Startup Name Checker

Domain names and social media handles availability checker.

Setup

First, make sure you have Node.js installed.

Then, clone the repository and execute npm install or yarn in the local folder.

Run

Type npm start <startupName> or yarn start <startupName>.

Ex: yarn start awesomestartup.

Configure

You can configure the app by editing the config.json file. It has the following format:

{
  "domains": [
    ".com",
    ...
  ],
  "social": [
    { "name": "Facebook", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/{startupName}" },
    ...
  ],
  "requestTimeout": 5000
}

Add a domain check

Add an entry to the domains array. Ex: ".tv".

Add a social media check

Add an entry to the social array. The entry must be an object with the 2 following properties :

• name: the name of the social network. Will be used when displaying results.
• url: the URL pattern to check. Must include the {startupName} placeholder, which will be replaced by the name you supplied when running the app. The easiest way to find the URL pattern is to search for an existing company page on the desired social media.

Request timeout

Specify a value in milliseconds for requestTimeout. Should be short enough so that unresponsive web servers won't delay the display of the results for too long.

Remarks

The app was optimized for output readability instead of max performance. Instead of executing the HTTP calls in parallel and displaying the results as they arrive, the checks are here executed sequentially. This guarantees that all outputs will be in the exact same order, making it easier to compare them.