stf-ipareader

stf-ipareader provides a Node.js API for extracting information from iOS IPA files. For example, it allows you to read the Info.plist of an existing IPA file.

Requirements

• Node.js 4.x or newer. Older versions are not supported.

Getting started

Install via NPM:

npm install --save stf-ipareader

Examples

Read the Info.plist of an IPA

const util = require('util')
const IpaReader = require('stf-ipareader')
 
IpaReader.open('hello.ipa')
  .then(reader => reader.readManifest())
  .then(manifest => console.log(util.inspect(manifest, { depth: null })))

API

IpaReader

IpaReader.MANIFEST

A convenience constant with the value '.app/Info.plist'. Can use useful with other API methods in certain circumstances.

IpaReader.open(file)

Alternate syntax to manually creating an ApkReader instance. Currently, only files are supported, but support for streams might be added at some point.

Note that currently this method cannot reject as the file is opened lazily, but this may change in the future and therefore returns a Promise for fewer future compatibility issues. On a related node, calling the constructor directly is still possible, but discouraged.

• file The path to the IPA file.
• Returns: A Promise that resolves with an IpaReader instance.

reader.readManifest()

Reads and parses the Info.plist file inside the APK and returns a simplified object representation of it.

• Returns: A Promise that resolves with a JavaScript Object representation of the manifest. See example output below. Rejects on error (e.g. if parsing was unsuccessful).

{ versionCode: 1,
  versionName: '1.0',
  package: 'com.example.hello'
}