@css-doodle/cli

A command-line tool for css-doodle to preview and generate images/videos.

Installation

npm install -g @css-doodle/cli

Note

After installation, you can use cssd or css-doodle command in the terminal.

Usage

Usage: cssd [options] [command]

Options:
  -V, --version  output the version number
  -h, --help     display help for command

Commands:
  render         Generate an image/video from css|cssd|html file or CodePen link
  preview        Open a window to preview the css|cssd file
  generate       Generate code using css-doodle generators
  config         Display/set configurations
  use            Shorthand to fetch and use a custom version of css-doodle
  parse          Print the parsed tokens, help to debug in development
  upgrade        Upgrade CLI to latest version

Commands

render

Generate an image/video from the css-doodle source file. The source file can be a .css, .cssd, .html file or CodePen link.

• -o, --output: Custom output filename of the generated result.
• -x, --scale: Scale factor of the generated result, defaults to 2 for images, 1 for videos.
• -s, --selector: CSS selector to target the rendered node, defaults to css-doodle.
• -d, --delay: Delay time before taking screenshot/screencast, e.g, 2s.
• -t, --time: Record screen for a specific time, e.g, 10s.
• -ws, --window-size: The size of the rendered window, defaults to 1600x1200 for images, 1200x900 for videos.
• --mp4: Use mp4 as the generated video format.

cssd render
cssd render code.css
cssd render code.css -o result.png
cssd render code.css -x 4
cssd render https://codepen.io/yuanchuan/pen/MQEeJo

Screen recording:

cssd render -t 10s

By default the generated video is in webm format, you can transform it automatically into mp4 by adding --mp4 option, or use an output filename with .mp4 extension.

cssd render -t 10s --mp4
cssd render -o result.mp4

preview

Open a window to preview the css-doodle source file. The source file can be either .css or .cssd.

• --fullscreen: Open in fullscreen mode.

cssd preview code.css
cssd preview code.css --fullscreen

generate

Generate code using css-doodle generators.

• svg: Generate SVG code using svg() function.
• polygon: Generate CSS polygon() using shape() function.

cssd generate svg code.css
cssd generate polygon code.css

# read from STDIN
cssd generate polygon

config

Display/set the configurations in key/value pairs. Currently only two configuration names are recognized:

• set: Set a configuration with key/value pair.
• get: Get a configuration value by key.
• list: List all configurations.

Recognizable configurations:

• browserPath: The path to the browser executable.
• css-doodle: The path to the css-doodle to use.

# show all configurations
cssd config list

# use a custom browser
cssd config set browserPath /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome

# reset
cssd config set browserPath ''

# get the value
cssd config get browserPath

# download and use a custom version of css-doodle
cssd config set css-doodle 0.40.6

use

Shorthand of cssd config set css-doodle <version>.

cssd use css-doodle@0.40.6

# or just version
cssd use 0.40.6
cssd use latest

upgrade

Upgrade CLI to latest version.

cssd upgrade