Card Dealer CLI

CLI utility for interacting with a deck of cards. You can draw a random card or cards from various types of decks (standard, euchre, pinochle, or canasta). You can also deal a hand for several card games: blackjack, poker, euchre, pinochle, canasta, gin, or rummy.

Installation

npm install -g card-dealer-cli

CLI Usage

There are two commands available: pick-a-card and deal-a-hand

Usage: card-dealer [options] [command]

Options:
  -p, --perfect-shuffle        Should all randomness be removed when shuffling the deck? (default:false)
  -t, --shuffle-times <times>  How many times should we shuffle the deck? (default: 7)
  --cut [Y/n]                  Do you want to cut the deck after shuffling?
  -h, --help                   display help for command

Commands:
  pick-a-card [options]        Pick a random card or cards from a deck
  deal-a-hand [options]        Deal a hand for one of several types of card games
  help [command]               display help for command

pick-a-card

Pick a random card (or multiple cards) from a deck of cards.

(This is the default command, so it will run if you don't specify another command)

Usage: card-dealer pick-a-card [options]

Pick a random card or cards from a deck

Options:
  -d, --deck <deck-type>  What type of deck should we use (choices: "standard", "double", "euchre", "canasta", "pinochle", default: "standard")
  -c, --count <number>    How many cards should be chosen? (default: 1)
  --top                   Should the card be pulled from the top of the deck, rather than at a random point in the deck? (default: false)
  -h, --help              display help for command

Examples

Pick a random card from a standard 52 card deck:

card-dealer

Cut the deck after shuffling without being prompted

card-dealer pick-a-card --cut

Do not shuffle or cut the deck and pick a card off the top of the deck. (This will not be random at all).

card-dealer pick-a-card --shuffle-times 0 --cut n --top

Pick two random cards from a canata deck:

card-dealer pick-a-card --deck canasta --count 2

deal-a-hand

Deal the initial hand for several types of cards games: blackjack, poker, euchre, pinochle, canasta, gin or rummy.

Usage: card-dealer deal-a-hand [options]

Deal a hand for one of several types of card games

Options:
  -g, --game <game-type>  What card game should we deal a hand for? (choices: "blackjack", "poker", "euchre", "pinochle", "canasta", "gin", "rummy")
  -h, --help              display help for command

Examples

Deal hand, being prompted for what game

card-dealer deal-a-hand

Deal a game of Texas hold 'em poker

card-dealer deal-a-hand --game poker

Deal a game Euchre without shuffling, only cutting the deck once

card-dealer deal-a-hand --game euchre --shuffle-times 0 --cut

Importing libs

In addition to the CLI utility, you can also import the underlying classes and objects for use in your own application.

npm install card-dealer-cli

Usage

import { StandardDeck, CanastaDeck } from 'card-dealer-cli'

const deck = new StandardDeck()
const canastaDeck = new CanastaDeck()

console.log(deck.count) # => 52
console.log(canastaDeck.count) # => 108

# Shuffle the deck three times
deck.riffleShuffle(3)
# Cut the deck
deck.cut()

const hands = deck.dealHands({ cardsPerHand: 5, numberOfHands: 3 })

console.log(hands[0].showCards()) # => ♠️ J   ♣️ 2   ♣️ 5   ♥ 3   ♦ 2

See the BaseDeck definition for available functions on deck objects and in deck.ts for the types of decks available. Look in the lib directory for defintions of other objects such as Card and Hand