JSON2Plain

JSON in, Plain text out.

The json2plain module was written as a suitable final fallback for a REST API doing automatic content negotiation.

Installation

$ npm install json2plain

Usage

var json2plain = require('json2plain');

var plain = json2plain(json, options);

Parameters

• json - Can be a JSON Object or valid JSON String.
• options - Optional Object, options are listed below.

Simple Example

var json2plain = require('json2plain');

var json = {
  "code": 7489394874,
  "error": "It don't workie",
  "description": "Someone broke it."
};

var plain = json2plain(json);
console.log(plain);

Code: 7489394874
Error: It don't workie
Description: Someone broke it.

More Advanced Example

var json2plain = require('json2plain');

var json = { 
  hello: "world",
  number: 48392,
  array: [
    'string',
    3948484,
    true,
    'string'
  ], "object": {
    "string": "hello again",
    "another": {
      "hey": "there"
    }   
  }
};

function ucFirst(string) {
  return string.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + string.slice(1);
}

var options = { 
  list: '* ',
  indent: '   ',
  separator: '\t=\t',
  formatKey: ucFirst,
  formatValue: ucFirst
};

var plain = json2plain(json, options);
console.log(plain);

Hello	=	World
	Number	=	48392
	Array	=	
		* String
		* 3948484
		* True
		* String
	Object	=	
	String	=	Hello again
		Another	=	
			Hey	=	There

Options

• depth {Number} - amount of indentation to start with, defaults to 1.
• newline {String} - string to use for newline, defaults to '\n'.
• indent {String} - indentation, defaults to two spaces: ' '.
• separator {String} - used to separate key from value, default: ': '.
• prefix {String} - inserted before the output, defaults to '\n'.
• suffix {String} - appended to the final output, defaults to '\n'.
• list {String} - 'numbered' will list numbered array keys, defaults to '- '.
• formatKey {Function} - format the keys: function(key){return key.toUpperCase()}..
• formatVal {Function} - format the values: function(val) {return val}.

Please see the examples folder for working examples of json2plain in action.

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2012 Jarrad Seers <jarrad@jarradseers.com>

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