pbn

pbn parses and transforms a Portable Bridge Notation stream into a series of javascript objects via the node stream design pattern. Each PBN object contains a type and other properties that describes the PBN line(s).

The change log is automatically produced with the help of semantic-release.

Features

• Directive - % PBN 2.1
• Tag - [Event "somewhere"]
• Inherited tag value - [Event "#"] or [Event "##somewhere"]
• Section data added to previous tag
• Comment - ; ... or { ... }
• Game - starts with first Tag or semi-empty line
• Deal - easily parseable hands
• Conversion of deal file formats (BRI) to pbn

Getting started

Install the latest version with npm

> npm install pbn

Usage

Include the package

const pbn = require('pbn')

Process a PBN file

fs.createReadStream('foo.pbn')
    .pipe(pbn())
    .on('data', data => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
    })
    .on('error', err => {
        process.stderr.write(err.message);
        process.exit(1);
    });

Process a PBN string

const Readable = require('stream').Readable;

function text(doc) {
    var s = new Readable();
    s.push(doc);    // the string you want
    s.push(null);   // indicates end-of-file basically - the end of the stream
    return s;
}

text(' ... ')
    .pipe(pbn())
    .on('data', data => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
    })
    .on('error', err => {
        process.stderr.write(err.message);
        process.exit(1);
    });

Data event

The data event, .on('data', data => {...}), is emitted when a PBN line(s) is completely parsed. It contains the type and other properties.

directive

Is emitted when a line begins with a percent(%). For example

% PBN 2.1

produces

{
    type: 'directive',
    text: 'PBN 2.1'
}

Note that whitespace is trimmed.

comment (single line)

Is emitted when a line begins with a semi-colon(';'). For example

; The quick brown fox ...

produces

{
    type: 'comment',
    text: 'The quick brown fox ...'
}

Note that whitespace is trimmed.

comment (multi-line)

Is emitted when a group of lines start with { and ends with }. For example

{
  the quick browk fox
  ...
}

produces

{
    type: 'comment',
    text: '  the quick browk fox\r\n  ...\r\n'
}

Note that whitespace is not trimmed.

game

Is emitted when the first tag or a semi-empty line is encountersed.

{
    type: 'game'
}

tag

Is emitted when a line starts with [ and ends with ]. For example

[Dealer "N"]

produces

{
    type: 'tag',
    name: 'Dealer',
    value: 'N'
}

Contract

The Contract tag provides an easy parseable contract. For example

[Contract "3NTX"]

produces

{
    type: 'tag',
    name: 'Contract',
    value: '3NTX',
    level: 3,
    denomination: 'NT',
    risk: 'X'
}

A passed in contract, [Contract "Pass"], sets the level to zero.

{
    type: 'tag',
    name: 'Contract',
    value: 'Pass',
    level: 0,
    risk: ''
}

Deal

The Deal tag provides an easy parseable hand. For example

[Deal "N:JT6.AK95.J9.KJ72 - - A4.T863.AQ643.53"]

produces

{
    type: 'tag',
    name: 'Deal',
    value: 'N:JT6.AK95.J9.KJ72 - - A4.T863.AQ643.5'
    cards: [
      { seat: 'N', suit: 'S', rank: 'J'},
      { seat: 'N', suit: 'S', rank: 'T'},
      { seat: 'N', suit: 'S', rank: '6'},
      { seat: 'N', suit: 'H', rank: 'A'},
      ...
      { seat: 'W', suit: 'S', rank: 'A'},
      ...
      { seat: 'W', suit; 'C', rank: '5'}
    }
}

Note

The Note tag provides a number and text property. For example

[Note "1:non-forcing 6-9 points, 6-card"]

produces

{
    type: 'tag',
    name: 'Note',
    value: '1:non-forcing 6-9 points, 6-card',
    number: 1,
    text: 'non-forcing 6-9 points, 6-card'
}

Conversion

Some deal formats can be converted into a pbn stream. The pbn.convertXXX() function is used, where XXX is the name of the deal format.

fs.createReadStream('foo.bri')
    .pipe(pbn.convertBRI(options))
    .on('data', data => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
    });
    

The deal formats and PBN can also be automatically detected, using pbn.autoConvert()

fs.createReadStream('foo.bri')
    .pipe(pbn.autoConvert(options))
    .on('data', data => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
    });

BRI

pbn.convertBRI(options)

• options.boardNumber - the starting board number, defaults to 1.

BRI format is a subset of DUP format. (DUP also includes DGE format for verification). Structure is 78 ASCII numbers per deal to designate the North, East and South hands in that order. Each hand uses 26 bytes. Each two numbers represents a card (01 = SA, 02 = SK ... 52 = C2).

For some reason each BRI deal is padded to 128 bytes (with spaces and nulls!)

http://www.duplimate.com/DuplimateClub/convert.pdf

DGE

pbn.convertDGE(options)

• options.boardNumber - the starting board number, defaults to 1.

DGE format is a subset of DUP format; again padded to 128 bytes.

http://www.duplimate.com/DuplimateClub/convert.pdf

DUP

pbn.convertDUP(options)

• options.boardNumber - the starting board number, defaults to 1.

http://www.duplimate.com/DuplimateClub/convert.pdf

Command line

A command line interface (pbn) is also available. It transforms a PBN file or stdin into JSON.

To transform a file, try something like:

> pbn foo.pbn

To use with *nix pipes

> cat foo.pbn | pbn

License

The MIT license.

Copyright © 2016 Richard Schneider ([email protected])