node-xml-stream

Summary

• A tiny simple and fast XML/HTML stream parser with an easy-to-use interface (using NodeJS streams)
• A very effective (fast) way to detal with RSS/ATOM/RDF feeds

Motivation

There are alot of good other xml/html parsers out there, this is just meant to be a tiny and easy to use stream-parser that is fast. It is a perfect match for use in feed parsers (e.g. ATOM/RSS/RDF)

If you need a parser that is more heavy-weight with more functionality I recommend node-sax https://github.com/isaacs/sax-js

What does it do?

Reads XML/HTML streams fast and emitts events for:

• Tag Openings (opentag) <tag attr="1.0">
• Closing tags (closetag) </tag>
• CDATA (cdata) <[[CDATA[data]]>
• Instructions (instruction) <?xml version="1.0?>

All comments are ignored (not emitted). <!DOCTYPES, <!ENTITY are also ignored, I haven't found any real need for them yet parsing RSS/ATOM/RDF.

Installation

Install via NPM using command:

npm install --save node-xml-stream

Usage

let Parser = require('node-xml-stream');
let fs = require('fs');

let parser = new Parser();

// <tag attr="hello">
parser.on('opentag', (name, attrs) => {
    // name = 'tag'
    // attrs = { attr: 'hello' }
});

// </tag>
parser.on('closetag', name => {
    // name = 'tag'
}

// <tag>TEXT</tag>
parser.on('text', text => {
    // text = 'TEXT'
});

// <[[CDATA['data']]>
parser.on('cdata', cdata => {
    // cdata = 'data'
});

// <?xml version="1.0"?>
parser.on('instruction', (name, attrs) => {
    // name = 'xml'
    // attrs = { version: '1.0' }
});

// Only stream-errors are emitted.
parser.on('error', err => {
    // Handle a parsing error
});

parser.on('finish', () => {
    // Stream is completed
});

// Write data to the stream.
parser.write('<root>TEXT</root>');

// Pipe a stream to the parser
let stream = fs.createReadStream('./feed.atom');
stream.pipe(parser);

Methods

#write(data) - write data to the stream.

#end()- end the stream

#on(event, handler) - Attach an eventhandler

Events

All the default stream events for NodeJS streams and the below extra events that are emitted:

opentag - when a tag is opened { name, attributes }

closetag- When a tag is closed { name }

text - when text is retrieved { text }

cdata - when CDATA is read. { text }

instruction - When instruction is available { name, attributes }

Contributing

Pull requests and stars always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

License

MIT © Tommy Dronkers