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API Documentation
Please use only this documented API when working with the parser. Methods not documented here are subject to change at any point.
parser
function- Node types
- Container types
container.nodes
container.first
&container.last
container.at(index)
container.index(node)
container.length
container.each(callback)
container.walk(callback)
container.walk
proxiescontainer.prepend(node)
&container.append(node)
container.insertBefore(old, new)
&container.insertAfter(old, new)
container.removeChild(node)
container.removeAll()
orcontainer.empty()
- Root nodes`
- Value nodes
parser
function
This is the module's main entry point, and returns a new Parser
.
let parser = require('postcss-values-parser');
let ast = parser(source) // tokenizes the source string
.parse(); // parses the tokens and returns an AST
parser.atword([props])
Creates a new AtWord value.
parser.atword({ value: '@foo' });
// → @foo
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
parser.colon([props])
Creates a new colon Node.
parser.colon({ value: ':' });
// → :
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties. If no properties are specified, the default value of:
will be used. It's not recommended to deviate from this.
parser.comma([props])
Creates a new comma Node.
parser.comma({ value: ',' });
// → ,
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties. If no properties are specified, the default value of,
will be used. It's not recommended to deviate from this.
parser.comment([props])
Creates a new comment.
parser.comment({ value: 'Affirmative, Dave. I read you.' });
// → /* Affirmative, Dave. I read you. */
parser.comment({ value: 'Affirmative, Dave. I read you.', inline: true });
// → // Affirmative, Dave. I read you.
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
parser.func([props])
Creates a new function value Container node.
let func = parser.func({ value: 'calc' });
func.append(parser.paren());
func.append(parser.paren({ value: ')' }));
func.toString();
// → calc()
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
parser.number([props])
Creates a new number Node.
parser.number({ value: 10, unit: 'px' });
// → 10px
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
parser.operator([props])
Creates a new operator Node.
parser.operator({ value: '+' });
// → +
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
parser.paren([props])
Creates a new parenthesis Node.
parser.paren();
// → (
parser.paren({ value: ')' });
// → )
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties. If no value is specified, the default value of(
will be used.
parser.string([props])
Creates a new string node.
parser.string();
// → (empty)
parser.string({ value: 'hello', quote: '"' });
// → "hello"
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties. Note: If noquote
property is specified, the default value of'
will be used.
parser.value([props])
Creates a new value Node. This node acts as the container for all values within the Root node, but can be created for convenience.
parser.word([props])
Creates a new word Node. A Word
is anything that doesn't fall into one of the
other node types.
let word = parser.word({ value: '#fff' });
// → #fff
word.isHex;
// → true
word.isColor;
// → true
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
parser.unicodeRange([props])
Creates a new unicode range Node.
parser.unicodeRange({ value: 'U+26' });
// → U+26
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
Node types
node.type
A string representation of the node type. It can be one of the following;
atword
, colon
, comma
, comment
, func
, number
, operator
,
paren
, string
, unicoderange
, value
, word
.
parser.word({ value: '#fff' }).type;
// → 'word'
node.parent
Returns the parent node.
root.nodes[0].parent === root;
node.toString()
, String(node)
, or '' + node
Returns a string representation of the node.
let color = parser.word({ value: '#fff' });
console.log(String(color));
// → #fff
node.next()
& node.prev()
Returns the next/previous child of the parent node.
let next = func.next();
if (next && next.type !== 'paren') {
throw new Error('Unclosed function parenthesis!');
}
node.replaceWith(node)
Replace a node with another.
let ast = parser('#fff').parse();
let word = ast.first.first;
let atword = parser.atword({ value: '@purple' });
word.replaceWith(atword);
Arguments:
node
: The node to substitute the original with.
node.remove()
Removes the node from its parent node.
if (node.type === 'word') {
node.remove();
}
node.clone()
Returns a copy of a node, detached from any parent containers that the original might have had.
let word = parser.word({ value: '#fff' });
let cloned = word.clone();
cloned.value = '#fff';
String(cloned);
// → #000
String(word);
// → #fff
node.raws
Extra whitespaces around the node will be assigned to node.raws.before
and
node.raws.after
. Spaces in this context have no semantic meaning, but may
be useful for inspection:
1px solid black
Any space following a node/segement is assigned to the next node's
raws.before
property, unless the node with the trailing space is the only
node in the set.
let source = 'calc(something about mary)';
let ast = parser(source).parse();
let func = ast.first.first;
let something = func.first.next();
let about = something.next();
something.raws.after;
// → (empty)
about.raws.before;
// → ' '
Additionally, any space remaining after the last node in a
set will be assigned to the last non-symbol child's raws.after
property.
