JSONSP

JSON stream parser for Node.

Installation

$ npm install jsonsp

Install from source code repository:

$ git clone git@github.com:jaredhanson/node-jsonsp.git
$ cd node-jsonsp
$ npm install

JSONSP depends on YAJL and the YAJL binding for Node.js. libyajl must be installed on your system prior to installing JSONSP.

Install YAJL via Homebrew on Mac OS X:

$ brew install yajl


$ CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/local/include LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib npm install

Usage

Initialize Parser

Create a new JSON stream parser. The parser will incrementally parse data from a stream, and emit an 'object' event each time it parses a fully-formed JSON object.

var parser = new jsonsp.Parser();
parser.on('object', function(obj) {
  // do something with obj
});

Parse Data from Stream

As chunks of data are read from a stream, they can be incrementally parsed by the JSON stream parser.

var req = http.request(options, function(res) {
  // feed each chunk of data incrementally to the JSON stream parser
  res.on('data', function(chunk) {
    parser.parse(chunk.toString('utf8'));
  });
});

Examples

For a complete, working example, refer to the Twitter Streaming API example.

Tests

$ npm install
$ make test

Credits

• Jared Hanson

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Jared Hanson

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.