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parse-package
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Parse package.json file and return intelligent object - node module
# setup node and npm env
nvm install node # install latest node version
nvm use node # use latest node version
npm i -g npm # install latest npm
# go to your project
## install as depedency
npm i -S parse-package
## install as dev dependency
npm i -D parse-package
const { parsePackage } = require('parse-package')
const out = parsePackage('./package.json')
// out
{ filename: './package.json',
parsed:
{ data:
{ name: 'parse-package',
version: '1.0.0',
description: 'Parse package.json file and return intelligent object - node module',
main: 'src/index.js',
scripts: [Object],
repository: [Object],
keywords: [Array],
author: 'Blunt <anusaini@paypal.com>',
license: 'MIt',
bugs: [Object],
homepage: 'https://github.com/anusaini/parse-package#readme',
dependencies: [Object],
devDependencies: [Object] },
flattenedKeys:
[ 'name',
'version',
'description',
'main',
'scripts.test',
'repository.type',
'repository.url',
'keywords.0',
'keywords.1',
'keywords.2',
'author',
'license',
'bugs.url',
'homepage',
'dependencies.flattenkeys',
'dependencies.flattenvalues',
'dependencies.node-path-choice',
'dependencies.truekeys',
'devDependencies.chai',
'devDependencies.eslint',
'devDependencies.eslint-config-standard',
'devDependencies.eslint-plugin-import',
'devDependencies.eslint-plugin-node',
'devDependencies.eslint-plugin-promise',
'devDependencies.eslint-plugin-standard',
'devDependencies.jasmine' ],
flattenedValues:
[ [Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object],
[Object] ],
keys:
[ 'name',
'version',
'description',
'main',
'scripts',
'repository',
'keywords',
'author',
'license',
'bugs',
'homepage',
'dependencies',
'devDependencies' ] },
errors: [],
contains: [Function],
get: [Function]
}
// out.flattenedValues
[
{ key: 'name', val: 'parse-package' },
{ key: 'version', val: '1.0.0' },
{ key: 'description',
val: 'Parse package.json file and return intelligent object - node module' },
{ key: 'main', val: 'src/index.js' },
{ key: 'scripts.test', val: 'jasmine' },
{ key: 'repository.type', val: 'git' },
{ key: 'repository.url',
val: 'git+https://github.com/anusaini/parse-package.git' },
{ key: 'keywords.0', val: 'parse' },
{ key: 'keywords.1', val: 'package' },
{ key: 'keywords.2', val: 'parse package json' },
{ key: 'author', val: 'Blunt <anusaini@paypal.com>' },
{ key: 'license', val: 'MIt' },
{ key: 'bugs.url',
val: 'https://github.com/anusaini/parse-package/issues' },
{ key: 'homepage',
val: 'https://github.com/anusaini/parse-package#readme' },
{ key: 'dependencies.flattenkeys', val: '^1.0.0' },
{ key: 'dependencies.flattenvalues', val: '^1.0.0' },
{ key: 'dependencies.node-path-choice', val: '^2.0.0' },
{ key: 'dependencies.truekeys', val: '^2.0.0' },
{ key: 'devDependencies.chai', val: '^4.1.2' },
{ key: 'devDependencies.eslint', val: '^4.17.0' },
{ key: 'devDependencies.eslint-config-standard',
val: '^11.0.0-beta.0' },
{ key: 'devDependencies.eslint-plugin-import', val: '^2.8.0' },
{ key: 'devDependencies.eslint-plugin-node', val: '^6.0.0' },
{ key: 'devDependencies.eslint-plugin-promise', val: '^3.6.0' },
{ key: 'devDependencies.eslint-plugin-standard', val: '^3.0.1' },
{ key: 'devDependencies.jasmine', val: '^3.0.0' }
]
// out.get(['scripts'])
[ { key: 'scripts', val: { test: 'jasmine' } } ]
parsePackage also supports callback mechanism.
Look into tests and read code for more information.
MIT 2018
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Parse package.json file and return intelligent object - node module
We found that parse-package 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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