starscream

Deprecated in favour of AC/DC

starscream

Asynchronous JSON transformation

Installation

npm install starscream --save

Usage

var starscream = require('starscream')
var original = {
  source: {
     path: "robots in disguise"
  }
}
var options = {
  mapping: [{
    reader: {
      type: "jsonPointer",
      path: "/source/path"
    },
    transformer: {
      type: "uppercase"
    },
    writer: {
      type: "jsonPointer",
      path: "destination/path"
    }
  }]
}
starscream(options, original, function(err, transformed) {
   assert.equal(transformed.destination.path, 'ROBOTS IN DISGUISE')
})

Mapping Shorthand (Array Based)

var options = {
  mapping: [
    "/source/path/a",
    "/source/path/b",
  ]
}

Reads the value at /source/path/a in the original document, and writes it to /source/path/a in the transformed document

var options = {
  mapping: [{
    "/source/path/a": "/destination/path/a"
  }]
}

Reads the value at /source/path/a in the original document, and writes it to /destination/path/a in the transformed document

var options = {
  mapping: [{
    reader: "/source/path/a",
    transformer: "uppercase",
    writer: "/destination/path/a"
  }, {
    reader: "/source/path/b",
    transformer: "uppercase",
    writer: "/destination/path/b"
  }
}]

Reads the value at /source/path/a in the original document, transforms it to uppercase, and writes it to /destination/path/a in the transformed document

Mapping Shorthand (Object Based)

var options = {
  mapping: {
    "/source/path/a": "/destination/path/a",
    "/source/path/b": "/destination/path/b"
  }
}

Reads the value at /source/path/a in the original document, and writes it to /destination/path/a in the transformed document

var options = {
  mapping: {
    "/source/path/a": {
      transformer: "uppercase"
    },
    "/source/path/b": {
      transformer: "lowercase"
    }
  }
}

Reads the value at /source/path/a in the original document, transforms it to uppercase, and writes it to /source/path/a in the transformed document

var options = {
  mapping: {
    "/source/path/a": {
      transformer: "uppercase",
      writer: "/destination/path/a"
    },
    "/source/path/b": {
      transformer: "lowercase",
      writer: "/destination/path/b"
    },
  }
}

Reads the value at /source/path/a in the original document, transforms it to uppercase, and writes it to /destination/path/b in the transformed document

Using multiple sources for a single mapping

var options = {
  mapping: [{
    reader: {
      type: "serial",
      reader": [{
        type: "jsonPointer",
        path: "/source/path/a"
      }, {
        type: "jsonPointer",
        path: "/source/path/b"
      }],
    },
    writer": {
      type: "jsonPointer",
      path: "/destination/path"
    }
  }]
}

Reads the values at /source/path/a and /source/path/b in the original document, and inserts them as an array into the transformed document at '/desination/path'

Shorthand

var options = {
  mapping: [{
    reade": {
      type: "serial",
      reader: [
        "/source/path/a",
        "/source/path/b"
      }]
    },
    writer: {
      type: "jsonPointer",
      path: "/destination/path"
    }
  }]
}

The same shorthand rules apply

Aggregating Transformers

var options = {
  mapping: [{
    reader: {
      type: "serial",
      readers: [{
        type: "jsonPointer",
        path: "/source/path/a"
      }, {
        type: "jsonPointer",
        path: "/source/path/b"
      }],
    },
    transformer: {
      type: "concatenate",
      separator: "_"
    },
    writer: {
      type: "jsonPointer",
      path: "/destination/path"
    }
  }]
}

Reads the values at /source/path/a and /source/path/b from the original document, combines them with a underscore (_) and writes them to /destination/path in the transformed document

Chaining Transformers

var options = {
  mapping: [{
    reader: "/source/path"
    transformer: {
      type: "serial",
      transformers: [{
        type: "uppercase"
      }, {
        type: "prefix",
        text: "foo-"
      }]
    },
    writer": {
      type: "jsonPointer",
      path: "/destination/path"
    }
  }]
}

Reads the values at /source/pathin the original document, transforms it to uppercase, adds the foo- prefix and writes it to /destination/path in the transformed document

Iteration

You can iterate over arrays using the mapSeries transformer

    [
        {
            "reader": "/source/path",
            "transformer": {
                "type": "mapSeries",
                "transformer": "uppercase"
            },
            "writer": "/destination/path"
        }
    ]

Reads the array at /source/path and transforms each element to upper case before writing the array to /destination/path

Out of the box readers

jsonPointer (default)

var options = {
  mapping: [{
    reader: {
      "path": "/source/path"
      "ignoreMissing": "true"
    }
    writer: "/destination/path"
  }]
}

Reads the value at /source/path. If the path is missing and ignoreMissing is false (the defult) return undefined instead of erroring

property

var options = {
  mapping: [{
    reader: {
      "type": "property",
      "path": "source.path",
      "ignoreMissing": "true"
    }
    writer: "/destination/path"
  }]
}

Reads the value at source.path. If the path is missing and ignoreMissing is false (the defult) return undefined instead of erroring

Writers of the box readers

jsonPointer

var options = {
  mapping: [{
    reader: {
      "/source/path"
    writer: {
      "path": "/destination/path",
      "ignoreMissing": "true"
    }
  }]
}

Writes the value to /destination/path. If the value is undefined and ignoreMissing is true (the default) will not write anything, otherwise writes the value as undefined

property

var options = {
  mapping: [{
    reader: "/source/path"
    writer: {
      "type": "property",
      "path": "destination.path",
      "ignoreMissing": "true"
    }
  }]
}

Writes the value to /destination/path. If the value is undefined and ignoreMissing is true (the default) will not write anything, otherwise writes the value as undefined

Out of the box transformers

mapSeries

var options = {
  mapping: [{
    reader: "/source/path"
    transformer: {
      "type": "mapSeries",
      "transformer": "uppercase"
    }
    "toggle",
    writer: "/destination/path"
  }]
}

toggle

var options = {
  mapping: [{
    reader: "/source/path"
    transformer: "toggle",
    writer: "/destination/path"
  }]
}

uppercase

var options = {
  mapping: [{
    reader: "/source/path"
    transformer: "uppercase",
    writer: "/destination/path"
  }]
}

lowercase

var options = {
  mapping: [{
    reader: "/source/path"
    transformer: "lowercase",
    writer: "/destination/path"
  }]
}

mutualExclusion

var options = {
  mapping: [{
    readers: [
      "/source/path/a",
      "/source/path/b"
    ],
    transformer: "mutualExclusion",
    writer: "/destination/path"
  }]
}

Writes either /source/path/a or /source/path/b (with preference for a)

conditional

var options = {
  mapping: [{
    readers: [
      "/source/path/a",
      "/source/path/b"
    ],
    transformer: "mutualExclusion",
    writer: "/destination/path"
  }]
}

Writes /source/path/b if /source/path/a is truthy

guard

var options = {
  mapping: [{
    readers: [
      "/source/path/a",
      "/source/path/b"
    ],
    transformer: "mutualExclusion",
    writer: "/destination/path"
  }]
}

Writes /source/path/b if /source/path/a is falsey

Custom Transformers

var options = {
  mapping: [{
    reader: "/source/path"
    transformer: {
      type: "dbLookup",
      collection: "refdata"
    },
    writer: {
      type: "jsonPointer",
      path: "/destination/path"
    }
  }],
  transformers: {
    dbLookup: function(config, value, cb) {
      db.collections(config.collection).findOne({ code: value }, cb)
    })
  }
}

Reads the value at /source/path in the original document, and cross references it an item of refdata. The same mechanism can be used for writing your own readers and writers too.