Coerces values into JavaScript object types where available
NodeJS development dependencies may be installed via NPM...
npm installNote NPM is only required if adding features and/or fixing bugs, ie. there are no NPM based dependencies for utilizing this repository within other projects.
NodeJS projects may use npm to install coerce-input as a dependency...
npm install coerce-input... or as a development dependency via --save-dev command-line flag...
npm install --save-dev coerce-input... Check NodeJS Examples for details on how to import this project within your own source code.
For projects on GitHub Pages, this repository encourages the use of Git Submodules to track dependencies
Bash Variables
_module_name='coerce-input'
_module_https_url="https://github.com/javascript-utilities/coerce-input.git"
_module_base_dir='assets/js/modules'
_module_path="${_module_base_dir}/${_module_name}"Bash Submodule Commands
cd "<your-git-project-path>"
git checkout gh-pages
mkdir -vp "${_module_base_dir}"
git submodule add\
-b master --name "${_module_name}"\
"${_module_https_url}" "${_module_path}"Suggested additions for your ReadMe.md file so everyone has a good time with submodules
Clone with the following to avoid incomplete downloads
git clone --recurse-submodules <url-for-your-project>
Update/upgrade submodules via
git submodule update --init --merge --recursivegit add .gitmodules
git add "${_module_path}"
## Add any changed files too
git commit -F- <<'EOF'
:heavy_plus_sign: Adds `javascript-utilities/coerce-input#1` submodule
**Additions**
- `.gitmodules`, tracks submodules AKA Git within Git _fanciness_
- `README.md`, updates installation and updating guidance
- `_modules_/coerce-input`, Coerces values into JavaScript object types where available
EOF
git push origin gh-pages🎉 Excellent 🎉 your project is now ready to begin unitizing code from this repository!
Examples on how to utilize this repository
example.js
#/usr/bin/env node
'use strict';
const { Coerce_Input } = require('coerce-input');
const coerced_value = Coerce_Input('[42, "spam"]')
console.log({coerced_value});
//> { coerced_value: [ 42, 'spam' ] }
console.log(typeof coerced_value[0]);
//> numberNote, there are
hosted by GitHub pages, the source code of which is available within the
gh-pagesbranch of this repository.
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<script type="text/javascript" src="assets/js/modules/coerce-input/coerce-input.js" differ></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="assets/js/index.js" differ></script>
<title>Test Value Coercion</title>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text" id="client__text--input" value="">
<pre id="client__text--output"></pre>
</body>
</html>index.js
const text_input__callback = (event) => {
const client_input = event.target.value;
const coerce_input_value = Coerce_Input(client_input);
const client_text_output = document.getElementById('client__text--output');
const output_list = [ `typeof -> ${typeof coerce_input_value}` ];
// Build pretty formatted output
switch (typeof coerce_input_value) {
case "string": {
if (coerce_input_value.length === 0) {
output_list.push('<empty string>');
} else {
output_list.push(`"${coerce_input_value.replace(/"/g, '\"')}"`);
}
break;
}
case "object": {
if (Array.isArray(coerce_input_value)) {
output_list.push(`Array [ ${coerce_input_value} ]`);
} else {
if (Object.keys(coerce_input_value).length === 0) {
output_list.push('Object { }');
} else {
output_list.push('Object {');
Object.entries(coerce_input_value).reduce((accumulator, [key, value], index, array) => {
let entry = ` ${key}: ${value}`;
if (index < array.length - 1) {
entry += ',';
}
accumulator.push(entry);
return accumulator;
}, output_list);
output_list.push('}');
}
}
break;
}
default:
output_list.push(coerce_input_value);
}
console.log(coerce_input_value);
client_text_output.innerText = output_list.join('\n');
};
window.addEventListener('load', () => {
const client_text_input = document.getElementById('client__text--input');
client_text_input.addEventListener('input', text_input__callback);
});Warning if upgrading from v0.0.1 to v0.1.0 (or greater) then beware that this repository, and source code files, have been renamed from coerce to coerce-input, and exported function has been renamed from Coerce to Coerce_Input
This repository may not be feature complete and/or fully functional, Pull Requests that add features or fix bugs are certainly welcomed.
Developer Notes
-
Install developer dependencies via
npm install -
Edits to {Type,Java}Script files should be directed to files within the
ts/sub directory -
Changes can be transpiled via
npm run ts-build -
Tests can be preformed via
npm run ci-test
Options for contributing to coerce-input and javascript-utilities
Start making a [Fork][iterator_cascade_callbacks__fork_it] of this repository to an account that you have write permissions for.
- Add remote for fork URL. The URL syntax is
git@github.com:<NAME>/<REPO>.git...
cd ~/git/hub/javascript-utilities/coerce-input
git remote add fork git@github.com:<NAME>/coerce-input.git- Commit your changes and push to your fork, eg. to fix an issue...
cd ~/git/hub/javascript-utilities/coerce-input
git commit -F- <<'EOF'
:bug: Fixes #42 Issue
**Edits**
- `<SCRIPT-NAME>` script, fixes some bug reported in issue
EOF
git push fork mainNote, the
-uoption may be used to setforkas the default remote, eg.git push -u fork mainhowever, this will also default theforkremote for pulling from too! Meaning that pulling updates fromoriginmust be done explicitly, eg.git pull origin main
- Then on GitHub submit a Pull Request through the Web-UI, the URL syntax is
https://github.com/<NAME>/<REPO>/pull/new/<BRANCH>
Note; to decrease the chances of your Pull Request needing modifications before being accepted, please check the dot-github repository for detailed contributing guidelines.
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