Animated terminal output with chalk-animation

app.js

@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ const
     favicon = require('serve-favicon'),
     bodyParser = require('body-parser'),
     validator = require('express-validator'),
-    session = require('client-sessions'),
+		session = require('client-sessions'),
     app = express()
 
-// Requiring route files
+// Requiring project files
 const
     uRoutes = require('./routes/user-routes'),
     apiRoutes = require('./routes/rest-routes'),
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ const
     noteRoutes = require('./routes/note_routes'),
     nIntRoutes = require('./routes/note-int-routes'),
     editRoutes = require('./routes/edit-routes'),
-    mw = require('./models/middlewares')
+		mw = require('./models/middlewares'),
+		chalk = require('./models/chalk')
 
 // View engine
 app.engine('hbs', hbs({ extname: "hbs" }))
@@ -54,4 +55,4 @@ app.use('/api', nIntRoutes)
 app.use('/api', editRoutes)
 app.use('/', mRoutes)
 
-app.listen(port, () => console.log('App running..') )
+app.listen(port, () => chalk.rainbow('App running..') )

models/chalk.js

@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
-const chalk = require('chalk')
+const
+	chalk = require('chalk'),
+	an = require('chalk-animation')
 
 const error = chalk.bgRed.bold
 const success = chalk.blue.bold
 
 const s = mssg => console.log(success(mssg))
-
 const e = mssg => console.log(error(mssg))
 
+const rainbow = mssg => setTimeout(() =>  an.rainbow(mssg).start(), 100 )
+const radar = mssg => setTimeout(() => an.radar(mssg).start(), 100 )
+
 module.exports = {
-    error, 
+    error,
     success,
     s,
-    e
-}
+		e,
+		rainbow,
+		radar
+}

package.json

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "bluebird": "^3.5.0",
     "body-parser": "^1.17.2",
     "chalk": "^1.1.3",
+    "chalk-animation": "^1.1.1",
     "client-sessions": "^0.8.0",
     "concurrently": "^3.5.0",
     "dotenv": "^4.0.0",

yarn.lock

@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ ansi-styles@^2.2.1:
   version "2.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-2.2.1.tgz#b432dd3358b634cf75e1e4664368240533c1ddbe"
 
+ansi-styles@^3.1.0:
+  version "3.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-3.2.0.tgz#c159b8d5be0f9e5a6f346dab94f16ce022161b88"
+  dependencies:
+    color-convert "^1.9.0"
+
 append-field@^0.1.0:
   version "0.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/append-field/-/append-field-0.1.0.tgz#6ddc58fa083c7bc545d3c5995b2830cc2366d44a"
@@ -943,6 +949,13 @@ center-align@^0.1.1:
     align-text "^0.1.3"
     lazy-cache "^1.0.3"
 
+chalk-animation@^1.1.1:
+  version "1.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk-animation/-/chalk-animation-1.1.1.tgz#aedcb5e7c0b766d8b3931d0e06c630fb73a278ef"
+  dependencies:
+    chalk "^2.1.0"
+    gradient-string "^0.1.2"
+
 chalk@0.5.1:
   version "0.5.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-0.5.1.tgz#663b3a648b68b55d04690d49167aa837858f2174"
@@ -963,6 +976,14 @@ chalk@^1.1.0, chalk@^1.1.3:
     strip-ansi "^3.0.0"
     supports-color "^2.0.0"
 
+chalk@^2.1.0:
+  version "2.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.1.0.tgz#ac5becf14fa21b99c6c92ca7a7d7cfd5b17e743e"
+  dependencies:
+    ansi-styles "^3.1.0"
+    escape-string-regexp "^1.0.5"
+    supports-color "^4.0.0"
+
 client-sessions@^0.8.0:
   version "0.8.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/client-sessions/-/client-sessions-0.8.0.tgz#a7d8c5558ad5d56f2a199f3533eb654b5df893fd"
@@ -977,6 +998,16 @@ cliui@^2.1.0:
     right-align "^0.1.1"
     wordwrap "0.0.2"
 
+color-convert@^1.9.0:
+  version "1.9.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/color-convert/-/color-convert-1.9.0.tgz#1accf97dd739b983bf994d56fec8f95853641b7a"
+  dependencies:
+    color-name "^1.1.1"
+
+color-name@^1.1.1:
+  version "1.1.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/color-name/-/color-name-1.1.3.tgz#a7d0558bd89c42f795dd42328f740831ca53bc25"
+
 commander@2.6.0:
   version "2.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-2.6.0.tgz#9df7e52fb2a0cb0fb89058ee80c3104225f37e1d"
@@ -1182,7 +1213,7 @@ escape-html@~1.0.3:
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/escape-html/-/escape-html-1.0.3.tgz#0258eae4d3d0c0974de1c169188ef0051d1d1988"
 
-escape-string-regexp@^1.0.0, escape-string-regexp@^1.0.2:
+escape-string-regexp@^1.0.0, escape-string-regexp@^1.0.2, escape-string-regexp@^1.0.5:
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/escape-string-regexp/-/escape-string-regexp-1.0.5.tgz#1b61c0562190a8dff6ae3bb2cf0200ca130b86d4"
 
@@ -1338,6 +1369,13 @@ graceful-fs@^4.1.2:
   version "4.1.11"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.1.11.tgz#0e8bdfe4d1ddb8854d64e04ea7c00e2a026e5658"
 
+gradient-string@^0.1.2:
+  version "0.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/gradient-string/-/gradient-string-0.1.2.tgz#178bc6e0356f14d0adac9940c3040ab81a7783b3"
+  dependencies:
+    chalk "^2.1.0"
+    tinygradient "^0.3.1"
+
 handlebars@^4.0.5:
   version "4.0.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/handlebars/-/handlebars-4.0.10.tgz#3d30c718b09a3d96f23ea4cc1f403c4d3ba9ff4f"
@@ -1392,6 +1430,10 @@ has-flag@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-flag/-/has-flag-1.0.0.tgz#9d9e793165ce017a00f00418c43f942a7b1d11fa"
 
+has-flag@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-flag/-/has-flag-2.0.0.tgz#e8207af1cc7b30d446cc70b734b5e8be18f88d51"
+
 history@^4.5.1, history@^4.6.0:
   version "4.6.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/history/-/history-4.6.3.tgz#6d723a8712c581d6bef37e8c26f4aedc6eb86967"
@@ -2178,10 +2220,26 @@ supports-color@^3.2.3:
   dependencies:
     has-flag "^1.0.0"
 
+supports-color@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-color/-/supports-color-4.2.1.tgz#65a4bb2631e90e02420dba5554c375a4754bb836"
+  dependencies:
+    has-flag "^2.0.0"
+
 symbol-observable@^1.0.3:
   version "1.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/symbol-observable/-/symbol-observable-1.0.4.tgz#29bf615d4aa7121bdd898b22d4b3f9bc4e2aa03d"
 
+tinycolor2@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tinycolor2/-/tinycolor2-1.4.1.tgz#f4fad333447bc0b07d4dc8e9209d8f39a8ac77e8"
+
+tinygradient@^0.3.1:
+  version "0.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tinygradient/-/tinygradient-0.3.1.tgz#2d9e4fbe348c497ed11e287a4336835b3fd11022"
+  dependencies:
+    tinycolor2 "^1.0.0"
+
 to-camel-case@1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/to-camel-case/-/to-camel-case-1.0.0.tgz#1a56054b2f9d696298ce66a60897322b6f423e46"