astrocite-bibtex
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An AST and parser for parsing BibTeX files to CSL JSON.
See astrocite for more details.
Type: String
Raw BibTeX to be parsed to CSL JSON
Type: String
Raw BibTeX to be parsed to an AST
import { parse } from 'astrocite-bibtex';
const cslJson = parse(`
@preamble{ "\newcommand{\noopsort}[1]{} " }
% a sample "regular" entry (ie. not a @comment, @preamble, or @string)
@book{abook,
title = {A } # "Book", % an in-entry comment
editor = { John Q. Random} # junk,
publisher = {Foo Bar \& Sons},
year = 1922
}
@STRING{ACM = "The OX Association for Computing Machinery"}
@BOOKLET{booklet-full,
author = "Jill C. Knvth",
title = "The Programming of Computer Art",
howpublished = "Vernier Art Center",
address = "Stanford, California",
month = feb,
year = 1988,
note = "This is a full BOOKLET entry",
}
@comment{ Foo (bar) {baz} }
`);
// cslJson is now valid CSL JSON
The full schema specification can be found here.
@preamble{ "\newcommand{\noopsort}[1]{} " }
% a sample "regular" entry (ie. not a @comment, @preamble, or @string)
@book{abook,
title = {A } # "Book", % an in-entry comment
editor = { John Q. Random} # junk,
publisher = {Foo Bar \& Sons},
year = 1922
}
@STRING{ACM = "The OX Association for Computing Machinery"}
@BOOKLET{booklet-full,
author = "Jill C. Knvth",
title = "The Programming of Computer Art",
howpublished = "Vernier Art Center",
address = "Stanford, California",
month = feb,
year = 1988,
note = "This is a full BOOKLET entry",
}
@comment{ Foo (bar) {baz} }
{
"kind": "File",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 0,
"line": 1,
"column": 1
},
"end": {
"offset": 618,
"line": 24,
"column": 28
}
},
"children": [
{
"kind": "PreambleExpression",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 0,
"line": 1,
"column": 1
},
"end": {
"offset": 45,
"line": 3,
"column": 1
}
},
"value": [
{
"kind": "RegularCommand",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 12,
"line": 1,
"column": 13
},
"end": {
"offset": 39,
"line": 1,
"column": 40
}
},
"value": "newcommand",
"arguments": [
{
"kind": "RequiredArgument",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 23,
"line": 1,
"column": 24
},
"end": {
"offset": 34,
"line": 1,
"column": 35
}
},
"value": [
{
"kind": "RegularCommand",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 24,
"line": 1,
"column": 25
},
"end": {
"offset": 33,
"line": 1,
"column": 34
}
},
"value": "noopsort",
"arguments": []
}
]
},
{
"kind": "OptionalArgument",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 34,
"line": 1,
"column": 35
},
"end": {
"offset": 37,
"line": 1,
"column": 38
}
},
"value": "1"
},
{
"kind": "RequiredArgument",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 37,
"line": 1,
"column": 38
},
"end": {
"offset": 39,
"line": 1,
"column": 40
}
},
"value": []
}
]
},
{
"kind": "Text",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 39,
"line": 1,
"column": 40
},
"end": {
"offset": 40,
"line": 1,
"column": 41
}
},
"value": " "
}
]
},
{
"kind": "Entry",
"id": "abook",
"type": "book",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 117,
"line": 5,
"column": 1
},
"end": {
"offset": 278,
"line": 12,
"column": 1
}
},
"properties": [
{
"kind": "Property",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 131,
"line": 6,
"column": 1
},
"end": {
"offset": 194,
"line": 7,
"column": 1
}
},
"key": "title",
"value": [
{
"kind": "Text",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 140,
"line": 6,
"column": 10
},
"end": {
"offset": 142,
"line": 6,
"column": 12
}
},
"value": "A "
},
{
"kind": "Text",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 147,
"line": 6,
"column": 17
},
"end": {
"offset": 151,
"line": 6,
"column": 21
}
},
"value": "Book"
}
]
},
{
"kind": "Property",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 194,
"line": 7,
"column": 1
},
"end": {
"offset": 231,
"line": 8,
"column": 1
}
},
"key": "editor",
"value": [
{
"kind": "Text",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 204,
"line": 7,
"column": 11
},
"end": {
"offset": 221,
"line": 7,
"column": 28
}
},
"value": " John Q. Random"
},
{
"kind": "String",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 225,
"line": 7,
"column": 32
},
"end": {
"offset": 229,
"line": 7,
"column": 36
}
},
"value": "junk"
}
]
},
{
"kind": "Property",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 231,
"line": 8,
"column": 1
},
"end": {
"offset": 263,
"line": 9,
"column": 1
}
},
"key": "publisher",
"value": [
{
"kind": "Text",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 244,
