Library / CLI to inspect Internet-Draft documents for a variety of conditions to conform with IETF policies.

⚠️ This branch is for the new JS-based idnits3. For the older shell-based idnits2, view the v2 branch isntead.

• Installation
• Usage
  • As a CLI
  • As a library
• Tests
• Development
• Contributing

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Installation

1. Install Node.js 18.x or later
2. Install idnits:

npm install -g @ietf-tools/idnits

You can also run idnits directly without installing it globally using npx @ietf-tools/idnits <args>

Usage

As a CLI

idnits [args] <file path>

Arguments	Alias	Description	Default
--filter	-f	Filter output to only certain severity types. Can be declared multiple times to filter multiple severity types. Accepted values: errors, warnings, comments
--mode	-m	Validation mode, must be either normal, forgive-checklist or submission Accepted shorthands: norm, n, f-c, fc, f, sub, s	normal
--no-progress		Disable progress messages / animations in pretty output. No effect in other output formats.
--offline		Disable validations that require an internet connection.
--output	-o	Output format, must be either pretty, json or count	pretty
--solarized		Use alternate colors for a solarized light theme terminal. Only used with the pretty output format.
--year	-y	Expect the given year in the boilerplate
--help	-h	Print the help text and exit
--version		Print the version and exit

As a library

coming soon

Tests

Tests are made using the Jest library and are located under the tests directory.

You can run the suite of tests using:

# Make sure you installed dependencies first:
npm install

# Run the tests
npm test

Code coverage is expected to reach 100%. Ensure this is still the case when making edits / adding new functionality.

Development

1. Clone the project
2. Run npm install
3. Run the CLI: (replacing <args> and <file path> with the desired flags + file path)

   node cli.js <args> <file path>