I'm trying to find a JS library, for coverting .ini file to .json file
I need that all oparations will be in client-side(!!!), so https://www.npmjs.org/package/clonkrefiniparser is not helping me.
For example:
.ini file:
[Master_Settings:1]
Model Name=RC-74DL
IP Address=192.168.1.39
Port=50000
[Device_Ports:1]
[Slave_Settings:2]
ConfigurationfilePath=C:\Users\name\Documents\K-Cssig2\Devices\RC-63D.xml
Button Label1=
[Device_Ports:2]
ADIO Mode 1 = DI
ADIO Mode 2 = DI
[Slave_Settings:11]
Model Name = Test 3
Desription=
ConfigurationfilePath=Devices\Test 3.xml
Button Label1=
Button Label2=
[Device_Ports:11]
ADIO Mode 1 = DI
ADIO Mode 2 = DI
[Serial:1:6]
Main Display=True
Default Port Description=MX660
User Port Description=MX660
Driver Name=BenQ MX660 A
Device_On_Command=N/A
Device_Off_Command=N/A
IsPowerQuery=False
IsLampQuery=False
To .json format
Any ideas?
This indeed is just string manipulation and you don't really need a library for it.
Here's a suggestion (ES6 snippet, the inifile is within a hidden div in html):
( () => {
let ini2Obj = {};
const keyValuePair = kvStr => {
const kvPair = kvStr.split('=').map( val => val.trim() );
return { key: kvPair[0], value: kvPair[1] };
};
const result = document.querySelector("#results");
document.querySelector( '#inifile' ).textContent
.split( /\n/ ) // split lines
.map( line => line.replace( /^\s+|\r/g, "" ) ) // cleanup whitespace
.forEach( line => { // convert to object
line = line.trim();
if ( line.startsWith('#') || line.startsWith(';') ) { return false; }
if ( line.length ) {
if ( /^\[/.test(line) ) {
this.currentKey = line.replace(/\[|\]/g,'');
ini2Obj[this.currentKey] = {};
} else if ( this.currentKey.length ) {
const kvPair = keyValuePair(line);
ini2Obj[this.currentKey][kvPair.key] = kvPair.value;
}
}
}, {currentKey: ''} );
result.textContent +=
`**Check: ini2Obj['Slave_Settings:11'].ConfigurationfilePath = ${
ini2Obj['Slave_Settings:11'].ConfigurationfilePath}`;
result.textContent +=
`\n\n**The converted object (JSON-stringified)\n${
JSON.stringify(ini2Obj, null, ' ')}`;
})();
.hidden {display: none}
<div class="hidden" id="inifile">
# this is a comment line
[Master_Settings:1]
Model Name=RC-74DL
IP Address=192.168.1.39
Port=50000
[Device_Ports:1]
[Slave_Settings:2]
ConfigurationfilePath=C:\Users\name\Documents\K-Cssig2\Devices\RC-63D.xml
Button Label1=
; this is a comment line too
[Device_Ports:2]
ADIO Mode 1 = DI
ADIO Mode 2 = DI
[Slave_Settings:11]
Model Name = Test 3
Desription=
ConfigurationfilePath=Devices\Test 3.xml
# Note: no labels here
Button Label1=
Button Label2=
[Device_Ports:11]
ADIO Mode 1 = DI
ADIO Mode 2 = DI
[Serial:1:6]
Main Display=True
Default Port Description=MX660
User Port Description=MX660
# Note: empty lines are ok
Driver Name=BenQ MX660 A
Device_On_Command=N/A
Device_Off_Command=N/A
IsPowerQuery=False
IsLampQuery=False
</div>
<pre id="results"></pre>
See it in action in this jsFiddle