nodengine-hl7


A hl7 parser

Installation

``sh
$ npm install --save nodengine-hl7
`

or install globally for the CLI tool

`bash
$ npm install -g nodengine-hl7
$ ne-hl7 --help
ne-hl7 - a streaming parser for hl7 messages

usage: ne-hl7 [options]

options:

-h, --help show help and usage
-l, --loglevel set log level
-f, --file parse file
-s, --segments only show segment types
-c, --count print message count
-j, --json output in json
-v, --version show version
`

Unit Tests

To run tests:

`bash
$ npm test
`

NOTE: All hl7 test fixtures are samples taken from various places on the internet

API

$3

Constructor

*

$3

Constructor

##### Params
| Name | Type(s) | Description |
| ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| segments | Array, Segment | A single Segment or an array of Segments |


*

$3

Does this message have any segments?

*

$3

Adds the given _segment_ to the message

##### Params
| Name | Type(s) | Description |
| ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| segment | Segment | The Segment to add to the message |


*

$3

Gets the header Segment of the Message

*

$3

Gets the delimiters for the given message. These are taken from the MSH

*

$3

Constructor

*

$3

Parses _data_ as a hl7 segment

##### Params
| Name | Type(s) | Description |
| ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| data | Buffer, String | The segment |


*

$3

Is the given _segment_ a header segment?

##### Params
| Name | Type(s) | Description |
| ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| segment | Segment | A Segment object |


*

$3

Is the given segment _type_ a header segment?

##### Params
| Name | Type(s) | Description |
| ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| type | String | The segment type |

License

MIT (See LICENSE` for more info)