feeder

Introduction

This project is a simple xml to json converter for the most common types of ecommerce product feeds.

Dependencies

• node-expat
• debug
• nomnom

Usage

var FeedStream = require('feeder')
  , fs = require('fs');

fs.createReadStream('feed.xml')
  .pipe(new FeedStream())
  .pipe(process.stdout);

Options

• newlines - Boolean print each product on a new line
• trim - Boolean trim element text
• blacklist - Array blacklist keys from being emitted
• rename - Object rename keys e.g. {"before": "after"}
• lowercaseKeys - Boolean lower case keys
• productElement - String element name to mark the start and end of a product. Usually 'product' or some variation thereof
• extractAttrs - Boolean extract all element attributes into emitted objects

Example

FeedStream accepts xml of approximately the following format:

<products>
  <product>
    <name> Wintermute </name>
    <price> 2000.00 </price>
    <currency> CHF </price>
  </product>
  <product>
    <name> Neuromancer </name>
    <price> 100000.00 </price>
    <currency> BRL </currency>
  </product>
</products>

and produces a stringified JSON object for each product:

{ name: 'Wintermute', price: '2000.00', currency: 'CHF' }
{ name: 'Neuromancer', price: '100000.00', currency: 'BRL'}

License

MIT