labtech-script-decode

A set of utilities to load, parse, encode and interpolate exported LabTech scripts from XML into JSON and from JSON to XML. This module will run in the browser or on the server.

Installation

npm install --save labtech-script-decode

Usage

Server

const labtech_script = require('labtech-script-decode');

labtech_script.decodeXML(scriptXML).then(scriptJSON => {})

labtech_script.decode(base64string).then()

Browser

Include using Webpack, Browserify, etc, or directly using a script tag:

<script src="/dist/labtech-script-decode.min.js"></script>
<script>
  labtech_script.decodeXML(scriptXML)
    .then(scriptJSON => {
      // scriptJSON
    })
</script>

Documentation

Script functions and their associated documentation for each script function.

Examples

See the test folder for an example decoded script here.

This library is documented with JSDoc for exported object schema.

API

decodeXML(value)

Decode and interpolate an XML string

Arguments

Param	Type	Description
value	String	Exported LabTech script

Returns

Promise ⇒ Object<LabTechScript>

decode(value)

Decode and parse a base 64 encoded string such as ScriptData or LicenseData. This function does not interpolate constants such as function names into decoded values.

Arguments

Param	Type	Description
value	String or Array	Base 64 encoded

Returns

Promise ⇒ Object<Parsed XML>

encodeXML(object)

Encode and de-interpolate object into an XML string. The input's schema is validated to confirm that the output will produce a valid LabTech script.

Arguments

Param	Type	Description
object	Object<LabTech_Expansion>	Packed LabTech script

Returns

Promise ⇒ String<XML>

encode(object)

Encode a JSON object into a base64 encoded string such as for ScriptData or LicenseData.

Arguments

Param	Type	Description
object	object

Returns

Promise ⇒ String

interpolate(scriptData)

Arguments

Param	Type	Description
scriptData	Object<ScriptData>	Uninterpolated script data

Returns

Promise ⇒ Object<ScriptData>

toText(scriptJSON)

Arguments

Param	Type	Description
scriptJSON	LabTechScript	LabTech Script JSON returned by decodeXML

Constants

A helper object containing a map of ids to

Properties

Property	Values
Actions	Function location in script
Continues	Function enabled or disabled
FunctionFlags	Base 10 bitstring determining target for this function
FunctionTypes	If or regular function
Functions	Function definitions
OsLimits	Function OS limits