johman-helper

Joined mini functions to help minimize duplicated coding between projects

Installation

npm install @johman/helper

lodash: A modern JavaScript utility library delivering modularity, performance & extras.
iconv-lite: Convert character encodings in pure javascript.
opencc: Conversion between Traditional and Simplified Chinese.

Note: Peer dependencies are not required for general functionality.

General
- Functions
  - delay: Delay in milliseconds with promise
  - getWebsiteName: Get name of the website by checking the src
- String.prototype
  - capitalize: Capitalize first character in the string
  - escapeRegExp: Escape all characters for regular expression
  - extractBetween: Extract the string between the start and end string. Return empty if no match found
Required for lodash
- Functions
  - getHeadersCookie: Extract cookie from the headers. Using filter for specific cookie
  - getCookieExpireDate: Extract the expire date from cookie string
  - getHeadersCookieExpireDate: Extract cookie expire date from the headers. Using filter for specific cookie
  - convertToByReference: Pass in function arguments and return as pass by reference
  - convertArgumentsToByReference: Same as convertToByReference but return in Promise
  - compactObject: Compact object
Required for assert
- Functions
  - handleTestError: Log the test error and assert for false
Required for iconv-lite
- String.prototype/Buffer.prototype
  - encode: Encode string/buffer with charset
- Buffer.prototype.decode: Decode buffer with charset
Required for opencc
- String.prototype.toTraditional: Translate string to traditional chinese
- String.prototype.toSimplified: Translate string to simplified chinese