A JavaScript parser for Votable

JsVotable a JavaScript library, that allows to parse the [VOTable](http://www.ivoa.net/documents/VOTable/20130920/) format.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisities

You need to install nodejs to deploy the library

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm

Installing for a production environment

There are two ways to install the library :

Using github

npm install https://github.com/malapert/JsVotable.git

Using npm repository

npm install jsvotable

Installing for a development environment

There are two ways to install the library :

Using github

npm install https://github.com/malapert/JsVotable.git
cd node_modules/jsvotable
npm install

Using npm repository

npm install jsvotable
cd node_modules/jsvotable
npm install

How to use it

for a production environment

First, you need to include the JsVotable library :

 <script src="JsVotable.min.js"></script>

Then, you can use it on your script :

var votable = new JsVotable.Votable(xhr.responseXML);

One the VOTable is loaded in the library, simply use the available getters. For instance, if you want to load the data from a tabledata, use the following code :

// gets the first resource
var resource  = votable.getResources()[0];

// gets the table from the resource
var table = resource.getResourcesOrTables()[0];

// gets the fields
var fields = table.getFields();

// gets the data : it could be tabledata, fits, binary or binary2
var data = table.getData();
if (data!=null && data.getDataImplementationName() == JsVotable.TAG.TABLEDATA) {
    var tabledata = data.getData();
    var trs = tabledata.getTrs();    
}

Look to the example :

• example2

for a development environment

Look to the example :

• example1

Running the tests

To run the tests, run simply :

npm test

Generating documentation

To generate the documentation, run simply :

npm run doc

Minify the library

To minify the library, run simply ;

npm run uglify

Built With

• requirejs ^2.3.2 for development and testing
• chai ^3.5.0 for testing
• domparser ^0.1.1 for testing
• mocha ^3.1.1 for testing
• uglify-js ^2.7.3 for minifying
• xmlhttprequest ^1.8.0 for testing
• brfs ^1.4.3 for testing
• jsdom-global ~2.1.0 for testing
• jsdom ~9.6.0 for testing
• jsdoc ^3.4.2 for documentation
• ink-docstrap ^1.3.0 for documentation

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on the process for submitting pull requests to me.

Versioning

We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.

Copyright & Credits

All names are listed in alphabetical order

Development

Main Code

Jean-Christophe Malapert

Additional Codes

Thomas Rolling (CDS / UTBM) for base64 encoding

License

This project is licensed under the GPLV3 License - see the LICENSE file for details