This is a small package that will allow you to programatically add scripts to your package.json file. It was inspired by this package, but this one allows you to specify path to your package.json file as well. Note that you will (almost) never need to specify the path, as most of the time you will want to manipulate the package.json file in your current project (which the script will automatically assume if you don't specify path parameter). There are however few edge cases that can happen, mainly when dealing with git submodules and since I needed something like this, but wasn't able to find it, I just decided to build it myself and share it, because why not.
If you're using npm you can write this to your terminal
npm install -save-dev add-project-scriptAlternatively, you can also use yarn
yarn add --dev add-project-scriptYou can also install it globally in order to gain a nice command line tool in case you need it.
npm install -g add-project-scriptUsage is fairly simple.
add-project-script -n "prestart" -v "node scripts/setup-hooks.js"Calling this from the node is equally simple. Simply pass an object of options.
import addScript from 'add-project-script';
addScript({ name: 'prestart', value: 'node scripts/setup-hooks.js' });Here is a list of all available commands.
| Short | Long | API | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -n | --name | name | name of the script | String |
| -v | --value | value | value of the script | String |
| -p | --path | path | specify the path to package.json | String |
| -f | --force | force | if script with same name exists, overwrite it | Boolean (default: false) |
| --no-throws | throws | throw an error in case package.json does not exists | Boolean (default: true) |