libxmljs


npm install libxmljs

NodeJS bindings for libxml2 written in
Typescript

Documentation

https://libxmljs.github.io/libxmljs/

Examples

For more examples, check out the test suite.

``javascript
import libxmljs from "libxmljs";

libxmljs
.parseXmlAsync(




grandchild content

with content!


)
.then((xmlDoc) => {
const gchild = xmlDoc.find("//grandchild")[0];

console.log(gchild.text()); // prints "grandchild content"

const child = xmlDoc.root()?.child(0);

console.log(child?.getAttribute("foo")?.value()); // prints "bar"
});
`

Package Scripts

npm run init-submodules

> Clones libxml2 source code to vendor/libxml2

npm run configure

> Generate new cmake config headers with cmake in vendor/libxml2.config. Used when updating to a new libxml2 version.

npm run build

> Build the C++ source code using node-gyp

npm run swig

> Generate a new src/libxml2.cc and swig.xml file by processing the native code using SWIG. Used when making changes
> to native code or any of the SWIG interface files (src/\*.i)

npm run tsgenerate

> Generates typescript definitons for native bindings exports. Used when changes are made to native exports.
> Auto-generates constants.ts, functions.ts, types.ts, and variables.ts within lib/bindings/

npm run tsc

> Compiles Typescript within lib/ and outputs it to dist/ Use npm run dev to put Typescript compiler into watch
> mode.

npm run test

> Runs all tests in test/ using nodeunit. Use npm run test -- -t TEST_NAME to run a specific test.

npm run docs

> Generates docs/` using Typedoc