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super-xmlllint

v1.0.6

Published

Wrapper for `xmllint`. Easy validation of XML. C14n and c14n-exc canoncalization. XML Schemas and DTDs supported. Zero dependencies.

Downloads

1,585

Readme

super-xmllint

npm package

Wrapper for xmllint. Easy validation of XML. XML Schemas and DTDs supported. c14n, c14n11 and c14n-exc canoncalization.

Zero dependencies.

Fork from project validate-with-xmllint

Features

  • Validate schemaless XML file 👉 function validateXML(input: string | Buffer): Promise<xmllintOutput>
  • Validate with DTDs 👉 function validateXMLWithDTD(input: string | Buffer): Promise<xmllintOutput>
  • Validate with XML Schemas (XSD) 👉 function validateXMLWithXSD(input: string | Buffer, xsdfile: string | Buffer): Promise<void>
  • Canonicalize XML with c14n, c14n11 or exc-c14n 👉 function canonicalizeXML(input: string | Buffer, method: 'c14n' | 'c14n11' | 'exc-c14n' = 'exc-c14n'): Promise<xmllintOutput>
  • Written in TypeScript
  • Tests with good coverage included
  • Zero NPM dependencies
  • Availability of xmllint is verified during installation time
  • No network connections used during validations

The interface of the xmllintOutput format is

  code: number,     // Returned status code
  command: string,  // Used command
  output: string    // Output data

Usage

Importing functions

const {
  validateXML,
  validateXMLWithDTD,
  validateXMLWithXSD,
  canonicalizeXML
} = require("validate-with-xmllint");

Demos of passing validations

All the examples below return promises which will eventually resolve.

validateXML("<hello>world!</hello>");
validateXML("<tiny/>");

/**
 * All referenced DTD's must be available locally as `xmllint`
 * is invoked with `--nonet` which prevents network connections
 **/
validateXMLWithDTD(
  `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <!DOCTYPE root SYSTEM "./test/dtds/valid-dtd.dtd">
    <root>
        <body/>
        <body/>
    </root>`
);

/**
 * Path to XSD Schema file must be provided with the document
 **/
validateXMLWithXSD(
  `<?xml version="1.0"?>
    <root>
        <text>
        DEMO
        </text>
        <body>
            <name>foo</name>
        </body>
    </root>`,
  "./test/xsds/valid-xsd.xsd"
);

Demos of failing validations

All the examples below return promises which will eventually reject with the output from xmllint.

validateXML("<open_tag_only>");
validateXML("garbage");

validateXMLWithDTD(
  `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <!DOCTYPE root SYSTEM "./test/dtds/valid-dtd.dtd">
    <this>
      Not allowed by the dtd!
    </this>`
);

validateXMLWithXSD(
  `<?xml version="1.0"?>
    <root>
        <something_unexpected_here/>
    </root>`,
  "./test/xsds/valid-xsd.xsd"
);

See more demos within the tests.

FAQ

How to install xmllint?

You might already have it. Execute xmllint --version and see what it prints out.

On Debian distros look up libxml2-utils, on RedHat libxml2. A recent version of xmllint should be bundled by default on MacOS.

This pacakge runs a postinstall script to verify that you have xmllint available.

How to see the actual errors in my XML?

The promise is rejected with the error output from xmllint. The error contains all the available details. Expect to see something like this:

Error: xmllint exited with code 3 when executed with xmllint --schema /Users/aautio/foobar/validate-with-xmllint/test/xsds/valid-xsd.xsd --noout --nonet -:
-:2: element root: Schemas validity error : Element 'root': Missing child element(s). Expected is ( body ).
- fails to validate