slimdom-sax-parser
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Parse an XML string to a light-weight spec-compliant document object model, for browser and Node
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slimdom-sax-parser
Parses XML to a slimdom document using saxes. slimdom is a fast, tiny, standards-compliant XML DOM implementation for browser and node.
- Parses text, elements, attributes, processing instructions, comments and CDATA
- Supports namespaces
- Works in NodeJS and the browser
Exports
Has two named exports:
async
(function) Asynchronously return a slimdom Document for the given XML string or Readable stream.sync
(function) Synchronously return a slimdom Document for the given XML string:slimdom
(slimdom) A reference to the lib this parser is built around, as a convenience.
The shape of the async
function is as follows;
function async(
xml: string | stream.Readable,
options?: saxes.SaxesOptions & {
additionalEntities?: {
[entityName: string]: string;
};
}
): Promise<slimdom.Document>;
The shape of the sync
function is as follows;
function sync(
xml: string,
options?: saxes.SaxesOptions & {
additionalEntities?: {
[entityName: string]: string;
};
}
): slimdom.Document;
See also saxes.SaxesOptions and the standard DOM API.
Usage
import { async } from 'slimdom-sax-parser';
const dom = await async('<xml foo="bar" />');
import { sync } from 'slimdom-sax-parser';
const dom = sync('<xml foo="bar" />');
Examples
Modify the XML DOM:
import { sync } from 'slimdom-sax-parser';
const document = sync(`<foo />`);
document.documentElement.setAttribute('bar', 'baz');
// document.documentElement.hasAttribute('bar') === true
Use with an XPath engine (fontoxpath):
import { sync } from 'slimdom-sax-parser';
import { evaluateXPath } from 'fontoxpath';
const document = sync(`<foo><bar /><baz /></foo>`);
const childNodeNames = evaluateXPath('/foo/*/name()', document);
// childNodeNames equals ['bar', 'baz']
Use source code position tracking:
import { slimdom, sync } from 'slimdom-sax-parser';
const xml = '<example><child-element /></example>';
const document = sync(xml, { position: true });
// document instanceof slimdom.Document === true
const childElement = document.documentElement.firstChild;
// childElement instanceof slimdom.Element === true
const position = childElement.position;
// xml.substring(position.start, position.end) === '<child-element />'
Transform a XML file:
import fs from 'fs';
import { async, slimdom } from 'slimdom-sax-parser';
import { evaluateXPathToNodes } from 'fontoxpath';
async function transform(filePath) {
const xmlStream = fs.createReadStream(filePath);
const document = await async(xmlStream);
const barNodes = evaluateXPathToNodes('//bar/*', document);
for (const barNode of barNodes) {
barNode.setAttribute('bar', 'baz');
}
await fs.promises.writeFile(filePath, slimdom.serializeToWellFormedString(document));
}
transform('./file.xml');
License
Copyright (c) 2019 Wybe Minnebo
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.