barse

Binary parser with a fluent API.

Usage

var parse = require('..');
 
var parser = parse()
  .readUInt8('string length')
  .string('string', 'string length')
  .readUInt8('field count')
  .loop('fields', 2, function (loop) {
    loop.readUInt8('some');
    loop.readUInt8('numbers');
  })
 
parser.on('data', console.log);
/*
{
  "string length" : 3,
  "string" : "foo",
  "field count" : 2,
  "fields" : [
    { "some" : 13, "numbers" : 37 },
    { "some" : 73, "numbers" : 31 }
  ]
}
*/
 
var buf = new Buffer(9);
buf.writeUInt8(3, 0); // string length
buf.write('foo', 1); // string
buf.writeUInt8(2, 4); // field count
buf.writeUInt8(13, 5); // fields[0].some
buf.writeUInt8(37, 6); // fields[0].numbers
buf.writeUInt8(73, 7); // fields[1].some
buf.writeUInt8(31, 8); // fields[1].numbers
 
parser.write(buf);

API

parse()

Create a new streaming parser.

parse#string(name, length[, encoding])

parse#buffer(name, length)

parse#read(U)Int{8,16,32}{BE,LE}(name)

parse#read{Float,Double}{BE,LE}(name)

Parse the given type with optional length and store in the results object under name.

length can also be the name of a previously read field, e.g.:

parse()
  .readUInt8('length')
  .string('content', 'length');

parse#next(name, length, fn)

Consume a chunk of binary data with the given length.

fn is called with the current chunk and offset and is expected to synchronously return the parsed Object/String/whatever, which then will be emitted under name in the results object. In addition, fn is bound to the object containing the parsed data of the current chunk.

The example above written using next:

parse()
  .next('foo', 3, function (chunk, offset) {
    return chunk.toString('utf8', offset, offset + 3);
  })
  .next('bar', 3, function (chunk, offset) {
    return chunk.toString('utf8', offset, offset + 3);
  })

parse#loop(name, length, fn)

Read length buffers and store under name.

var parser = parse()
  .readUInt8('count')
  .loop('strings', 'count', function (loop) {
    loop.string('value', 3);
  });
 
parser.on('data', console.log);
// => { strings : [{ value : 'foo' }, { value : 'bar' }]}
 
var count = new Buffer(1); count.writeUInt8(1, 0); parser.write(count);
parser.write(new Buffer('foobar'));

Installation

With npm do

$ npm install barse

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013 Julian Gruber <[e-mail]>

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.