#59 interface for editing config + more docs

client.js

@@ -154,7 +154,15 @@ if (!command || command == "help" || command == "--help") {
 			if(action == "list" || action == "show" || action == "display"){
 				configManager.displayConfig(instance);
 			} else if(action == "edit"){
-				configManager.editConfig(instance, process.argv);
+				let newConfigValue = "";
+				process.argv.forEach((arg, i)=>{
+					if(i >= 8){
+						newConfigValue += " "+arg;
+					} else if(i >= 7){
+						newConfigValue += arg;
+					}
+				});
+				configManager.editConfig(instance, process.argv[6], newConfigValue);
 			} else {
 				usage(instance, tool);
 			}

lib/manager/configManager.js

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ Provides tools for managing both masters and slaves config files.
 const asTable = require("as-table").configure({delimiter: ' | '});
 
 // internal requires
-const config = require("./../../config");
+var config = require("./../../config");
+const objectOps = require("./../objectOps.js");
 /**
 console.log()s each entry in the config
 
@@ -25,3 +26,16 @@ module.exports.displayConfig = function(instance){
 		console.log(asTable(configArray));
 	}
 }
+module.exports.editConfig = function(instance, entry, newValue){
+	if(!instance || instance == "shared"){
+		if(config[entry] && newValue){
+			if(objectOps.isJSON(newValue)){
+				console.log("Changing config entry "+entry+" from "+JSON.stringify(config[entry])+" to "+JSON.stringify(newValue));
+				config[entry] = JSON.parse(newValue);
+			} else {
+				console.log("Changing config entry "+entry+" from "+config[entry]+" to '"+newValue+"'");
+				config[entry] = newValue;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+};

lib/objectOps.js

@@ -1,7 +1,44 @@
-var deepclone = function(obj){
+/**
+Helper functions related to objects
+@module objectOps
+*/
+
+/**
+Deep clones an object, is actually just JSON.parse(JSON.stringify()) but looks cleaner.
+@param {object} obj to clone
+@returns {object}
+
+@example
+a = {"thingy":"with a value"};
+b = a;
+a == b; // true
+c = objectOps.deepclone(a);
+a == c; // false
+*/
+module.exports.deepclone = function(obj){
 	return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj));
 }
+/**
+Checks if a string is valid JSON using try/catch. If passed an object it will always return true.
+@param {string} string to verify
+@returns {boolean}
 
-module.exports = {
-	deepclone:deepclone,
-};
+@example
+objectOps.isJSON("99 bottles of beer"); // false
+objectOps.isJSON("99"); // true
+objectOps.isJSON({"thingy":"that is an object"}); // true
+objectOps.isJSON(JSON.stringify({"thingy":"that is an object"})); // true
+*/
+module.exports.isJSON = function(string){
+	let stringIsJson = false;
+	let x
+	try {
+		x = JSON.parse(string);
+	} catch (e){
+		return false;
+	}
+	if(typeof x == "object" || typeof string == "object"){
+		stringIsJson = true;
+	}
+	return stringIsJson;
+}