Busy Spinner, no http noise

One step closer to #5213

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/npm.js b/lib/npm.js
index 613bf0095..44c132f2c 100644
--- a/lib/npm.js
+++ b/lib/npm.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ var EventEmitter = require("events").EventEmitter
   , slide = require("slide")
   , chain = slide.chain
   , RegClient = require("npm-registry-client")
+  , charSpin = require("char-spinner")
 
 npm.config = {
   loaded: false,
@@ -182,6 +183,21 @@ var commandCache = {}
     })
   , abbrevs = abbrev(fullList)
 
+npm.spinner =
+  { int: null
+  , start: function () {
+      if (npm.spinner.int) return
+      var c = npm.config.get("spin")
+      if (!c) return
+      var stream = npm.config.get("logstream")
+      var opt = { tty: c !== "always", stream: stream }
+      npm.spinner.int = charSpin(opt)
+    }
+  , stop: function () {
+      clearInterval(npm.spinner.int)
+    }
+  }
+
 Object.keys(abbrevs).concat(plumbing).forEach(function addCommand (c) {
   Object.defineProperty(npm.commands, c, { get : function () {
     if (!loaded) throw new Error(
@@ -204,6 +220,8 @@ Object.keys(abbrevs).concat(plumbing).forEach(function addCommand (c) {
       }
       if (args.length === 1) args.unshift([])
 
+      npm.spinner.start()
+
       if (!npm.registry.refer) {
         npm.registry.refer = [a].concat(args[0]).map(function (arg) {
           // exclude anything that might be a URL, path, or private module