pathrewrite

Rewrite paths with simple 'replace' rules.

Getting Started

Install the module with: npm install pathrewrite

Then use the 'Rules' class and the 'go()' function to substitute paths:

var pathrewrite = require('pathrewrite');

var rules = new pathrewrite.Rules();
rules.add("lost", 'back');

var result = pathrewrite.go('/I/am/lost/', rules);

// result is '/I/am/back/'

You can also load multiple rules at once using the following syntax:

var rules = pathrewrite.Rules.loadMulti( [
    {
        FROM: 'a',
        TO: 'b'
    },
    {
        FROM: 'c',
        TO: 'd'
    }
] );

"Strict" rules

Both the Rules constructor and the loadMulti() method accept the optional "strict" parameter, of type boolean.
When strict is true an additional set of checks is enacted when calling the pathrewrite.go() method.
Currently the following are checked:

• The resulting path must not contain the string ".."
• The resulting path must not contain the character "%"
• The resulting path must not contain the character "$"

Positional parameters

Positional-parameters substitutions can be requested right from the run() method, by passing to it an arbitrary number of arguments that will be substituted in the result.
"%n"-style placeholders must be put in the path to signal where the parameters should be inserted instead. The order of the parameters is strictly position-based, hence the first argument to the run() method after the 'rules' one will fill the placeholder named '%1' in the input path, as follows:

var rules = pathrewrite.Rules.loadMulti([]); // Empty set of rules...
var result = pathrewrite.go('a/%1/c', rules, 'b');

// result is 'a/b/c'

result = pathrewrite.go('a/%1/%2/', rules, 'b', 'c');

// result is 'a/b/c/'

The index of the parameters position is 1-based. A parameter can be substituted as many times as it appears in the input path, regardless of the position it appears in it:

result = pathrewrite.go('/%2/%1/%1/%1/%1/%1/%1/%1/%1/%1', rules, 'a', 'b');
        
// result is '/b/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a'

Examples

Here are some other examples:

// Remove previously added rules:
rules.clear();
rules.add("your", 'my');

// 'count' will be '1':
console.log(rules.count());

result = pathrewrite.go('/this/is/your/file.txt', rules);

// result is '/this/is/my/file.txt'

And another one demo-ing some tolerance towards the inputs:

rules.clear();
rules.add("home", 'root');

result = pathrewrite.go('/home//user/file.txt', rules);

// result is '/root/user/file.txt'

Finally, this one throws an error:

var strict = true;
var rules  = new pathrewrite.Rules(strict);
rules.add('home', '..');

/* This 'go' method throws an error because of the ".." string
 * specified above, which gets caught by the "strict" checks. */
result = pathrewrite.go('home/root/file.txt', rules);

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

License

Copyright (c) 2014 Nicola Orritos
Licensed under the MIT license.