left-phalange-api

YAML, TOML, JSON, JSON5, INI, CSV, ES Module, CommonJS data loader, parser and stringifier

Install

yarn add left-phalange-api

Usage

import {parse, load, stringify} from 'left-phalange-api'

load(file[, options])

• file
  • Data file path to load
• options
  • Optional
  • Type Object | String
  • Default {}
• options(String)
  • options.type
• options.type
  • Data type of file
  • Should be one of cjs, esm, ini, js, json, json5, toml, yaml, csv

examples:

await load('path/to/data.json')

await load('path/to/data', 'yaml')

await load('path/to/data', {type: 'toml'})

parse(string[, options])

• string
  • type: String
  • string to parse
• options
  • Optional
  • Type Object | String
  • Default {}
• options(String)
  • options.type
• options.type
  • Data type of string
  • Default yaml
  • Should be one of ini, json, json5, toml, yaml, csv
• options.filename
  • Filename displayed in the error message.

examples:

await parse('{"left": "phalange"}')

await parse('{"left": "phalange"}', 'json')

await parse('left = "phalange"', {type: 'toml'})

await parse('left = phalange', {filename: 'path/to/data.yml'})

stringify(data[, options])

• data
  • Data to stringify
• options
  • Optional
  • Type Object | String | Boolean
  • Default {}
• options(String)
  • options.type
• options(Boolean)
  • options.pretty
• options.type
  • Data type of string
  • Default json
  • Should be one of cjs, esm, ini, json, json5, csv
• options.pretty
  • Pretty output
  • Default false

examples:

await stringify({left: 'phalange'})
// {"left": "phalange"}

await stringify({left: 'phalange'}, 'toml')
// left = "phalange"

await stringify({left: 'phalange'}, true)
// {
//   "left": "phalange"
// }

await stringify({left: 'phalange'}, {type: 'json5', pretty: true})
// {
//   left: 'phalange',
// }

Related

• left-phalange - CLI for this module