@tbela99/css-parser

css-parser

CSS parser and minifier for node and the browser

Installation

$ npm install @tbela99/css-parser

Features

• fault-tolerant parser, will try to fix invalid tokens according to the CSS syntax module 3 recommendations.
• efficient minification, see benchmark, see benchmark
• automatically generate nested css rules
• generate sourcemap
• compute css shorthands. see the list below
• compute calc() expression
• nested css expansion
• remove duplicate properties
• flatten @import rules
• works the same way in node and web browser

Transform

Parse and render css in a single pass.

Usage

transform(css, transformOptions: TransformOptions = {}): TransformResult

Example

import {transform} from '@tbela99/css-parser';

const {ast, code, map, errors, stats} = await transform(css, {minify: true, resolveImport: true, cwd: 'files/css'});

TransformOptions

Include ParseOptions and RenderOptions

ParseOptions

• minify: boolean, optional. default to true. optimize ast.
• src: string, optional. original css file location to be used with sourcemap.
• sourcemap: boolean, optional. preserve node location data.
• nestingRules: boolean, optional. automatically generated nested rules.
• expandNestingRules: boolean, optional. convert nesting rules into separate rules. will automatically set nestingRules to false.
• removeCharset: boolean, optional. remove @charset.
• removeEmpty: boolean, optional. remove empty rule lists from the ast.
• resolveUrls: boolean, optional. resolve css 'url()' according to the parameters 'src' and 'cwd'
• resolveImport: boolean, optional. replace @import rule by the content of its referenced stylesheet.
• cwd: string, optional. the current working directory. when specified url() are resolved using this value
• removeDuplicateDeclarations: boolean, optional. remove duplicate declarations.
• computeShorthand: boolean, optional. compute shorthand properties.
• inlineCssVariables: boolean, optional. replace css variables with their current value.
• computeCalcExpression: boolean, optional. evaluate calc() expression
• inlineCssVariables: boolean, optional. replace some css variables with their actual value. they must be declared once in the :root {} rule.

RenderOptions

• minify: boolean, optional. default to true. minify css output.
• expandNestingRules: boolean, optional. expand nesting rules.
• sourcemap: boolean, optional. generate sourcemap
• preserveLicense: boolean, force preserving comments starting with '/*!' when minify is enabled.
• sourcemap: boolean, optional. generate sourcemap.
• indent: string, optional. css indention string. uses space character by default.
• newLine: string, optional. new line character.
• removeComments: boolean, remove comments in generated css.
• colorConvert: boolean, convert colors to hex.
• output: string, optional. file where to store css. url() are resolved according to the specified value. no file is created though.
• cwd: string, optional. value used as current working directory. when output is not provided, urls are resolved according to this value.

Parsing

Usage

parse(css, parseOptions = {})

Example

const {ast, errors, stats} = await parse(css);

Rendering

Usage

doRender(ast, RenderOptions = {});

Example

import {render} from '@tbela99/css-parser';

// minified
const {code, stats} = render(ast, {minify: true});

console.log(code);

Node Walker

import {walk} from '@tbela99/css-parser';

for (const {node, parent, root} of walk(ast)) {
    
    // do somehting
}

Exports

There are several ways to import the library into your application.

Node exports

import as a module

import {transform} from '@tbela99/css-parser';

// ...

import as a CommonJS module

const {transform} = require('@tbela99/css-parser/cjs');

// ...

Web export

Programmatic import

import {transform} from '@tbela99/css-parser/web';

// ...

Javascript module

<script src="dist/web/index.js" type="module"></script>

Single JavaScript file

<script src="dist/index-umd-web.js"></script>

Example 1

Automatic CSS Nesting

CSS

const {parse, render} = require("@tbela99/css-parser/cjs");

const css = `
table.colortable td {
 text-align:center;
}
table.colortable td.c {
 text-transform:uppercase;
}
table.colortable td:first-child, table.colortable td:first-child+td {
 border:1px solid black;
}
table.colortable th {
 text-align:center;
 background:black;
 color:white;
}
`;

const result = await parse(css, {nestingRules:true}).then(result => render(result.ast, {minify:false}).code);

Result

table.colortable {
 & td {
  text-align: center;
  &.c {
   text-transform: uppercase
  }
  &:first-child,&:first-child+td {
   border: 1px solid #000
  }
 }
 & th {
  text-align: center;
  background: #000;
  color: #fff
 }
}

Example 2

Nested CSS Expansion

CSS

table.colortable {
 & td {
  text-align: center;
  &.c {
   text-transform: uppercase
  }
  &:first-child,&:first-child+td {
   border: 1px solid #000
  }
 }
 & th {
  text-align: center;
  background: #000;
  color: #fff
 }
}

Javascript

import {parse, render} from '@tbela99/css-parser';


const options = {minify: true};

const {code} = await parse(css, options).then(result => render(result.ast, {minify: false, expandNestingRules: true}));
//
console.debug(code);

Result

table.colortable td {
  text-align:center;
}
table.colortable td.c {
  text-transform:uppercase;
}
table.colortable td:first-child, table.colortable td:first-child+td {
  border:1px solid black;
}
table.colortable th {
  text-align:center;
  background:black;
  color:white;
}

Example 3

Calc() resolution

import {parse, render} from '@tbela99/css-parser';

const css = `

.foo-bar {
    width: calc(100px * 2);
    height: calc(((75.37% - 63.5px) - 900px) + (2 * 100px));
    max-width: calc(3.5rem + calc(var(--bs-border-width) * 2));
}
`;

const prettyPrint = await parse(css).then(result => render(result.ast, {minify: false}).code);

result

.foo-bar {
    width: 200px;
    height: calc(75.37% - 763.5px);
    max-width: calc(3.5rem + var(--bs-border-width)*2)
}

Example 4

CSS variable inlining

import {parse, render} from '@tbela99/css-parser';

const css = `

:root {

--preferred-width: 20px;
}
.foo-bar {

    width: calc(calc(var(--preferred-width) + 1px) / 3 + 5px);
    height: calc(100% / 4);}
`

const prettyPrint = await parse(css, {inlineCssVariables: true}).then(result => render(result.ast, {minify: false}).code);

result

.foo-bar {
    width: 12px;
    height: 25%
}

AST

Comment

• typ: string 'Comment'
• val: string, the comment

Declaration

• typ: string 'Declaration'
• nam: string, declaration name
• val: array of tokens

Rule

• typ: string 'Rule'
• sel: string, css selector
• chi: array of children

AtRule

• typ: string 'AtRule'
• nam: string. AtRule name
• val: rule prelude

AtRuleStyleSheet

• typ: string 'Stylesheet'
• chi: array of children

Sourcemap

• sourcemap generation

Minification

• reduce calc()
• inline css variables
• merge identical rules
• merge adjacent rules
• minify colors
• minify numbers and Dimensions tokens
• compute shorthand: see the list below
• remove redundant declarations
• conditionally unwrap :is()
• automatic css nesting
• automatically wrap selectors using :is()
• avoid reparsing (declarations, selectors, at-rule)
• node and browser versions
• decode and replace utf-8 escape sequence

Computed shorthands properties

• background
• border
• border-bottom
• border-color
• border-left
• border-radius
• border-right
• border-style
• border-top
• border-width
• font
• inset
• margin
• outline
• overflow
• padding
• text-decoration

Performance

• flatten @import

Thanks to Jetbrains for sponsoring this project with a free license

Changelog

v0.1.0

• [x] sourcemap generation
• [x] reduce calc():
• [x] inline css variables
• [x] configure duplicate declarations removal
• [x] configure shorthand properties computation