parse-blocks

Parse basic template blocks in a string, like Handlebars block expressions but returns an object. Delimiters are customizable.

Install with npm

npm i parse-blocks --save

Run tests

npm test

Usage

var blocks = require('parse-blocks');

Example

Given the following arbitrary blocks in fixtures/c.txt:

{{#definedoc "foo" a.b}}
This is content foo
{{/definedoc}}
 
{{#definedoc "bar" a.c}}
This is content bar
{{/definedoc}}
 
{{#definedoc "baz" a.d}}
This is content baz
{{/definedoc}}

The following:

var str = fs.readFileSync('fixtures/c.txt', 'utf8');
console.log(blocks(str));

Results in:

{ definedoc:
   { foo:
      { args: [ 'a.b' ],
        content: 'This is content foo',
        orig:
         [ '{{#definedoc "foo" a.b}}',
           'This is content foo',
           '{{/definedoc}}' ] },
     bar:
      { args: [ 'a.c' ],
        content: 'This is content bar',
        orig:
         [ '{{#definedoc "bar" a.c}}',
           'This is content bar',
           '{{/definedoc}}' ] },
     baz:
      { args: [ 'a.d' ],
        content: 'This is content baz',
        orig:
         [ '{{#definedoc "baz" a.d}}',
           'This is content baz',
           '{{/definedoc}}' ] } } }

Context

Context can be passed as thisArg when three arguments are passed, and/or on options.locals.

Example

blocks(str, {locals: {a: {name: 'AAA'}}});

And this block:

{{#apidoc "aaa" a}}
This is content <%= name %>
{{/apidoc}}

Results in the following object:

{ apidoc:
   { aaa:
      { args: [ 'a' ],
        context: { name: 'AAA' },
        content: 'This is content <%= name %>',
        orig:
         [ '{{#apidoc "aaa" a}}',
           'This is content <%= name %>',
           '{{/apidoc}}' ] }

The content can now be used to pass to any template engine with context as locals.

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright (c) 2014 Jon Schlinkert
Released under the MIT license

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