install.js

#!/usr/bin/env node
'use strict'

/**
 * Install the Node-RED alternate installation template
 *
 * Author: Julian Knight (Totally Information), Jan. 2019
 * License: MIT
 *
 * Process Outline:
 *   - Get start folder (passed as param else requested via command line)
 *   - Create start folder & data sub-folder
 *   - cd start folder
 *   - npm init (better to copy package.json from a template)
 *   - npm install node-red
 *   - copy template data folder to data
 *   - copy ./node_modules/node-red/settings.js to ./data/settings.js
 * -- Job Done! --
 */

const fs = require('fs')
const https = require('https')
// const path = require('path')
// const os = require('os')
// const child_process = require('child_process')
// const readline = require('readline')

function download(url, dest, cb) {
    const file = fs.createWriteStream(dest)
    const request = https.get(url, function (response) {
        response.pipe(file)
        file.on('finish', function () {
            file.close(cb)  // close() is async, call cb after close completes.
        })
    }).on('error', function (err) { // Handle errors
        fs.unlink(dest) // Delete the file async. (But we don't check the result)
        if (cb) cb(err.message)
    })
}

console.warn('\nSorry, no installer available yet,')
console.warn('  Please see the README.md file for manual installation.\n')

// Download latest archive from GitHub to temp folder
// https://github.com/TotallyInformation/alternate-node-red-installer/archive/master.zip
const dest  = './alternate-node-red-installer.zip'
const url = 'https://codeload.github.com/TotallyInformation/alternate-node-red-installer/zip/master'
download(url, dest, function(){
    console.log('done?')
})
// Unpack
// Ask for parent folder & master folder name
// Copy template folder to master folder
// cd masterFolder, Run `npm run update`
// Delete temp files/folders