Node Control Parser

A dependency-less node module to parse debian control files.

This supports single paragraph (like in a control file or Release file) or multi paragraph like in a Packages file.

The values are in a Map of values. If its set to multi it will return an array of Maps.

Usage

First require the module

const control = require('control-parser');

Then you can call it with a string.

control(`Example: This is an example
MultiLine: This is a
  multiline property!
Hello: World`);

This example returns

Map(3) {
  'Example' => 'This is an example',
  'MultiLine' => 'This is a\n  multiline property!',
  'Hello' => 'World'
}

Options:

Currently there is one option, multi. It defaults to false. When set to true it will read multi-paragraph files and return an array of Maps. If set to false it will read a single-paragraph file and return a Map. If a multi-paragraph file is passed while this is false it will error.

This here

control(`Example: This is an example
Hello: World

Hello: This is a second paragraph!
Info: Each paragraph is separate and can have the same 
  keys or different ones`,
{multi: true});

Will return

[
  Map(2) { 'Example' => 'This is an example', 'Hello' => 'World' },
  Map(2) {
    'Hello' => 'This is a second paragraph!',
    'Info' => 'Each paragraph is separate and can have the same \n  keys or different ones'
  }
]