CircleCI Config Parser

A parsing library for CircleCI configuration files, powered by the CircleCI Config SDK

Used by the CircleCI Visual Config Editor to generate an interactive and editable visual representation of your CircleCI config.

Getting Started

• View the Parser API Docs

Installation

Using npm:

$ npm i @circleci/circleci-config-parser

Using yarn:

$ yarn add @circleci/circleci-config-parser

Usage

In Node.js:

import ConfigParser from '@circleci/circleci-config-parser';

In Browser:

const ConfigParser = require('@circleci/circleci-config-parser');

Loading a Config instance from a config file

import fs from 'fs';

const configSrc = fs.readFileSync('./config.yml', 'utf8');
const config = ConfigParser.parseConfig(configSrc);

Parsing a job config equivalent object, into a CircleCI Config SDK Job instance.

const jobIn = {
  docker: [{ image: 'cimg/base:2022.08' }],
  resource_class: 'medium',
  steps: [
    {
      run: {
        command: 'echo << parameters.greeting >>',
      },
    },
  ],
  parameters: {
    greeting: {
      type: 'string',
    },
  },
};

// Parsing function
ConfigParser.parseJob('Job Name', jobIn);

The equivalent config-sdk instantiation for that object:

new CircleCI.reusable.ParameterizedJob(
  'my_job',
  new CircleCI.executors.DockerExecutor('cimg/node:lts'),
  new CircleCI.parameters.CustomParametersList([
    new CircleCI.parameters.CustomParameter('greeting', 'string'),
  ]),
  [
    new CircleCI.commands.Run({
      command: 'echo << parameters.greeting >>',
    }),
  ],
);

Parsing Orb references requires an OrbManifest, which is a representation of Orbs outward facing properties.

import fs from 'fs';

const customOrbProps = {
  // component type
  jobs: {
    // name of component
    say_hello: {
      // component parameters
      greeting: {
        type: 'string',
      },
    },
  },
  commands: {
    say_it: {
      what: {
        type: 'string',
      },
    },
  },
  executors: {
    python: {
      version: {
        type: 'string',
        default: '1.0.0',
      },
    },
  },
};

const customOrbManifest = ConfigParser.parseOrbManifest(customOrbProps);

const configSrc = fs.readFileSync('./config.yml', 'utf8');
const config = ConfigParser.parseConfig(configSrc, {
  'custom-orb': customOrbManifest,
});