plist.js

plist.js is just a simple library to read and create Apple property lists from Javascript.

Installation

npm install plistjs

Usage

First, import plistjs with:

plist = require "plistjs"

Parsing a Property List

plist.parse(contents)

contents is a string containing the contents of either an XML or ASCII plist, the type of which is automatically detected.

A Javascript object is returned, representing the plist file.

Exporting a Javascript Object as a Property List

plist.serialize(pl, format)

pl is the object to serialize, and format is either plist.XML or plist.ASCII.

A string is returned that contains the resulting property list.

Example

fs = require "fs"
plist = require "./lib/plist"

txt = fs.readFileSync("tests/test.plist").toString()
pl = plist.parse txt

pl["testbool"] = true

output = plist.serialize pl, plist.XML

Supported Types

Current:

• XML
• ASCII

Planned:

• Binary

License

Copyright (c) 2011-2014, David Pearson
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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