/usr/share/doc/node-yamlify-object/README.md

# yamlify-object

Stringify object/array with yaml syntax

## Install

```
npm install yamlify-object
```

## Usage

```ts
import yamlifyObject from 'yamlify-object';

const obj = {
  array: [
    2,
    'two',
    {
      emptyArray: [],
    },
  ],
  error: new Error('message'),
  date: new Date(0),
  object: {
    number: 200,
    bool: false,
    null: null,
    undefined: undefined,
    emptyObject: {},
  },
};

obj.circular = obj;

const formattedString = yamlifyObject(obj, {
  indent: '  ',
  prefix: '\n',
  postfix: '\n',
});

console.log(formattedString);
/*

  array:
    - 2
    - two
    - emptyArray: []
  error: Error: message
  date: new Date(1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z)
  object:
    number: 200
    bool: false
    null: null
    undefined: undefined
    emptyObject: {}
  circular: [Circular]

*/
```
## API

### yamlifyObject(input, [options])

#### input

Type: `Object` `Array`

#### options

##### indent

Type: `string`<br>
Default: `' '` - single space

##### prefix

Type: `string`<br>
Default: `'\n'`

##### postfix

Type: `string`<br>
Default: `''`

##### dateToString(date: Date)

Type: `Function`

Expected to return a `string` that stringified version of Date instance.

##### errorToString(error: Error)

Type: `Function`

Expected to return a `string` that stringified version of Error instance.

##### colors

Type: `object`<br>
Default:
``` ts
{
  date: function (s: string): string,
  error: function (s: string): string,
  symbol: function (s: string): string,
  string: function (s: string): string,
  number: function (s: string): string,
  boolean: function (s: string): string,
  null: function (s: string): string,
  undefined: function (s: string): string,
}
```

Each property of colors object expected to be a `function` that
expected to return somehow colorified version of passed `string` argument.

You can specify colors only for types you need and, if have the need, the base text color.
The rest will stay colorless strings:

``` js
const obj = {
  number: 1
  string: 'str',
  bool: true,
};

const formattedString = yamlifyObject(obj, {
  colors: {
    base: (text) => `COLOR_CODE${text}COLOR_CODE`,
    number: (value) => `COLOR_CODE${value}COLOR_CODE`,
    boolean: (value) => `COLOR_CODE${value}COLOR_CODE`,
  },
});

console.log(formattedString);
/*
 number: COLOR_CODE1COLOR_CODE
 string: str
 bool: COLOR_CODEtrueCOLOR_CODE
*/
```

`base` color is the text that is not related to the values (names of the properties, dashes, brackets, etc)


For terminal can be used [yamlify-object-colors](https://github.com/eugeny-dementev/yamlify-object-colors) preset: 

![Object formating example](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eugeny-dementev/yamlify-object-colors/master/terminal.png "Object formating example")

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