Update readme for running on local. Add command line arg parser.

client/package.json

@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
     "@nuxtjs/tailwindcss": "^4.2.1",
     "postcss": "^8.3.6"
   }
-}
+}

package.json

@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "node index.js",
-    "start": "node index.js",
     "client": "cd client && npm install --production && npm run generate",
-    "prod": "npm run client && npm install && node prod.js"
+    "prod": "npm run client && npm install --production && node prod.js",
+    "start": "node prod.js"
   },
   "author": "advplyr",
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
     "archiver": "^5.3.0",
     "axios": "^0.21.1",
     "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
+    "command-line-args": "^5.2.0",
     "cookie-parser": "^1.4.5",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-fileupload": "^1.2.1",

prod.js

@@ -1,14 +1,28 @@
+const optionDefinitions = [
+  { name: 'config', alias: 'c', type: String },
+  { name: 'audiobooks', alias: 'a', type: String },
+  { name: 'metadata', alias: 'm', type: String },
+  { name: 'port', alias: 'p', type: String }
+]
+
+const commandLineArgs = require('command-line-args')
+const options = commandLineArgs(optionDefinitions)
+
 const Path = require('path')
 process.env.TOKEN_SECRET = '09f26e402586e2faa8da4c98a35f1b20d6b033c6097befa8be3486a829587fe2f90a832bd3ff9d42710a4da095a2ce285b009f0c3730cd9b8e1af3eb84df6611'
 process.env.NODE_ENV = 'production'
 
 const server = require('./server/Server')
 global.appRoot = __dirname
 
-const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3333
-const CONFIG_PATH = process.env.CONFIG_PATH || Path.resolve('config')
-const AUDIOBOOK_PATH = process.env.AUDIOBOOK_PATH || Path.resolve('audiobooks')
-const METADATA_PATH = process.env.METADATA_PATH || Path.resolve('metadata')
+var inputConfig = options.config ? Path.resolve(options.config) : null
+var inputAudiobook = options.audiobooks ? Path.resolve(options.audiobooks) : null
+var inputMetadata = options.metadata ? Path.resolve(options.metadata) : null
+
+const PORT = options.port || process.env.PORT || 3333
+const CONFIG_PATH = inputConfig || process.env.CONFIG_PATH || Path.resolve('config')
+const AUDIOBOOK_PATH = inputAudiobook || process.env.AUDIOBOOK_PATH || Path.resolve('audiobooks')
+const METADATA_PATH = inputMetadata || process.env.METADATA_PATH || Path.resolve('metadata')
 
 console.log('Config', CONFIG_PATH, METADATA_PATH, AUDIOBOOK_PATH)
 

readme.md

@@ -72,6 +72,21 @@ Built to run in Docker for now (also on Unraid server Community Apps)
 docker run -d -p 1337:80 -v /audiobooks:/audiobooks -v /config:/config -v /metadata:/metadata --name audiobookshelf --rm advplyr/audiobookshelf
 ```
 
+## Running on your local
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf.git
+cd audiobookshelf
+
+# All paths default to root directory. Config path is the database.
+# Directories will be created if they don't exist
+# Paths are relative to the root directory, so "../Audiobooks" would be a valid path
+npm run prod -- -p [PORT] --audiobooks [AUDIOBOOKS_PATH] --config [CONFIG_PATH] --metadata [METADATA_PATH]
+
+# You only need to use `npm run prod` the first time, after that use `npm run start`
+npm run start -- -p [PORT] --audiobooks [AUDIOBOOKS_PATH] --config [CONFIG_PATH] --metadata [METADATA_PATH]
+```
+
 ## Contributing
 
 Feel free to help out