consolecolor/ts/index.ts

import 'typings-global'
import * as ansiColors from 'ansi-256-colors'

/**
 * all the color names that are available for proper xterm translation
 */
export type TColorName = 'black' |
    'black' |
    'blue' |
    'brown' |
    'cyan' |
    'green' |
    'orange' |
    'pink' |
    'red' |
    'white'

export interface IRGB {
    r: number,
    b: number,
    g: number
}

/**
 * the color translator function
 */
let colorTranslator = (colorArg: TColorName): IRGB => {
    switch (colorArg) {
        case 'black':
            return {r: 0, g: 0, b: 0}
        case 'blue':
            return {r: 0, g: 1, b: 5}
        case 'brown':
            return {r: 1, g: 0 , b: 0}
        case 'cyan':
            return {r: 2,g: 4, b: 4}
        case 'green':
            return {r: 2, g: 4, b: 1}
        case 'orange':
            return {r: 5, g: 3, b: 1}
        case 'pink':
            return {r: 3, g: 2, b: 4}
        case 'red':
            return {r: 5, g: 0, b: 0}
        case 'white':
            return {r: 5, g: 5, b: 5}
        default:
            return {r: 5, g: 5, b: 5}
    }
}

/**
 * colors the font of a string
 */
let coloredFont = (stringArg: string, colorArg: TColorName) => {
    let rgbCode: IRGB = colorTranslator(colorArg)
    return ansiColors.fg.getRgb(rgbCode.r, rgbCode.g, rgbCode.b) + stringArg
}

/**
 * colors the back of a string
 */
let coloredBackground = (stringArg: string, colorArg: TColorName) => {
    let rgbCode = colorTranslator(colorArg)
    return ansiColors.bg.getRgb(rgbCode.r, rgbCode.g, rgbCode.b) + stringArg
}

/**
 * color a string with xterm
 */
export let coloredString = (stringArg: string, colorFontArg: TColorName, colorBackgroundArg?: TColorName): string => {
    let returnString = coloredFont(stringArg, colorFontArg)
    if (colorBackgroundArg) {
        returnString = coloredBackground(returnString, colorBackgroundArg)
    }
    returnString = returnString + ansiColors.reset
    return returnString
}