LSON: LiveScript Object Notation Parser

Same API as the JSON module, but for LiveScript objects. Also supports CSON and JSON (since LSON is a superset of them).

Uses the LiveScript parser to do the actual parsing. Will not execute code.

Install

npm install lson

API

lson.parse: Given a string, returns an object.

lson.parseFile: Given a filename (extensions .lson and .json.ls are common), reads and parses it synchronously, and returns an object

lson.stringify: Given an object, returns a string (currently outputs pretty-printed JSON).

LSON format

LSON is a superset of JSON and CSON. Here is an example:

``livescript
an_array: <[ an array of strings ]>
another_array: [
'another'
'array'
]


we can even have comments


a_dict: {
key: 'value'
}
a_string: 'some string'
another_string: \anotherstring
`

This corresponds to the following JSON:

`javascript
{
"an_array": [
"an",
"array",
"of",
"strings"
],
"another_array": [
"another",
"array"
],
"a_dict": {
"key": "value"
},
"a_string": "some string",
"another_string": "anotherstring"
}
`

Example

`livescript
lson = require('lson')

parsed = lson.parse('''
an_array: <[ an array of strings ]>
another_array: [
'another'
'array'
]


we can even have comments

a_dict: {
key: 'value'
}
a_string: 'some string'
another_string: \\anotherstring
''')

console.log(lson.stringify(parsed))
``

Licence

MIT

Credits

Author: Geza Kovacs