Run another yarn/npm task within a package.json, without specifying yarn or npm - node.js

Question

I have a task in my package.json "deploy", which needs to first call "build". I have specified it like this:
"deploy": "yarn run build; ./deploy.sh",
The problem is that this hard codes yarn as the package manager. So if someone doesn't use yarn, it doesn't work. Switching to npm causes a similar issue.
What's a good way to achieve this while remaining agnostic to the choice of npm or yarn?

Answer 1

One simple approach is to use the npm-run-all package, whose documentation states:
Yarn Compatibility
If a script is invoked with Yarn, npm-run-all will correctly use Yarn to execute the plan's child scripts.
So you can do this:
"predeploy": "run-s build",
"deploy": "./deploy.sh",
And the predeploy step will use either npm or yarn depending on how you invoked the deploy task.
I think it is good to have the runs in package.json remain package manager agnostic so that they aren't tied to a specific package manager, but within a project, it is probably prudent to agree on the use of a single package manager so that you're not dealing with conflicting lockfiles.

Answer 2

It's probably not ideal, but you could run a .js file at your project root to make these checks...
You could create a file at your project root called yarnpm.js (or whatever), and call said file in your package.json deploy command..
// package.json (trimmed)
"scripts": {
"deploy": "node yarnpm",
"build": "whatever build command you use"
},
// yarnpm.js
const fs = require('fs');
const FILE_NAME = process.argv[1].replace(/^.*[\\\/]/, '');
// Command you wish to run with `{{}}` in place of `npm` or `yarn'
// This would allow you to easily run multiple `npm`/`yarn` commands without much work
// For example, `{{}} run one && {{}} run two
const COMMAND_TO_RUN = '{{}} run build; ./deploy.sh';
try {
if (fs.existsSync('./package-lock.json')) { // Check for `npm`
execute(COMMAND_TO_RUN.replace('{{}}', 'npm'));
} else if (fs.existsSync('./yarn.lock')) { // Check for `yarn`
execute(COMMAND_TO_RUN.replace('{{}}', 'yarn'));
} else {
console.log('\x1b[33m', `[${FILE_NAME}] Unable to locate either npm or yarn!`, '\033[0m');
}
} catch (err) {
console.log('\x1b[31m', `[${FILE_NAME}] Unable to deploy!`, '\033[0m');
}
function execute(command) { // Helper function, to make running `exec` easier
require('child_process').exec(command,
(error, stdout, stderr) => {
if (error) {
console.log(`error: ${error.message}`);
return;
}
if (stderr) {
console.log(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
return;
}
console.log(stdout);
});
}
Hope this helps in some way! Cheers.
EDIT:
...or if you wanted to parameterize the yarnpm.js script, to make it easily reusable, and to keep all "commands" inside the package.json file, you could do something like this..
// package.json (trimmed, parameterized)
"scripts": {
"deploy": "node yarnpm '{{}} run build; ./deploy.sh'",
"build": "node build.js"
},
// yarnpm.js (parameterized)
const COMMAND_TO_RUN = process.argv[2]; // Technically, the first 'parameter' is the third index
const FILE_NAME = process.argv[1].replace(/^.*[\\\/]/, '');
if (COMMAND_TO_RUN) {
const fs = require('fs');
try {
if (fs.existsSync('./package-lock.json')) { // Check for `npm`
execute(COMMAND_TO_RUN.replace('{{}}', 'npm'));
} else if (fs.existsSync('./yarn.lock')) { // Check for `yarn`
execute(COMMAND_TO_RUN.replace('{{}}', 'yarn'));
} else {
console.log('\x1b[33m', `[${FILE_NAME}] Unable to locate either npm or yarn!`, '\033[0m');
}
} catch (err) {
console.log('\x1b[31m', `[${FILE_NAME}] Unable to deploy!`, '\033[0m');
}
function execute(command) { // Helper function, to make running `exec` easier
require('child_process').exec(command,
(error, stdout, stderr) => {
if (error) {
console.log(`error: ${error.message}`);
return;
}
if (stderr) {
console.log(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
return;
}
console.log(stdout);
});
}
} else {
console.log('\x1b[31m', `[${FILE_NAME}] Requires a single argument!`, '\033[0m')
}

Answer 3

What if check before run?
You can create a new file called build.sh, and it's content below:
# check if current user installed node environment, if not, auto install it.
if command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "version of node: $(node -v)"
echo "version of npm: $(npm -v)"
else
# auto install node environment, suppose platform is centos,
# need change this part to apply other platform.
curl --silent --location https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | sudo bash -
yum -y install nodejs
fi
npm run build
Then your script will be:
{
"deploy": "./build.sh && ./deploy.sh"
}

Answer 4

So I think I have a much simpler solution:
"deploy": "yarn run build || npm run build; ./deploy.sh",
Its only real downside is in the case where yarn exists, but the build fails, then npm run build will also take place.