espurify

What is espurify?

The espurify npm package is used to create a deep copy of an ESTree-compliant AST (Abstract Syntax Tree) while removing extra properties that are not part of the ESTree specification. This is useful for ensuring that ASTs are standardized and can be used in various tools and libraries that expect a clean, compliant AST.

What are espurify's main functionalities?

Deep Copy of ESTree AST

This feature allows you to create a deep copy of an ESTree-compliant AST while removing any extra properties that are not part of the ESTree specification. The code sample demonstrates parsing JavaScript code into an AST using Acorn, and then purifying that AST using espurify.

const espurify = require('espurify');
const acorn = require('acorn');

const code = 'const x = 42;';
const ast = acorn.parse(code, { ecmaVersion: 2020 });
const purifiedAst = espurify(ast);

console.log(JSON.stringify(purifiedAst, null, 2));

Other packages similar to espurify

estraverse

Estraverse is a package for traversing and manipulating ESTree-compliant ASTs. While it does not specifically purify ASTs by removing non-standard properties, it provides powerful traversal and manipulation capabilities that can be used in conjunction with espurify.

escodegen

Escodegen is a package for generating JavaScript code from an ESTree-compliant AST. It focuses on code generation rather than purification, but it can be used to regenerate code from a purified AST created by espurify.

esprima

Esprima is a high-performance, standard-compliant JavaScript parser that produces ESTree-compliant ASTs. While it does not purify ASTs, it can be used to generate the initial AST that can then be purified using espurify.

README

espurify

Clone AST without extra properties

API

const purifiedAstClone = espurify.purifyAst(originalAst)

Returns new clone of originalAst but without extra properties.

Leaves properties defined in The ESTree Spec (formerly known as Mozilla SpiderMonkey Parser API) only. Also note that extra informations (such as loc, range and raw) are eliminated too.

(note: using espurify as a default exported function is deprecated in favor of named exports aiming ESM era, and will be removed in future major releases)

Supported ECMAScript versions

• ES5
• ES2015
• ES2016
• ES2017
• ES2018
• ES2019
• ES2020
• ES2021
• ES2022

const customizedCloneFunctionWithAllowList = espurify.cloneWithAllowlist(allowList)

Returns customized function for cloning AST, with user-provided allowList.

(note: espurify.cloneWithWhitelist is still exported but deprecated in favor of more inclusive language and will be removed in future major releases)

const purifiedAstClone = customizedCloneFunctionWithAllowList(originalAst)

Returns new clone of originalAst by customized function.

allowList

type	default value
object	N/A

allowList is an object containing NodeType as keys and properties as values.

{
    ArrayExpression: ['type', 'elements'],
    ArrayPattern: ['type', 'elements'],
    ArrowFunctionExpression: ['type', 'id', 'params', 'body', 'generator', 'expression'],
    AssignmentExpression: ['type', 'operator', 'left', 'right'],
    ...

const customizedCloneFunction = espurify.customize(options)

Returns customized function for cloning AST, configured by custom options.

const purifiedAstClone = customizedCloneFunction(originalAst)

Returns new clone of originalAst by customized function.

options

type	default value
object	{}

Configuration options. If not passed, default options will be used.

options.ecmaVersion

type	default value
string or number	2022

Indicates the ECMAScript version to clone. Must be either 5, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.

options.extra

type	default value
array of string	null

List of extra properties to be left in result AST. For example, functions returned by espurify.customize({extra: ['raw']}) will preserve raw properties of Literal. Functions return by espurify.customize({extra: ['loc', 'range']}) will preserve loc and range properties of each Node.

EXAMPLE

const espurify = require('espurify');
const estraverse = require('estraverse');
const acorn = require('acorn');
const syntax = estraverse.Syntax;
const assert = require('assert');

const jsCode = 'assert("foo")';

// Adding extra informations to AST
const originalAst = acorn.parse(jsCode, { locations: true, ranges: true, ecmaVersion: 2022 });
estraverse.replace(originalAst, {
  leave: function (currentNode, parentNode) {
    if (currentNode.type === syntax.Literal && typeof currentNode.raw !== 'undefined') {
      currentNode['x-verbatim-bar'] = {
        content : currentNode.raw,
        precedence : 18  // escodegen.Precedence.Primary
      };
      return currentNode;
    } else {
      return undefined;
    }
  }
});


// purify AST
const purifiedClone = espurify.purifyAst(originalAst);


// Extra properties are eliminated from cloned AST
assert.deepEqual(purifiedClone, {
  type: 'Program',
  body: [
    {
      type: 'ExpressionStatement',
      expression: {
        type: 'CallExpression',
        callee: {
          type: 'Identifier',
          name: 'assert'
        },
        arguments: [
          {
            type: 'Literal',
            value: 'foo'
          }
        ],
        optional: false
      }
    }
  ],
  sourceType: 'script'
});


// original AST is not modified
assert.deepEqual(originalAst,{
  type: 'Program',
  start: 0,
  end: 13,
  loc: {
    start: {
      line: 1,
      column: 0
    },
    end: {
      line: 1,
      column: 13
    }
  },
  range: [
    0,
    13
  ],
  body: [
    {
      type: 'ExpressionStatement',
      start: 0,
      end: 13,
      loc: {
        start: {
          line: 1,
          column: 0
        },
        end: {
          line: 1,
          column: 13
        }
      },
      range: [
        0,
        13
      ],
      expression: {
        type: 'CallExpression',
        start: 0,
        end: 13,
        loc: {
          start: {
            line: 1,
            column: 0
          },
          end: {
            line: 1,
            column: 13
          }
        },
        range: [
          0,
          13
        ],
        callee: {
          type: 'Identifier',
          start: 0,
          end: 6,
          loc: {
            start: {
              line: 1,
              column: 0
            },
            end: {
              line: 1,
              column: 6
            }
          },
          range: [
            0,
            6
          ],
          name: 'assert'
        },
        arguments: [
          {
            type: 'Literal',
            start: 7,
            end: 12,
            loc: {
              start: {
                line: 1,
                column: 7
              },
              end: {
                line: 1,
                column: 12
              }
            },
            range: [
              7,
              12
            ],
            value: 'foo',
            raw: '"foo"',
            "x-verbatim-bar": {
              content: '"foo"',
              precedence: 18
            }
          }
        ],
        optional: false
      }
    }
  ],
  sourceType: 'script'
});

INSTALL

via npm

Install

$ npm install --save espurify

Use

const espurify = require('espurify');

AUTHOR

• Takuto Wada

CONTRIBUTORS

• Renée Kooi
• Andreas Lind

LICENSE

Licensed under the MIT license.