Pinch

Pinch is a small JavaScript utility which is able to replace any data in a JavaScript object (or JSON). You just need to provide a key (for instance users[0].name) in a dot notation or a square bracket notation and a replacement. The replacement can be a string or a function to be called for each match.

Example

var data = {
  users: [
    {
      name: 'John'
    },
    {
      name: 'Kenneth',
    },
    {
      name: 'Brent'
    }
  ]
};

// This step is optional. Pinch accepts JSON as well
// as a regular JavaScript object.
data = JSON.stringify(data);

pinch(data, 'users[0].name', 'Juan');

To be honest, in the first example Pinch is overkill. Pinch is very useful for replacing multiple keys, e.g. converting some values to a number. See the following example.

var data = {
  user: {
    id: '123'
  },
  request: {
    id: '456'
  },
  book: {
    id: '789'
  }
};

// Converts all ids to a number
pinch(data, /id/, function(path, key, value) {
  return parseInt(value);
});

Contents

• Download
• Usage
• Documentation
• Compatibility
• Tests
• Contributors
• License

Download ↑

To install Pinch, use NPM.

$ npm install pinch

Releases are available for download from GitHub.

Version	Description	Size	Action
pinch.js	uncompressed, with comments	5.34 KB (1.68 KB gzipped)	Download
pinch.min.js	compressed, without comments	1.85 KB (852 bytes gzipped)	Download

Usage ↑

Browser

<script src="./path/to/pinch.js"></script>

Node.js, RingoJS, Narwhal

var pinch = require('pinch');

RequireJS

// Configuration options, the path should not include the .js extension
require.config({
  paths: {
    "pinch": "path/to/pinch"
  }
});

// Load Pinch
require(['pinch'], function(pinch) {
  // Do something...
});

Documentation ↑

pinch(instance, pattern, replacement[, callback])

Parameters

• instance An instance could be a string as well as a regular JavaScript object
• pattern A pattern could be a regular expression or a string
• replacement A replacement could be a string or a function
• callback

Notation

Here are just a few examples of a dot notation and a square bracket notation.

• users[0]
• users[0].books[0].title
• users[0]["full name"]
• user.name.en

Examples

var instance = {
  name: 'František'
};

pinch(instance, 'name', 'Juan'); // => { name: 'Juan' }

var instance = [
  {
    user: {
      name: 'Edwin'
    }
  },
  {
    user: {
      name: 'Teresa'
    }
  }
];

pinch(instance, '[0].user.name', 'Juan'); =>  [{ user: { name: 'Juan' } }, ... ]

var instance = [
  {
    user: {
      id: '123'
    },
    request: {
      id: '456'
    }
  }
];

pinch(instance, /id/, function(path, key, value) {
  return parseInt(value);
});

Compatibility ↑

Node.js

From version 0.6.0.

Browsers

Desktop

Browser	Supported
Google Chrome	✔
Safari	n/a
Firefox	n/a
Opera	n/a
Internet Explorer	n/a

Testing in progress...

Tests ↑

$ npm test

Contributors ↑

The following are the major contributors of Amanda (in random order).

• František Hába (@Baggz)

License ↑

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2011 František Hába <hello@frantisekhaba.com>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.