feat: add clickable hyperlinks for URLs in terminal output

Use OSC 8 escape sequences to make tweet and list URLs clickable
in supported terminals (iTerm2, Ghostty, Kitty, WezTerm, VS Code, etc.).

- Add hyperlink() helper function in output.ts
- Apply hyperlinks in printTweets() for tweet URLs
- Apply hyperlinks in printLists() for list URLs
- Add hyperlinks flag to OutputConfig (auto-disabled for non-TTY)
- Automatically falls back to plain text in --plain mode or when piped

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <[email protected]>
This commit is contained in:
Martin Funk
2026-01-11 11:10:34 +00:00
committed by Peter Steinberger
co-authored by Claude Opus 4.5
parent bbc90dbe08
commit 837b09fcad
4 changed files with 79 additions and 18 deletions
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@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import kleur from 'kleur';
import { type CookieSource, resolveCredentials } from '../lib/cookies.js';
import { extractTweetId } from '../lib/extract-tweet-id.js';
import {
hyperlink,
labelPrefix,
type OutputConfig,
resolveOutputConfigFromArgv,
@@ -323,7 +324,8 @@ export function createCliContext(normalizedArgs: string[], env: NodeJS.ProcessEn
if (tweet.createdAt) {
console.log(`${l('date')}${tweet.createdAt}`);
}
console.log(`${l('url')}https://x.com/${tweet.author.username}/status/${tweet.id}`);
const tweetUrl = `https://x.com/${tweet.author.username}/status/${tweet.id}`;
console.log(`${l('url')}${hyperlink(tweetUrl, tweetUrl, output)}`);
if (opts.showSeparator ?? true) {
console.log('─'.repeat(50));
}
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@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
import type { Command } from 'commander';
import type { CliContext } from '../cli/shared.js';
import { extractListId } from '../lib/extract-list-id.js';
import { hyperlink } from '../lib/output.js';
import type { TwitterList } from '../lib/twitter-client.js';
import { TwitterClient } from '../lib/twitter-client.js';
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ function printLists(lists: TwitterList[], ctx: CliContext): void {
if (list.owner) {
console.log(` ${ctx.colors.muted(`Owner: @${list.owner.username}`)}`);
}
console.log(` ${ctx.colors.accent(`https://x.com/i/lists/${list.id}`)}`);
const listUrl = `https://x.com/i/lists/${list.id}`;
console.log(` ${ctx.colors.accent(hyperlink(listUrl, listUrl, ctx.getOutput()))}`);
console.log('──────────────────────────────────────────────────');
}
}
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@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export type OutputConfig = {
plain: boolean;
emoji: boolean;
color: boolean;
hyperlinks: boolean;
};
export type StatusKind = 'ok' | 'warn' | 'err' | 'info' | 'hint';
@@ -33,8 +34,9 @@ export function resolveOutputConfigFromArgv(argv: string[], env: NodeJS.ProcessE
const plain = argv.includes('--plain');
const emoji = !plain && !argv.includes('--no-emoji');
const color = !plain && !argv.includes('--no-color') && defaultColor;
const hyperlinks = !plain && isTty;
return { plain, emoji, color };
return { plain, emoji, color, hyperlinks };
}
export function resolveOutputConfigFromCommander(
@@ -48,8 +50,9 @@ export function resolveOutputConfigFromCommander(
const plain = Boolean(opts.plain);
const emoji = !plain && (opts.emoji ?? true);
const color = !plain && (opts.color ?? true) && defaultColor;
const hyperlinks = !plain && isTty;
return { plain, emoji, color };
return { plain, emoji, color, hyperlinks };
}
export function statusPrefix(kind: StatusKind, cfg: OutputConfig): string {
@@ -93,6 +96,21 @@ export function formatTweetUrl(tweetId: string): string {
return `https://x.com/i/status/${tweetId}`;
}
/**
* Wraps a URL in OSC 8 escape sequences to make it clickable in supported terminals.
* Falls back to plain text when not in a TTY or when hyperlinks are disabled.
*/
export function hyperlink(url: string, text?: string, cfg?: OutputConfig): string {
const displayText = text ?? url;
// Only use hyperlinks when explicitly enabled (requires TTY and not plain mode)
if (!cfg?.hyperlinks) {
return displayText;
}
// OSC 8 hyperlink: \x1b]8;;URL\x07TEXT\x1b]8;;\x07
return `\x1b]8;;${url}\x07${displayText}\x1b]8;;\x07`;
}
export function formatTweetUrlLine(tweetId: string, cfg: OutputConfig): string {
return `${labelPrefix('url', cfg)}${formatTweetUrl(tweetId)}`;
const url = formatTweetUrl(tweetId);
return `${labelPrefix('url', cfg)}${hyperlink(url, url, cfg)}`;
}
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@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
import {
formatStatsLine,
formatTweetUrlLine,
hyperlink,
labelPrefix,
resolveOutputConfigFromArgv,
resolveOutputConfigFromCommander,
@@ -9,14 +10,19 @@ import {