"line": 8,
"column": 14
},
"end": {
"offset": 252,
"line": 8,
"column": 22
}
},
"value": "Foo Bar "
},
{
"kind": "SymbolCommand",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 252,
"line": 8,
"column": 22
},
"end": {
"offset": 254,
"line": 8,
"column": 24
}
},
"value": "&"
},
{
"kind": "Text",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 254,
"line": 8,
"column": 24
},
"end": {
"offset": 259,
"line": 8,
"column": 29
}
},
"value": " Sons"
}
]
},
{
"kind": "Property",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 263,
"line": 9,
"column": 1
},
"end": {
"offset": 275,
"line": 10,
"column": 1
}
},
"key": "year",
"value": {
"kind": "Number",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 270,
"line": 9,
"column": 8
},
"end": {
"offset": 274,
"line": 9,
"column": 12
}
},
"value": 1922
}
}
]
},
{
"kind": "StringExpression",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 278,
"line": 12,
"column": 1
},
"end": {
"offset": 339,
"line": 14,
"column": 1
}
},
"key": "ACM",
"value": [
{
"kind": "Text",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 293,
"line": 12,
"column": 16
},
"end": {
"offset": 335,
"line": 12,
"column": 58
}
},
"value": "The OX Association for Computing Machinery"
}
]
},
{
"kind": "Entry",
"id": "booklet-full",
"type": "booklet",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 339,
"line": 14,
"column": 1
},
"end": {
"offset": 591,
"line": 24,
"column": 1
}
},
"properties": [
{
"kind": "Property",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 362,
"line": 15,
"column": 1
},
"end": {
"offset": 391,
"line": 16,
"column": 1
}
},
"key": "author",
"value": [
{
"kind": "Text",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 375,
"line": 15,
"column": 14
},
"end": {
"offset": 388,
"line": 15,
"column": 27
}
},
"value": "Jill C. Knvth"
}
]
},
{
"kind": "Property",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 391,
"line": 16,
"column": 1
},
"end": {
"offset": 437,
"line": 17,
"column": 1
}
},
"key": "title",
"value": [
{
"kind": "Text",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 403,
"line": 16,
"column": 13
},
"end": {
"offset": 434,
"line": 16,
"column": 44
}
},
"value": "The Programming of Computer Art"
}
]
},
{
"kind": "Property",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 437,
"line": 17,
"column": 1
},
"end": {
"offset": 477,
"line": 18,
"column": 1
}
},
"key": "howpublished",
"value": [
{
"kind": "Text",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 456,
"line": 17,
"column": 20
},
"end": {
"offset": 474,
"line": 17,
"column": 38
}
},
"value": "Vernier Art Center"
}
]
},
{
"kind": "Property",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 477,
"line": 18,
"column": 1
},
"end": {
"offset": 514,
"line": 19,
"column": 1
}
},
"key": "address",
"value": [
{
"kind": "Text",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 491,
"line": 18,
"column": 15
},
"end": {
"offset": 511,
"line": 18,
"column": 35
}
},
"value": "Stanford, California"
}
]
},
{
"kind": "Property",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 514,
"line": 19,
"column": 1
},
"end": {
"offset": 530,
"line": 20,
"column": 1
}
},
"key": "month",
"value": [
{
"kind": "String",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 525,
"line": 19,
"column": 12
},
"end": {
"offset": 528,
"line": 19,
"column": 15
}
},
"value": "feb"
}
]
},
{
"kind": "Property",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 530,
"line": 20,
"column": 1
},
"end": {
"offset": 546,
"line": 21,
"column": 1
}
},
"key": "year",
"value": {
"kind": "Number",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 540,
"line": 20,
"column": 11
},
"end": {
"offset": 544,
"line": 20,
"column": 15
}
},
"value": 1988
}
},
{
"kind": "Property",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 546,
"line": 21,
"column": 1
},
"end": {
"offset": 588,
"line": 22,
"column": 1
}
},
"key": "note",
"value": [
{
"kind": "Text",
"loc": {
"start": {
"offset": 557,
"line": 21,
"column": 12
},
"end": {
"offset": 585,
"line": 21,
"column": 40
}
},
"value": "This is a full BOOKLET entry"
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
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Parser and AST for converting BibTeX to CSL JSON
The npm package astrocite-bibtex receives a total of 233 weekly downloads. As such, astrocite-bibtex popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that astrocite-bibtex demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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