SWF Reader

A simple node module for reading SWF format.

Forked from https://github.com/rafaeldias/swf-reader.

Installation

$ npm install @gizeta/swf-reader

Usage

var SWFReader = require('@gizeta/swf-reader');

SWFReader.read( 'swf_path.swf', function(err, swf) {
  if ( err ) {
    // handle error
    ...
  }
  console.log(swf);
});

SWFReader.read(file, callback)

Returns a SWF Object to callback function. If it's not possible to read the SWF, an error object is passed as the first argument of callback.

SWFReader.readSync(file)

Returns a SWF Object to the caller. If it's not possible to read the SWF, an Exception is thrown.

The file parameter of both methods may be either a file path or a buffer of the SWF file.

SWF Object

The SWF Object method has the following properties :

• version: The SWF version.
• fileLength: An Object containing the following properties :
  • compressed: The SWF compressed size in bytes.
  • uncompressed: The SWF uncompressed size in bytes.
• frameSize: An Object containing the width and height of the SWF.
• frameRate: The SWF framerate.
• frameCount: Number of frames in the SWF.
• backgroundColor: The background color of the SWF in the format #XXXXXX.
• fileAttributes: FileAtributtes defines characteristics of the SWF file.
  • useNetwork: If true, the SWF file is given network file access when loaded locally.
  • as3: If true, the SWF uses ActionScript 3.0. Otherwise it uses ActionScript 1.0 or 2.0.
  • hasMetaData: If true, the SWF file contains the Metadata tag.
  • useGPU: If true, the SWF file uses GPU compositing features when drawing graphics.
  • useDirectBlit: If true, the SWF file uses hardware acceleration to blit graphics to the screen.
• metadata: The metadata describes the SWF file to and external process.
• tags: An array of tag. Each item in the array is an object with a header property with the folowing properties:
  • code: A number indicating the type of the tag. (see SWF format for more information)
  • length: The length of the tag in bytes.

Running test

To run the test invoke the following command within the repo directory :

$ npm test

Todo

• Read tags fields.
• Write in tags block.

Contributors

Original Author: Rafael Leal Dias

License

MIT