string-type-parser
Micro library guessing type from string content. Usefull when importng from a csv or from JSON.parse().
Installation
npm install string-type-parser --save
Usage
const stringTypeParser = require('string-type-parser');
const obj = {
date: '2016-08-17',
num: '12345',
string: 'I am a string'
timestamp: '1471640778',
date_malformed 'foo-bar 2014'
};
const result = stringTypeParser.parse(obj);
/*
* result.date // December 17, 1995 03:24:00; typeof Ddte
* result.num // 2345; typeof number
* result.string // 'I am a string'; typeof string
* result.timestamp // 1471640778 is a Number, timestamps are not converted in Date; typeof number
* result.date_malformed // return a Date on V8 while 'foo-bar 2014' in SpiderMonkey due nature of Date.parse(): https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/parse
*/
API
parse(obj)
Usage
const stringTypeParser = require('string-type-parser');
const result = stringTypeParser.parse({age: '28'}); // {age: 28}
const result = stringTypeParser.parse(); // {}
Test
npm test
Coverage
npm run test-travis