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plepe/json-multiline-strings
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One shortcoming of JSON is the lack of multiline support. This module will split/join multiline strings to string arrays which is more readable.

v0.1.0(8y ago)1236GPL-3.0PHP

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json-multiline-strings
======================

[](#json-multiline-strings)

One shortcoming of JSON is the lack of multiline support. This module will split/join multiline strings to string arrays which is more readable.

EXAMPLE
=======

[](#example)

Convert to multiline variant:

```
var input = {
    "foo": "bar",
    "long": "text with\nseveral\nline breaks"
}
console.log(JSON.stringify(jsonMultilineStrings.split(input), null, '    '))
{
    "foo": "bar",
    "long": [
        "text with",
        "several",
        "line breaks"
    ]
}
```

Convert back to original json:

```
var input = {
    "foo": "bar",
    "long": [
        "text with",
        "several",
        "line breaks"
    ]
}
console.log(JSON.stringify(jsonMultilineStrings.join(input), null, '    '))
{
    "foo": "bar",
    "long": "text with\nseveral\nline breaks"
}
```

API
===

[](#api)

jsonMultilineStrings.split(data, options) resp. jsonMultilineStringsSplit(data, options)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[](#jsonmultilinestringssplitdata-options-resp-jsonmultilinestringssplitdata-options)

Processes input data recursively and convert all multiline strings to string arrays.

Options:

- exclude: Exclude the following paths from modifications. Give an array of string arrays, e.g. \[ \[ 'foo', 'bar' \], \[ 'test' \] \]. This would not modify the paths 'foo/bar' and 'test'.

jsonMultilineStrings.join(data, options) resp. jsonMultilineStringsJoin(data, options)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[](#jsonmultilinestringsjoindata-options-resp-jsonmultilinestringsjoindata-options)

Processes input data recursively and convert all string arrays to multiline strings.

Options:

- exclude: Exclude the following paths from modifications. Give an array of string arrays, e.g. \[ \[ 'foo', 'bar' \], \[ 'test' \] \]. This would not modify the paths 'foo/bar' and 'test'.

INSTALL
=======

[](#install)

JS usage via npm
----------------

[](#js-usage-via-npm)

```
npm install --save json-multiline-strings
```

```
var jsonMultilineStrings = require('json-multiline-strings')
jsonMultilineStrings.split(...)
jsonMultilineStrings.join(...)
```

PHP usage via composer
----------------------

[](#php-usage-via-composer)

```
composer install plepe/json-multiline-strings
```

```
jsonMultilineStringsSplit(...)
jsonMultilineStringsJoin(...)
```

Development
-----------

[](#development)

```
git clone https://github.com/plepe/json-multiline-strings.git
cd json-multiline-strings
npm install
composer install
```

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