25 lines
731 B
TypeScript
25 lines
731 B
TypeScript
export function getStdin(timeout: number = 10): Promise<string> {
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return new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
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// Store the data from stdin in a buffer
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let buffer = ''
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let t: NodeJS.Timeout
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const dataHandler = (d: Buffer) => (buffer += d.toString())
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const endHandler = () => {
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clearTimeout(t)
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resolve(buffer.trim())
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}
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// Stop listening for data after the timeout, otherwise hangs indefinitely
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t = setTimeout(() => {
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process.stdin.removeListener('data', dataHandler)
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process.stdin.removeListener('end', endHandler)
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process.stdin.pause()
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resolve('')
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}, timeout)
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process.stdin.on('data', dataHandler)
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process.stdin.on('end', endHandler)
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})
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}
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