#node-strings-file

Node.js module for processing utf-16 ios/osx .strings files.

Installing with npm

$ npm install strings-file

Usage

readStrings(filename, callback, withComments)

// Require strings-file
var StringsFile = require('strings-file');

StringsFile.readStrings('Localizable.strings', function(err, data){
	console.log(data);
});

readStringsSync(filename, withComments)

var StringsFile = require('strings-file');

var data = StringsFile.readStringsSync('Localizable.strings', true);
console.log(data);

writeStrings(filename, data, callback)

var StringsFile = require('strings-file');

var data = {
	'key_0': 'value_0',
	'key_1': 'value_1'
};

StringsFile.writeStrings('Localizable.strings', data, function(err){
	if(!err){
		console.log('File written');
	}
});

writeStringsSync(filename, data)

var StringsFile = require('strings-file');

var data = {
	'key_0': {value:'value_0',comment:'comment_0'},
	'key_1': {value:'value_1',comment:'comment_1'}
};
StringsFile.writeStringsSync('Localizable.strings', data);

parse(input, withComments)

var StringsFile = require('strings-file');

// A string in the .strings file format
var input = '"key" = "value";'

var data = StringsFile.parse(input, false);

compile(data, [options])

var StringsFile = require('strings-file');

var data = {
	'key_0': 'value_0',
	'key_1': 'value_1'
};

var str = StringsFile.compile(data);

data = {
	'key_0': { 'value' : 'value_0', 'comment' : 'comment_0' },
	'key_1': { 'value' : 'value_1', 'comment' : 'comment_1' }
};

var str = StringsFile.compile(data);