json-easy-strip

Load and strip JS-type comments from JSON file, easy and fast!

• Works with all JS-type comments
• File caching functionality
• Optional access to strip method only
• Super easy and fast
• 999 bytes, 44 lines of code (with comments!)

Install

$ npm install json-easy-strip

Usage

sweet.json:

{
    /*
     * Sweet section
     */
    "fruit": "Watermelon", // Yes, watermelons is sweet!
    "dessert": /* Yummy! */ "Cheesecake",
    // And finally
    "drink": "Milkshake - /* strawberry */ or // chocolate!" // Mmm...
}

index.js:

const requireJSON = require('json-easy-strip');
const obj = requireJSON('./sweet.json');
console.log(obj);
 
//  {
//    fruit: 'Watermelon',
//    dessert: 'Cheesecake',
//    drink: 'Milkshake - /* strawberry */ or // chocolate!'
//  }
 

Caching

Enabled by default, but you always can flush it

const path = require('path');
const requireJSON = require('json-easy-strip');
 
// Loads, strips and parse sweet.json, puts it
// in the cache, and then returns a JSON object
const obj = requireJSON('./sweet.json');
 
// Returns a JSON object from cache
const obj2 = requireJSON('./sweet.json');
 
// Flushes the cache as in the standard require() function
delete requireJSON.cache[path.resolve('./sweet.json')];
 
// Again loads, strips and parse sweet.json and
// puts it in the cache
const obj3 = requireJSON('./sweet.json');
 

Access to strip method only

If you don't need to load file, only strip method is avaliable

const requireJSON = require('json-easy-strip');
 
const jsonString = `{
    /*
     * Sweet section
     */
    "fruit": "Watermelon", // Yes, watermelons is sweet!
    "dessert": /* Yummy! */ "Cheesecake",
    // And finally
    "drink": "Milkshake - /* strawberry */ or // chocolate!" // Mmm...
}`;
 
const obj = requireJSON.strip(jsonString);
console.log(obj);
 
//  {
//    fruit: 'Watermelon',
//    dessert: 'Cheesecake',
//    drink: 'Milkshake - /* strawberry */ or // chocolate!'
//  }

API

requireJSON(path)

path

Type: string
Path to JSON file.

returns

Type: object
The function returns a parsed JSON object, as the standard require() function does.

requireJSON.strip(data)

data

Type: string
Stringified JSON data, loaded or recieved from elsewhere.

returns

Type: object
The function returns a parsed JSON object.

requireJSON.cache

Type: object
Contains cached data as key (file path) => value (JSON object).