bplist-parser

An isomorphic library for parsing MacOS bplist files.

Usage

npm install @szydlovski/bplist-parser

import { parseBplist } from '@szydlovski/bplist-parser';

// browser
(async () => {
  const response = await fetch('./Profile.bplist');
  const arrayBuffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
  const properties = parseBplist(arrayBuffer);
})();

// node
import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
(async () => {
  const buffer = await fs.readFile('./Profile.bplist');
  const arrayBuffer = buffer.buffer.slice(buffer.byteOffset, buffer.byteOffset + buffer.byteLength);
  const properties = parseBplist(arrayBuffer);
})();

API

parseBplist(data: ArrayBuffer, skipChecks = false)

Arguments:

• data - ArrayBuffer - the file to be parsed
• skipChecks - boolean - whether the parser should skip checking the header, defaults to false

Returns the contents of the given ArrayBuffer parsed as a bplist. Usually a dictionary (plain object), but theoretically a bplist could also contain a single boolean, number, string, or even a null.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2021 Kamil Szydlowski

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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