2.3 KiB
json-file
A module for reading, writing, and manipulating JSON files
Importing the package
import JsonFile from '@exponent/json-file';
Promise-based async API
Everything returns Promise
s. If you are using ES7 (or Babel), you can write code like this:
let config = await JsonFile.readAsync('config.json', {cantReadFileDefault: {}});
If you are using ES6, you can just use the return values the way you normally would use Promises.
JsonFile.readAsync('config.json', {cantReadFileDefault: {}}).then(config => {
...
});
Used as an object
var file = new JsonFile('config.json', {cantReadFileDefault: {}});
var somethingSaved = await file.getAsync('somethingSaved', null);
Used as functions
var pkg = await JsonFile.readAsync('package.json');
var main = await JsonFile.getAsync('package.json', 'main', 'index.js');
...
Options you can set, and their default values
Option | Description | Default Value |
---|---|---|
space |
How many spaces to use when pretty-printing, (0 for no pretty-printing) | 2 |
default |
Catch-all default value for missing values, bad JSON, and files that can't be read | undefined |
jsonParseErrorDefault |
The default value for when a file is read but it doesn't contain valid JSON | undefined |
cantReadFileDefault |
The default value for when a file can't be read | undefined |
- Note that if defaults are
undefined
, then anError
will be thrown instead ofundefined
being returned
Methods
.readAsync([options])
Returns the parse of the whole file as an object
.getAsync(key, [default-value], [options])
Returns a single value from a JSON file, using lodash's _.get
to query the whole object.
See https://lodash.com/docs#get
.writeAsync(data, [options])
Writes out the given data to the file
.setAsync(key, val, [options])
Updates the file, inserting or updating the value for <key>
with <val>
.mergeAsync(sources, [options])
Merges the values in <sources>
into the object currently encoded in the file.
.deleteKeyAsync(key, [options])
Deletes a single key from the top level of the file.
Functions
The functions available all mirror the methods above but take file
(filename as a string) as their first argument.