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Other types used to construct a completion spec, like Subcommand and Option, are subclasses of Suggestion and inherit its properties. Generators produce a list of Suggestion objects.

Types

TemplateStrings

Templates are generators prebuilt by Fig.

type TemplateStrings = "filepaths" | "folders" | "history" | "help"
Discussion

Here are the three templates:

  • filepaths: show folders and filepaths. Allow autoexecute on filepaths
  • folders: show folders only. Allow autoexecute on folders
  • history: show suggestions for all items in history matching this pattern
  • help: show subcommands. Only includes the 'siblings' of the nearest 'parent' subcommand

Template

A template which is a single TemplateString or an array of TemplateStrings

type Template =
  | ("filepaths" | "folders" | "history" | "help")
  | ("filepaths" | "folders" | "history" | "help")[]
Examples

cd uses the "folders" template ls used ["filepaths", "folders"]. Why both? Because if I ls a directory, we want to enable a user to autoexecute on this directory. If we just did "filepaths" they couldn't autoexecute.

Discussion

Templates are generators prebuilt by Fig. Here are the three templates:

  • filepaths: show folders and filepaths. Allow autoexecute on filepaths
  • folders: show folders only. Allow autoexecute on folders
  • history: show suggestions for all items in history matching this pattern
  • help: show subcommands. Only includes the 'siblings' of the nearest 'parent' subcommand

HistoryContext

type HistoryContext = {
  currentWorkingDirectory: string
  time: number
  exitCode: number
  shell: string
}

TemplateSuggestionContext

type TemplateSuggestionContext =
  | {
      templateType: "filepaths"
    }
  | {
      templateType: "folders"
    }
  | {
      templateType: "help"
    }
  | ({
      templateType: "history"
    } & Partial<{
      currentWorkingDirectory: string
      time: number
      exitCode: number
      shell: string
    }>)

TemplateSuggestion

type TemplateSuggestion = Modify<
  Suggestion,
  {
    name?: string
    context:
      | {
          templateType: "filepaths"
        }
      | {
          templateType: "folders"
        }
      | {
          templateType: "help"
        }
      | ({
          templateType: "history"
        } & Partial<{
          currentWorkingDirectory: string
          time: number
          exitCode: number
          shell: string
        }>)
  }
>

SpecLocation

The SpecLocation object defines well… the location of the completion spec we want to load. Specs can be "global" (ie hosted by Fig's cloud) or "local" (ie stored on your local machine)

type SpecLocation =
  | {
      type: "local"
      path?: string
      name: string
    }
  | {
      type: "global"
      name: string
    }
Discussion

The SpecLocation Object

The SpecLocation object defines well… the location of the completion spec we want to load. Specs can be "global" (ie hosted by Fig's cloud) or "local" (ie stored on your local machine).

  • Global SpecLocation: Load specs hosted in Fig's Cloud. Assume the current working directory is here: https://github.com/withfig/autocomplete/tree/master/src. Now set the value for the "name" prop to the relative location of your spec (without the .js file extension)
// e.g.
{ type: "global", name: "aws/s3" } // Loads up the aws s3 completion spec
{ type: "global", name: "python/http.server" } // Loads up the http.server completion spec
  • Local SpecLocation: Load specs saved on your local system / machine. Assume the current working directory is the user's current working directory. The name prop should take the name of the spec (without the .js file extension) e.g. myclitool The path prop should take an absolute path OR a relative path (relative to the user's current working directory). The path should be to the directory that contains the .fig folder. Fig will then assume your spec is located in .fig/autocomplete/build/
// e.g.
{ type: "global", path: "node_modules/cowsay", name: "cowsay_cli" }  // will look for `cwd/node_modules/cowsay/.fig/autocomplete/build/cowsay_cli.js`
{ type: "global", path: "~", name: "my_cli" }  // will look for `~/.fig/autocomplete/build/my_cli.js`

LoadSpec

Dynamically load up another completion spec at runtime.

See loadSpec property in Subcommand Object.

type LoadSpec =
  | string
  | Subcommand
  | ((
      token: string,
      executeShellCommand: (
        commandToExecute: string,
        cwd?: string
      ) => Promise<string>
    ) => Promise<SpecLocation | SpecLocation[] | Subcommand>)

SuggestionType

The type of a suggestion object.

type SuggestionType =
  | "folder"
  | "file"
  | "arg"
  | "subcommand"
  | "option"
  | "special"
  | "mixin"
  | "shortcut"
Discussion

The type determines:

  • the default icon Fig uses (e.g. a file or folder searches for the system icon, a subcommand has a specific icon etc)
  • whether we allow users to auto-execute a command

SingleOrArray

A single object of type T or an array of objects of type T.

type SingleOrArray<T> = T | T[]

GetVersionCommand

An async function that returns the version of a given CLI tool.

