-parser#requireyargs-parserargs-opts) values so that the options with default values are omitted |
| - `command`: The [command](https://github.com/yargs/yargs/blob/master/docs/advanced.md#commands) first argument so that command names and positional arguments are handled correctly |
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| ### Example with `command` options |
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| ```js |
| const yargs = require('yargs'); |
| const unparse = require('yargs-unparser'); |
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| const argv = yargs |
| .command('my-command <positional>', 'My awesome command', (yargs) => |
| yargs |
| .option('boolean', { type: 'boolean' }) |
| .option('number', { type: 'number' }) |
| .option('string', { type: 'string' }) |
| ) |
| .parse(['my-command', 'hello', '--no-boolean', '--number', '4', '--string', 'foo']); |
| // { positional: 'hello', boolean: false, number: 4, string: 'foo', _: ['my-command'] } |
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| const unparsedArgv = unparse(argv, { |
| command: 'my-command <positional>', |
| }); |
| // ['my-command', 'hello', '--no-boolean', '--number', '4', '--string', 'foo']; |
| ``` |
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| ### Caveats |
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| The returned array can be parsed again by `yargs-parser` using the default configuration. If you used custom configuration that you want `yargs-unparser` to be aware, please fill an [issue](https://github.com/yargs/yargs-unparser/issues). |
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| If you `coerce` in weird ways, things might not work correctly. |
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| ## Tests |
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| `$ npm test` |
| `$ npm test -- --watch` during development |
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| ## Supported Node.js Versions |
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| Libraries in this ecosystem make a best effort to track |
| [Node.js' release schedule](https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/). Here's [a |
| post on why we think this is important](https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/maintainers-should-consider-following-node-js-release-schedule-ab08ed4de71a). |
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| ## License |
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| [MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) |