bin-wrapper  

> Binary wrapper that makes your programs seamlessly available as local dependencies

Install

``sh
npm install @xhmikosr/bin-wrapper
`

Usage

`js
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():

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

API

$3

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.

$3

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.

$3

#### destination

Type: string

Accepts a path which the files will be downloaded to.

$3

#### binary

Type: string

Define which file to use as the binary.

$3

Returns the full path to your binary.

$3

#### range

Type: string

Define a semver range to check
the binary against.

$3

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