get-comments

Extract javascript comments on per character basis. Comment object compatible with acorn-extract-comments and Esprima format.

Notice: It extracts only first level block comments, not include nested comments.

Install

npm i get-comments --save
npm test

Usage

For more use-cases see the tests

<input> {String} string to extract from
[resType] {Boolean} if true, will return array, otherwise object
return {Array|Object}

Example

var getComments = require('get-comments');

var input = fs.readFileSync('./fixture.js', 'utf8')
var comments = getComments(input, true)
//=>
// [ {
//   "start": 249,
//   "end": 1353,
//   "type": "Block",
//   "loc": {
//     "start": {
//       "line": 12,
//       "column": 0
//     },
//     "end": {
//       "line": 48,
//       "column": 3
//     }
//   },
//   "value": "*\n * > Filtering incoming request ...",
//   "api": true,
//   "after": "module.exports = function koaIpFilter (options) {"
// }, {
//   "start": 2187,
//   "end": 2267,
//   "type": "Block",
//   "loc": {
//     "start": {
//       "line": 82,
//       "column": 0
//     },
//     "end": {
//       "line": 87,
//       "column": 3
//     }
//   },
//   "value": "*\n * abcd description\n *\n * @name koaIpFilter\n * @param {Object} `options`\n ",
//   "api": false,
//   "after": "exports.data = function () {"
// } ]

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.
But before doing anything, please read the CONTRIBUTING.md guidelines.