# v8flags [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/js-cli/js-v8flags.png)](http://travis-ci.org/js-cli/js-v8flags) [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/9psgmwayx9kpol1a?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/js-cli/js-v8flags) > Get available v8 flags. [![NPM](https://nodei.co/npm/v8flags.png)](https://nodei.co/npm/v8flags/) ## Example ```js const v8flags = require('v8flags'); v8flags(function (err, results) { console.log(results); // [ '--use_strict', // '--es5_readonly', // '--es52_globals', // '--harmony_typeof', // '--harmony_scoping', // '--harmony_modules', // '--harmony_proxies', // '--harmony_collections', // '--harmony', // ... }); ``` ## Release History * 2015-12-07 - v2.0.11 - cache to temp directory if home is present but unwritable * 2015-07-28 - v2.0.10 - don't throw for electron runtime, just call back with empty array * 2015-06-25 - v2.0.9 - call back with flags even if cache file can't be written * 2015-06-15 - v2.0.7 - revert to 2.0.5 behavior. * 2015-06-15 - v2.0.6 - store cache file in ~/.cache or ~/AppData/Local depending on platform * 2015-04-18 - v2.0.5 - attempt to require config file, if this throws for any reason, fopen w+ and re-create * 2015-04-16 - v2.0.4 - when concurrent processes are run and no config exists, don't append to the cached config. * 2015-03-31 - v2.0.3 - prefer to store config files in user home over tmp * 2015-01-18 - v2.0.2 - keep his dark tentacles contained * 2015-01-15 - v2.0.1 - store temp file in `os.tmpdir()`, drop support for node 0.8 * 2015-01-15 - v2.0.0 - make the stupid thing async * 2014-12-22 - v1.0.8 - exclude `--help` flag * 2014-12-20 - v1.0.7 - pre-cache flags for every version of node from 0.8 to 0.11 * 2014-12-09 - v1.0.6 - revert to 1.0.0 behavior * 2014-11-26 - v1.0.5 - get node executable from `process.execPath` * 2014-11-18 - v1.0.4 - wrap node executable path in quotes * 2014-11-17 - v1.0.3 - get node executable during npm install via `process.env.NODE` * 2014-11-17 - v1.0.2 - get node executable from `process.env._` * 2014-09-03 - v1.0.0 - first major version release * 2014-09-02 - v0.3.0 - keep -- in flag names * 2014-09-02 - v0.2.0 - cache flags * 2014-05-09 - v0.1.0 - initial release