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;

1function async(
2	xml: string | stream.Readable,
3	options?: saxes.SaxesOptions & {
4		additionalEntities?: {
5			[entityName: string]: string;
6		};
7	}
8): Promise<slimdom.Document>;

The shape of the sync function is as follows;

1function sync(
2	xml: string,
3	options?: saxes.SaxesOptions & {
4		additionalEntities?: {
5			[entityName: string]: string;
6		};
7	}
8): slimdom.Document;

See also saxes.SaxesOptions. Contrary to saxes, XML namespaces (the xmlns option) are enabled by default.

See also the standard DOM API, which is the interface implemented by slimdom.

Usage

1import { async } from 'slimdom-sax-parser';
2
3const dom = await async('<xml foo="bar" />');

1import { sync } from 'slimdom-sax-parser';
2
3const dom = sync('<xml foo="bar" />');

Examples

Modify the XML DOM:

1import { sync } from 'slimdom-sax-parser';
2
3const document = sync(`<foo />`);
4
5document.documentElement.setAttribute('bar', 'baz');
6// document.documentElement.hasAttribute('bar') === true

Use with an XPath engine (fontoxpath):

1import { sync } from 'slimdom-sax-parser';
2import { evaluateXPath } from 'fontoxpath';
3
4const document = sync(`<foo><bar /><baz /></foo>`);
5const childNodeNames = evaluateXPath('/foo/*/name()', document);
6// childNodeNames equals ['bar', 'baz']

Use source code position tracking:

1import { slimdom, sync } from 'slimdom-sax-parser';
2
3const xml = '<example><child-element /></example>';
4
5const document = sync(xml, { position: true });
6// document instanceof slimdom.Document === true
7
8const childElement = document.documentElement.firstChild;
9// childElement instanceof slimdom.Element === true
10
11const position = childElement.position;
12// xml.substring(position.start, position.end) === '<child-element />'

Transform a XML file:

1import fs from 'fs';
2import { async, slimdom } from 'slimdom-sax-parser';
3import { evaluateXPathToNodes } from 'fontoxpath';
4
5async function transform(filePath) {
6	const xmlStream = fs.createReadStream(filePath);
7	const document = await async(xmlStream);
8
9	const barNodes = evaluateXPathToNodes('//bar/*', document);
10	for (const barNode of barNodes) {
11		barNode.setAttribute('bar', 'baz');
12	}
13
14	await fs.promises.writeFile(filePath, slimdom.serializeToWellFormedString(document));
15}
16
17transform('./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.