Data Document Creator

This package can be used to generate JSON and XML documents.

A document is generated with the help of a document description.

document description

A document description is a JSON or YAML file containing configuration used to generate a document.

It should contain the following structure:

{
  "config": Config;
  "document": object;
}

It is also possible to define an array with document descriptions to generate multiple documents.

config

The config property contains configuration data used when generating the document. Like the filename of the document.

config.outputDirectory

Use this property to define the directory where the generated document will be saved. For example test-data/products.

config.outputFilename

Use this property to define the generated document filename (with extension). For example product-1.json.

config.outputFormat

Use this property to define the generated document data format. For example json or xml.

config.validationSchema

Use this property to define a JSON Schema used to validate the document description. For example schemas/product-document-description.json.

If no config.validationSchema is defined it will not validate the document.

document

The document property contains the document content.

Example

schema.json

{
  "title": "Product document description",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "document": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "price": {
          "type": "integer"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

product.json

{
  "config": {
    "outputDirectory": "products",
    "outputFilename": "product-1.json",
    "outputFormat": "json",
    "validationSchema": "schema.json"
  },
  "document": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Some product",
    "price": 100
  }
}

Command line

data-document-creator -i 'product.json' -o 'test-data'

test-data/products/product-1.json

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "Some product",
  "price": 100
}

Example with multiple documents

products.json

[
  {
    "config": {
      "outputDirectory": "products",
      "outputFilename": "product-1.json",
      "outputFormat": "json"
    },
    "document": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Some product",
      "price": 100
    }
  },
  {
    "config": {
      "outputDirectory": "products",
      "outputFilename": "product-2.json",
      "outputFormat": "json"
    },
    "document": {
      "id": 2,
      "name": "Some other product",
      "price": 200
    }
  }
]

Command line

data-document-creator -i 'products.json' -o 'test-data'

test-data/products/product-1.json

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "Some product",
  "price": 100
}

test-data/products/product-2.json

{
  "id": 2,
  "name": "Some other product",
  "price": 200
}

Example with merging

Input files are merged with json-merger before validating and creating the output.

Go to https://www.npmjs.com/package/json-merger for more information.

product-defaults.json

{
  "config": {
    "outputDirectory": "products",
    "outputFilename": {
      "$afterMerges": {
        "$expression": "`product-${$source.document.id}.json`"
      }
    },
    "outputFormat": "json",
    "validationSchema": "schema.json"
  }
}

product.json

{
  "$merge": {
    "source": {
      "$import": "product-defaults.json"
    },
    "with": {
      "document": {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Some product",
        "price": 100
      }
    }
  }
}

Command line

data-document-creator -i 'product.json' -o 'test-data'

test-data/products/product-1.json

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "Some product",
  "price": 100
}

Command line options

Usage: data-document-creator [options]

Options:

  -V, --version                                 output the version number
  -i, --input <files>                           Glob pattern to specify the documents to process
  -o, --output-directory <path>                 The directory to output the processed documents to. If this param is not set the output is sent to stdout.
  -r, --property-removal-indicator <indicator>  Remove all properties containing this value. Defaults to '__NILL__'.
  -s, --skip-schema-validation                  Skip JSON schema validation. Defaults to false.
  -v, --no-verbose                              Verbose output
  -V, --no-verbose                              No verbose output
  -h, --help                                    output usage information