index.js

'use strict';

var exec = require('child_process').exec;

var serialNumber = function (cb, cmdPrefix) {
	var delimiter = ': ';

	var fromCache = function (error, stdout) {
		require('fs').readFile(__dirname + '/cache', function (fsErr, data) {
			if (data) {data = data.toString().trim();}
			if (fsErr || !data || data.length < 2) {
				stdoutHandler(error, stdout, true);
			} else {
				cb(null, data);
			}
		});
	};

	var stdoutHandler = function (error, stdout, bypassCache) {
		if (error && !bypassCache) {
			fromCache(error, stdout);
		} else {
			cb(error, parseResult(stdout));
		}
	};

	var parseResult = function (input) {
		return input.slice(input.indexOf(delimiter) + 2).trim();
	};

	if (!cmdPrefix) {cmdPrefix = '';}

	switch (process.platform) {

	case 'darwin':
		exec(cmdPrefix + 'system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep \'Serial\'', stdoutHandler);
		break;

	case 'win32':
		delimiter = '\r\n';
		exec('wmic csproduct get identifyingnumber', stdoutHandler);
		break;

	case 'linux':
	case 'freebsd':
		exec(cmdPrefix + 'dmidecode -t system | grep \'Serial\'', function (error, stdout) {
			if (error || parseResult(stdout).length > 1) {
				stdoutHandler(error, stdout);
			} else  {
				exec(cmdPrefix + 'dmidecode -t system | grep \'UUID\'', stdoutHandler);
			}
		});
		break;
	}
};

module.exports = exports = serialNumber;

exports.useSudo = function (cb) {
	serialNumber(cb, 'sudo ');
};