} from '../src/lib/output.js';
describe('output', () => {
it('defaults to emoji + color on TTY', () => {
it('defaults to emoji + color + hyperlinks on TTY', () => {
const cfg = resolveOutputConfigFromArgv([], {}, true);
expect(cfg).toEqual({ plain: false, emoji: true, color: true });
expect(cfg).toEqual({ plain: false, emoji: true, color: true, hyperlinks: true });
});
it('plain disables emoji + color', () => {
it('disables hyperlinks on non-TTY', () => {
const cfg = resolveOutputConfigFromArgv([], {}, false);
expect(cfg.hyperlinks).toBe(false);
});
it('plain disables emoji + color + hyperlinks', () => {
const cfg = resolveOutputConfigFromArgv(['--plain'], {}, true);
expect(cfg).toEqual({ plain: true, emoji: false, color: false });
expect(cfg).toEqual({ plain: true, emoji: false, color: false, hyperlinks: false });
expect(statusPrefix('ok', cfg)).toBe('[ok] ');
expect(labelPrefix('url', cfg)).toBe('url: ');
});
@@ -33,7 +39,7 @@ describe('output', () => {
it('--no-color disables colors', () => {
const cfg = resolveOutputConfigFromArgv(['--no-color'], {}, true);
expect(cfg).toEqual({ plain: false, emoji: true, color: false });
expect(cfg).toEqual({ plain: false, emoji: true, color: false, hyperlinks: true });
});
it('--no-emoji switches to text prefixes', () => {
@@ -44,32 +50,65 @@ describe('output', () => {
it('commander opts override defaults', () => {
const cfg = resolveOutputConfigFromCommander({ emoji: false, color: false }, {}, true);
expect(cfg).toEqual({ plain: false, emoji: false, color: false });
expect(cfg).toEqual({ plain: false, emoji: false, color: false, hyperlinks: true });
expect(statusPrefix('info', cfg)).toBe('Info: ');
expect(labelPrefix('date', cfg)).toBe('Date: ');
});
it('commander plain wins over emoji/color', () => {
const cfg = resolveOutputConfigFromCommander({ plain: true, emoji: true, color: true }, {}, true);
expect(cfg).toEqual({ plain: true, emoji: false, color: false });
expect(cfg).toEqual({ plain: true, emoji: false, color: false, hyperlinks: false });
});
it('commander disables hyperlinks on non-TTY', () => {
const cfg = resolveOutputConfigFromCommander({}, {}, false);
expect(cfg.hyperlinks).toBe(false);
});
it('formats stats line for all modes', () => {
const stats = { likeCount: null, retweetCount: undefined, replyCount: 2 };
expect(formatStatsLine(stats, { plain: true, emoji: false, color: false })).toBe(
expect(formatStatsLine(stats, { plain: true, emoji: false, color: false, hyperlinks: false })).toBe(
'likes: 0 retweets: 0 replies: 2',
);
expect(formatStatsLine(stats, { plain: false, emoji: false, color: false })).toBe('Likes 0 Retweets 0 Replies 2');
expect(formatStatsLine(stats, { plain: false, emoji: true, color: false })).toBe('❤️ 0 🔁 0 💬 2');
expect(formatStatsLine(stats, { plain: false, emoji: false, color: false, hyperlinks: false })).toBe(
'Likes 0 Retweets 0 Replies 2',
);
expect(formatStatsLine(stats, { plain: false, emoji: true, color: false, hyperlinks: false })).toBe(
'❤️ 0 🔁 0 💬 2',
);
});
it('always includes tweet URL in all modes', () => {
const id = '1234567890';
const url = `https://x.com/i/status/${id}`;
expect(formatTweetUrlLine(id, { plain: true, emoji: false, color: false })).toContain(url);
expect(formatTweetUrlLine(id, { plain: false, emoji: false, color: false })).toContain(url);
expect(formatTweetUrlLine(id, { plain: false, emoji: true, color: false })).toContain(url);
expect(formatTweetUrlLine(id, { plain: true, emoji: false, color: false, hyperlinks: false })).toContain(url);
expect(formatTweetUrlLine(id, { plain: false, emoji: false, color: false, hyperlinks: false })).toContain(url);
expect(formatTweetUrlLine(id, { plain: false, emoji: true, color: false, hyperlinks: true })).toContain(url);
});
it('hyperlink returns plain text when hyperlinks disabled', () => {
const cfg = { plain: true, emoji: false, color: false, hyperlinks: false };
expect(hyperlink('https://x.com/test', undefined, cfg)).toBe('https://x.com/test');
});
it('hyperlink returns plain text on non-TTY (hyperlinks: false)', () => {
const cfg = { plain: false, emoji: true, color: false, hyperlinks: false };
expect(hyperlink('https://x.com/test', undefined, cfg)).toBe('https://x.com/test');
});
it('hyperlink wraps URL with OSC 8 escapes when hyperlinks enabled', () => {
const cfg = { plain: false, emoji: true, color: true, hyperlinks: true };
const result = hyperlink('https://x.com/test', undefined, cfg);
expect(result).toContain('\x1b]8;;');
expect(result).toContain('\x07');
});
it('hyperlink uses custom display text', () => {
const cfg = { plain: false, emoji: true, color: true, hyperlinks: true };
const result = hyperlink('https://x.com/test', 'Click here', cfg);
expect(result).toContain('Click here');
expect(result).toContain('\x1b]8;;https://x.com/test\x07');
});
});