How do I pass command line arguments to a Node.js program?

Question

I have a web server written in Node.js and I would like to launch with a specific folder. I\'m not sure how to access arguments in JavaScript. I\'m running node like this:

Answer 1

Here's my 0-dep solution for named arguments:

const args = process.argv
    .slice(2)
    .map(arg => arg.split('='))
    .reduce((args, [value, key]) => {
        args[value] = key;
        return args;
    }, {});

console.log(args.foo)
console.log(args.fizz)

Example:

$ node test.js foo=bar fizz=buzz
bar
buzz

Note: Naturally this will fail when the argument contains a =. This is only for very simple usage.