For example:
let source = 'calc(something )';
let ast = parser(source).parse();
let func = ast.first.first;
let something = func.first.next();
something.raws.after;
// → ' '
node.source
An object describing the node's start/end, line/column source position.
Within the following CSS, the .bar
class node ...
.foo,
.bar {}
... will contain the following source
object.
source: {
start: {
line: 2,
column: 3
},
end: {
line: 2,
column: 6
}
}
node.sourceIndex
The zero-based index of the node within the original source string.
Within the following CSS, the .baz
class node will have a sourceIndex
of 12
.
.foo, .bar, .baz {}
Container types
The root
, node
, and pseudo
nodes have some helper methods for working
with their children.
container.nodes
An array of the container's children.
// Input: h1 h2
nodes.at(0).nodes.length // → 3
nodes.at(0).nodes[0].value // → 'h1'
nodes.at(0).nodes[1].value // → ' '
container.first
& container.last
The first/last child of the container.
node.first === node.nodes[0];
node.last === node.nodes[node.nodes.length - 1];
container.at(index)
Returns the node at position index
.
node.at(0) === node.first;
node.at(0) === node.nodes[0];
Arguments:
index
: The index of the node to return.
container.index(node)
Return the index of the node within its container.
node.index(node.nodes[2]) // → 2
Arguments:
node
: A node within the current container.
container.length
Proxy to the length of the container's nodes.
container.length === container.nodes.length
container.each(callback)
Iterate the container's immediate children, calling callback
for each child.
You may return false
within the callback to break the iteration.
let className;
nodes.each(function (node, index) {
if (node.type === 'class') {
className = node.value;
return false;
}
});
Note that unlike Array#forEach()
, this iterator is safe to use whilst adding
or removing nodes from the container.
Arguments:
callback (function)
: A function to call for each node, which receivesnode
andindex
arguments.
container.walk(callback)
Like container#each
, but will also iterate child nodes as long as they are
container
types.
nodes.walk(function (node, index) {
// all nodes
});
Arguments:
callback (function)
: A function to call for each node, which receivesnode
andindex
arguments.
This iterator is safe to use whilst mutating container.nodes
,
like container#each
.
container.walk
proxies
The container class provides proxy methods for iterating over types of nodes, so that it is easier to write modules that target specific nodes. Those methods are:
container.walkAtWords
container.walkColons
container.walkCommas
container.walkComments
container.walkFunctionNodes
container.walkNumberNodes
container.walkOperators
container.walkParenthesis
container.walkStringNodes
container.walkUnicodeRanges
container.walkWords
container.prepend(node)
& container.append(node)
Add a node to the start/end of the container. Note that doing so will set the parent property of the node to this container.
let color = parser.word({ value: '#fff' });
node.append(color);
Arguments:
node
: The node to add.
container.insertBefore(old, new)
& container.insertAfter(old, new)
Add a node before or after an existing node in a container:
nodes.walk(function (node) {
if (node.type !== 'word') {
let colon = parser.colon();
node.parent.insertAfter(node, colon);
}
});
Arguments:
old
: The existing node in the container.new
: The new node to add before/after the existing node.
container.removeChild(node)
Remove the node from the container. Note that you can also use
node.remove()
if you would like to remove just a single node.
node.length // → 2
node.remove(word)
node.length // → 1;
word.parent // undefined
Arguments:
node
: The node to remove.
container.removeAll()
or container.empty()
Remove all children from the container.
node.removeAll();
node.length // → 0
Root nodes`
A root node represents the top-level Container for Value nodes. Indeed, all
a root's toString()
method does is join its node children with a ','.
Other than this, it has no special functionality and acts like a container.
Value nodes
A Value node represents a single compound node. For example, this
node string 1px solid black
, is represented as three distinct nodes.
It has no special functionality of its own.