Elegant terminal spinner

$ npm install ora

const ora = require('ora');

const spinner = ora('Loading unicorns').start();

setTimeout(() => {
	spinner.color = 'yellow';
	spinner.text = 'Loading rainbows';
}, 1000);

If a string is provided, it is treated as a shortcut for options.text.

Type: Object

Type: string

Text to display after the spinner.

Type: string Object
Default: dots

Name of one of the provided spinners. See example.js in this repo if you want to test out different spinners.

Or an object like:

{
	interval: 80, // optional
	frames: ['-', '+', '-']
}

Type: string
Default: cyan
Values: black red green yellow blue magenta cyan white gray

Color of the spinner.

Type: boolean
Default: true

Set to false to stop Ora from hiding the cursor.

Type: number
Default: Provided by the spinner or 100

Interval between each frame.

Spinners provide their own recommended interval, so you don't really need to specify this.

Type: WritableStream
Default: process.stderr

Stream to write the output.

You could for example set this to process.stdout instead.

Type: boolean

Force enable/disable the spinner. If not specified, the spinner will be enabled if the stream is being run inside a TTY context (not spawned or piped) and/or not in a CI environment.

Note that {isEnabled: false} doesn't mean it won't output anything. It just means it won't output the spinner, colors, and other ansi escape codes. It will still log text.

Start the spinner. Returns the instance. Set the current text if text is provided.

Stop and clear the spinner. Returns the instance.

Stop the spinner, change it to a green ✔ and persist the current text, or text if provided. Returns the instance. See the GIF below.

Stop the spinner, change it to a red ✖ and persist the current text, or text if provided. Returns the instance. See the GIF below.

Stop the spinner, change it to a yellow ⚠ and persist the current text, or text if provided. Returns the instance.

Stop the spinner, change it to a blue ℹ and persist the current text, or text if provided. Returns the instance.

A boolean of whether the instance is currently spinning.

Stop the spinner and change the symbol or text. Returns the instance. See the GIF below.

Type: Object

Type: string
Default: ' '

Symbol to replace the spinner with.

Type: string
Default: Current text

Text to be persisted.

Clear the spinner. Returns the instance.

Manually render a new frame. Returns the instance.

Get a new frame.

Change the text.

Change the spinner color.

Starts a spinner for a promise. The spinner is stopped with .succeed() if the promise fulfills or with .fail() if it rejects. Returns the spinner instance.

Type: Promise

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