NodeJS library for handling Data Package Identifiers or Identifier Strings.

For more on Data Package Identifiers see the Data Package Identifier Specification on DataProtocols.

Can also be used for getting normalized Data Package URLs. Example:

var identifier = require('datapackage-identifier');

var dp = 'http://github.com/datasets/gdp';
var ourIdentifier = identifier.parse(dp);

console.log(ourIdentifier.dataPackageJsonUrl);
// output
> https://raw.github.com/datasets/gdp/master/datapackage.json

console.log(ourIdentifier.name);
// output
> gdp

Also supports branches and subfolders in github e.g.:

var identifier = 'https://github.com/frictionlessdata/example-data-packages/tree/master/inflation'

var identifier = 'https://github.com/frictionlessdata/example-data-packages/tree/gh-pages/inflation'

Installation

npm install datapackage-identifier

API

Start by requiring the library:

identifier = require('datapackage-identifier')

parse

identifier.parse(identifierString)

Parse a Data Package Identifier string to a Identifier object/dictionary and return it.

Tests

Run the tests with:

npm test

Copyright and License

Copyright 2014-2015 Rufus Pollock.

Licensed under the MIT license:

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.