An very easy to use ini file parser and serializer for node.js

Installation

npm install --save ezini

Usage

const ini = require("ezini");

parse(str, options, callback)

ini.parse(str, options, (obj) => {
    console.log(obj)
})

where options is a simple object, for now it only support one option {preserveQuotes: true}

or you can use the synchronize version parseSync(str, options)

In order to keep backward compatibility, the second parameter options can also be assigned a callback function (e.g. parse(str, callback))

stringify(obj, callback)

ini.stringify(obj, (str) => {
    console.log(str)
})

or use the synchronize version stringifySync(obj)

Example

Giving a example ini file foobar.ini which looks like this:

[owner]
name=John Do
organization=Acme eProducts
rich=true
richStr="true"


[database]
server=192.0.2.42
; use IP address in case network name resolution is not working
port=143
portStr="143"
file = "acme payroll.dat"

You can parse this ini file like this:

str = fs.readFileSync("foobar.ini"), "utf-8")
ini.parse(strINI, (obj) => {
    console.log(obj)
})

and then obj would looks like this:

{ owner: 
   { name: 'John Do',
     organization: 'Acme eProducts',
     rich: true,
     richStr: 'true' },
  database: 
   { server: '192.0.2.42',
     port: 143,
     portStr: '143',
     file: 'acme payroll.dat' } }

but if perserveQuotes is set to true, like this:

str = fs.readFileSync("foobar.ini"), "utf-8")
ini.parse(strINI, {preserveQuotes: true}, (obj) => {
    console.log(obj)
})

the output will be like this

{ owner: 
   { name: 'John Do',
     organization: 'Acme eProducts',
     rich: true,
     richStr: '"true"' },
  database: 
   { server: '192.0.2.42',
     port: 143,
     portStr: '"143"',
     file: '"acme payroll.dat"' } }

You can also stringify the the first output object like this:

ini.stringify(obj, (str) => {
    console.log(str)
})

str would looks like this:

[owner]
name=John Do
organization=Acme eProducts
rich=true
richStr="true"

[database]
server=192.0.2.42
port=143
portStr="143"
file=acme payroll.dat