Bracko

Bracko is a simple data format. This NPM package has a parse, stringify, jsonToBracko, and a brackoToJson method.

Syntax

General syntax

[Key]: Value

anything that's not in this format will be treated as a comment

Overriding

[Key]: Value
[Key]: Overriding the value

this will override [Key] to "Overriding the value"
in other words, this will return { Key: "Overriding the value" }

Allowed characters in keys

[You can use spaces in keys]: and it'll work!
[You can also use numbers and special characters!11_.]: and it'll still work
[Everything except new lines]: will work.

Keys within values

[Person]: -
    [Name]: John
    [Surname]: Doe
    [Birthday]: -
        [Day]: 1
        [Month]: 1
        [Year]: 2000
    [Birthday]: -
[Person]: -

parsing this returns:
{
    Person: {
        Name: "John",
        Surname: "Doe",
        Birthday: {
            Day: "1",
            Month: "1",
            Year: "2000"
        }
    }
}

Library Usage

Importing

const Bracko = require("bracko");

Parsing

Bracko.parse(`
[Name]: John
[Surname]: Doe
[Birthday]: Jan 1st 2000
`);

/*
    {
        Name: "John",
        Surname: "Doe",
        Birthday: "Jan 1st 2000"
    }
*/

Stringifying

Bracko.stringify({
    name: "John",
    surname: "Doe",
    birthday: "Jan 1st 2000"
});

/*
[name]:John
[surname]:Doe
[birthday]:Jan 1st 2000
*/

Converting to JSON

Bracko.brackoToJson(`
[Name]: John
[Surname]: Doe
[Birthday]: Jan 1st 2000
`);
/*
    {"Name":"John","Surname":"Doe","Birthday":"Jan 1st 2000"}
*/

Bracko.brackoToJson(`
[Person]: -
    [Name]: John
    [Surname]: Doe
    [Birthday]: Jan 1st 2000
[Person]: -
`);

/*
    {"Person":{"Name":"John","Surname":"Doe","Birthday":"Jan 1st 2000"}}
*/

Converting JSON data to Bracko data

Bracko.jsonToBracko(`{
    "Person": {
        "Name": "John",
        "Surname": "Doe"
    }
}`);
/*
[Person]:-
[Name]:John
[Surname]:Doe
[Person]:-
*/