0.0.7

index.js

@@ -1,13 +1,41 @@
 /// <reference path="typings/tsd.d.ts" />
-var path = require("path");
-var pr = require("pushrocks");
-var fs = require("fs");
+var plugins = {
+    path: require("path"),
+    fs: require("fs-extra"),
+    yaml: require("js-yaml"),
+    beautylog: require("beautylog")("os")
+};
 var smartfile = {
     //read File to  string
     readFileToString: function (filePath) {
         var fileString;
-        fileString = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
+        fileString = plugins.fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
         return fileString;
+    },
+    readFileToObject: function (filePath, fileTypeArg) {
+        if (fileTypeArg === void 0) { fileTypeArg = "undefined"; }
+        var fileType;
+        if (fileTypeArg == "undefined") {
+            fileType = plugins.path.extname(filePath);
+        }
+        else {
+            fileType = fileTypeArg;
+        }
+        fileType = fileType.replace(/\.([a-z]*)/, "$1"); //remove . form fileType
+        switch (fileType) {
+            case "yml":
+            case "yaml":
+                try {
+                    return plugins.yaml.safeLoad(plugins.fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8'));
+                }
+                catch (e) {
+                    plugins.beautylog.error("check that " + filePath.blue + " points to a valid file");
+                }
+                break;
+            case "json":
+                return plugins.fs.readJsonSync(filePath, {});
+                break;
+        }
     }
 };
 module.exports = smartfile;

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "smartfile",
-  "version": "0.0.3",
+  "version": "0.0.7",
   "description": "offers smart ways to work with files in nodejs",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -24,10 +24,13 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/pushrocks/smartfile",
   "dependencies": {
-    "pushrocks": "^1.0.18"
+    "beautylog": "1.0.4",
+    "fs-extra": "0.26.2",
+    "js-yaml": "3.4.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "gulp": "3.9.0",
-    "gulp-typescript": "2.9.2"
+    "gulp-typescript": "2.9.2",
+    "pushrocks": "1.0.22"
   }
 }

test.js

@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
+/// <reference path="typings/tsd.d.ts" />
 var smartfile = require("./index.js");
-console.log(smartfile.readFileToString("./test/mytest.txt"));
+var beautylog = require("beautylog")("os");
+beautylog.info(smartfile.readFileToString("./test/mytest.txt"));
+console.log(smartfile.readFileToObject("./test/mytest.yaml"));
+console.log(smartfile.readFileToObject("./test/mytest.json"));
+//var thisIsAnError = smartfile.readFileToObject("./test/mytestDoesNotExist.json"); 

test/mytest.json

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "key1": "this works",
+  "key2": "this works too",
+  "key3": {
+    "nestedkey1": "hello"
+  }
+}
+

test/mytest.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-This is some test text. If this is displayed when running "npm test", then the test has succeeded.
+This is some test text stored in ./test/mytest.txt -> If this is displayed when running "npm test", then the test has succeeded.

test/mytest.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+key1: this works
+key2: this works too
+key3:
+  nestedkey1: hello

ts/index.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,40 @@
 /// <reference path="typings/tsd.d.ts" />
-var path = require("path");
-var pr = require("pushrocks");
-var fs = require("fs");
+var plugins = {
+    path: require("path"),
+    fs: require("fs-extra"),
+    yaml: require("js-yaml"),
+    beautylog: require("beautylog")("os")
+};
+
 
 var smartfile:any = {
     //read File to  string
-    readFileToString: (filePath) => {
+    readFileToString: function(filePath) {
         var fileString;
-        fileString = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
+        fileString = plugins.fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
         return fileString;
+    },
+    readFileToObject: function(filePath,fileTypeArg = "undefined") {
+        var fileType;
+        if (fileTypeArg == "undefined") {
+            fileType = plugins.path.extname(filePath);
+        } else {
+            fileType = fileTypeArg;
+        }
+        fileType = fileType.replace(/\.([a-z]*)/,"$1"); //remove . form fileType
+        switch (fileType) {
+            case "yml" :
+            case "yaml":
+                try {
+                    return plugins.yaml.safeLoad(plugins.fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8'));
+                } catch (e){
+                    plugins.beautylog.error("check that " + filePath.blue + " points to a valid file");
+                }
+                break;
+            case "json":
+                return plugins.fs.readJsonSync(filePath,{});
+                break;
+        }
     }
 };
 

ts/test.ts

@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
+/// <reference path="typings/tsd.d.ts" />
 var smartfile = require("./index.js");
-console.log(smartfile.readFileToString("./test/mytest.txt"));
+var beautylog = require("beautylog")("os");
+beautylog.info(smartfile.readFileToString("./test/mytest.txt"));
+console.log(smartfile.readFileToObject("./test/mytest.yaml"));
+console.log(smartfile.readFileToObject("./test/mytest.json"));
+//var thisIsAnError = smartfile.readFileToObject("./test/mytestDoesNotExist.json");