type GetVersionCommand = (
  executeShellCommand: (
    commandToExecute: string,
    cwd?: string
  ) => Promise<string>
) => Promise<string>
Examples

1.0.22

v26

Parameters
NameDescription
executeShellCommandan async function that allows you to execute a shell command on the user's system and get the output as a string.
Discussion

This is used in completion specs that want to version themselves the same way CLI tools are versioned. See fig.io/docs

ShellContext

Context about a current shell session.

type ShellContext = {
  currentWorkingDirectory: string
  environmentVariables: Record<string, string>
  currentProcess: string
  /**
   * @hidden
   * @deprecated
   */
  sshPrefix: string
}

GeneratorContext

type GeneratorContext = {
  currentWorkingDirectory: string
  environmentVariables: Record<string, string>
  currentProcess: string
  /**
   * @hidden
   * @deprecated
   */
  sshPrefix: string
} & {
  isDangerous?: boolean
  searchTerm: string
}

Function

A function which can have a T argument and a R result.

type Function<T = void, R = void> = (param: T) => R
Parameters
NameDescription
paramA param of type `R`

Modify

A utility type to modify a property type

type Modify<T, R> = Omit<T, keyof R> & R

StringOrFunction

A string OR a function which can have a T argument and a R result.

type StringOrFunction<T = void, R = void> = string | ((param: T) => R)
Parameters
NameDescription
paramA param of type `R`

ArgDiff

type ArgDiff = Modify<
  Fig.Arg,
  {
    remove?: true
  }
>

OptionDiff

type OptionDiff = Modify<
  Fig.Option,
  {
    args?: ArgDiff | ArgDiff[]
    remove?: true
  }
>

SubcommandDiff

type SubcommandDiff = Modify<
  Fig.Subcommand,
  {
    subcommands?: SubcommandDiff[]
    options?: OptionDiff[]
    args?: ArgDiff | ArgDiff[]
    remove?: true
  }
>

SpecDiff

type SpecDiff = Omit<SubcommandDiff, "name" | "remove">

VersionDiffMap

type VersionDiffMap = Record<string, SpecDiff>

Spec

A spec object. Can be one of

  1. A subcommand
  2. A function that dynamically computes a subcommand
  3. A function that returns the path to a versioned spec files (that exports a base subcommand and { versions: VersionDiffMap }
type Spec =
  | Subcommand
  | ((version?: string) => Subcommand)
  | ((version?: string) => {
      versionedSpecPath: string
      version?: string
    })

ExecuteShellCommandFunction

An async function to execute a shell command

type ExecuteShellCommandFunction = (
  commandToExecute: string,
  cwd?: string
) => Promise<string>
Examples

ExecuteShellCommandFunction("echo hello world") will return hello world

Parameters
NameDescription
commandToExecuteThe shell command you want to execute
cwdThe directory in which to execute the command
Discussion

The cwd parameter will add a cd [cwd] && before the command itself.

CacheMaxAge

type CacheMaxAge = {
  strategy: "max-age"
  /**
   * The time to live for the cache in milliseconds.
   * @example
   * 3600
   */
  ttl: number
}

CacheStaleWhileRevalidate

type CacheStaleWhileRevalidate = {
  strategy?: "stale-while-revalidate"
  /**
   * The time to live for the cache in milliseconds.
   * @example
   * 3600
   */
  ttl?: number
}

Cache

type Cache = (
  | {
      strategy: "max-age"
      /**
       * The time to live for the cache in milliseconds.
       * @example
       * 3600
       */
      ttl: number
    }
  | {
      strategy?: "stale-while-revalidate"
      /**
       * The time to live for the cache in milliseconds.
       * @example
       * 3600
       */
      ttl?: number
    }
) & {
  /**
   * Whether the cache should be based on the directory the user was currently in or not.
   * @defaultValue false
   */
  cacheByDirectory?: boolean
  /**
   * Hardcoded cache key that can be used to cache a single generator across
   * multiple argument locations in a spec.
   */
  cacheKey?: string
}

TriggerOnChange

type TriggerOnChange = {
  /** Trigger on any change to the token */
  on: "change"
}

TriggerOnThreshold

type TriggerOnThreshold = {
  /** Trigger when the length of the token changes past a threshold */
  on: "threshold"
  length: number
}

TriggerOnMatch

type TriggerOnMatch = {
  /** Trigger when the index of a string changes */
  on: "match"
  string: string | string[]
}

Trigger

type Trigger =
  | string
  | ((newToken: string, oldToken: string) => boolean)
  | {
      /** Trigger on any change to the token */
      on: "change"
    }
  | {
      /** Trigger when the length of the token changes past a threshold */
      on: "threshold"
      length: number
    }
  | {
      /** Trigger when the index of a string changes */
      on: "match"
      string: string | string[]
    }

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