work in progress

ts/index.ts

@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@
 
 import plugins = require("./smartfile.plugins");
 import SmartfileChecks = require("./smartfile.checks");
-import SmartfileSimple = require("./smartfile.simple");
+import SmartfileFsaction = require("./smartfile.fsaction");
+import SmartfileRead = require("./smartfile.read");
+import SmartfileRemote = require("./smartfile.remote");
 
 
 var smartfile:any = {
     copy: SmartfileSimple.copy,
     checks: SmartfileChecks,
-    readFileToString: SmartfileSimple.readFileToString,
-    readFileToObject: SmartfileSimple.readFileToObject,
-    readFileToVinyl: SmartfileSimple.readFileToVinyl,
+    read: SmartfileRead,
+    remote: SmartfileRemote,
     requireReload: SmartfileSimple.requireReload
 };
 

ts/smartfile.fsaction.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/// <reference path="./typings/main.d.ts" />
+
+import plugins = require("./smartfile.plugins");
+
+export let copy = function(fromArg:string,toArg:string){
+    plugins.shelljs.cp("-r",fromArg,toArg);
+};

ts/smartfile.plugins.ts

@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ export let q = require("q");
 export let vinyl = require("vinyl");
 export let vinylFile = require("vinyl-file");
 export let yaml = require("js-yaml");
+export let request = require("request");
 export let requireReload = require("require-reload");
 export let shelljs = require("shelljs");

ts/smartfile.read.ts

@@ -2,19 +2,8 @@
 
 import plugins = require("./smartfile.plugins");
 
-export let copy = function(fromArg:string,toArg:string){
-    plugins.shelljs.cp("-r",fromArg,toArg);
-};
-
-/**
- * reads a file content to a String
- * @param filePath
- * @returns {string|Buffer|any}
- */
-export let readFileToString = function(filePath) {
-    let fileString;
-    fileString = plugins.fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
-    return fileString;
+export let toFS = function(options:{from:string,toPath:string}, cb=undefined){
+    
 };
 
 /**
@@ -23,7 +12,7 @@ export let readFileToString = function(filePath) {
  * @param fileTypeArg
  * @returns {any}
  */
-export let readFileToObject = function(filePath,fileTypeArg = undefined) {
+export let toObject = function(filePath,fileTypeArg = undefined) {
     let fileType;
     if (typeof fileTypeArg == "undefined") {
         fileType = plugins.path.extname(filePath);
@@ -48,13 +37,24 @@ export let readFileToObject = function(filePath,fileTypeArg = undefined) {
     }
 };
 
+/**
+ * reads a file content to a String
+ * @param filePath
+ * @returns {string|Buffer|any}
+ */
+export let toString = function(filePath) {
+    let fileString;
+    fileString = plugins.fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
+    return fileString;
+};
+
 /**
  *
  * @param filePathArg
  * @param options
  * @returns {number}
  */
-export let readFileToVinyl = function(filePathArg,options = {}) {
+export let toVinyl = function(filePathArg,options = {}) {
     return plugins.vinylFile.readSync(filePathArg,options);
 };
 

ts/smartfile.remote.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/// <reference path="./typings/main.d.ts" />
+import plugins = require("./smartfile.plugins");
+
+export let toVar = (options:{from:string,parseJson?:boolean}, cb):any => {
+    var bodyString:string;
+    request.get(options.from, function (error, response, body) {
+        if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
+            bodyString = body;
+            console.log('successfully requested' + options.from);
+            if (options.parseJson = true) {
+                var jsonObject = JSON.parse(bodyString);
+                return jsonObject;
+            };
+        } else {
+            console.log('could not get get remote file from ' + options.from);
+            return bodyString = 'could not get file'
+        };
+    });
+
+    return bodyString;
+},
+
+export let toFS = function(options:{from:string,toPath:string}, cb=undefined) {
+    var stream = request(options.from).pipe(fs.createWriteStream(options.toPath));
+    if (cb != undefined) stream.on('finish',cb);
+}