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Uses babel to extract JavaScript code comments from a string. Returns an array of comment objects, with line, column, index, comment type and comment string.
https://github.com/jonschlinkert/babel-extract-comments
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Uses babel to extract JavaScript code comments from a string. Returns an array of comment objects, with line, column, index, comment type and comment string.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/jonschlinkert/babel-extract-comments
- Owner: jonschlinkert
- License: mit
- Created: 2015-12-30T19:01:18.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2018-05-22T01:27:29.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-03T15:53:07.967Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: babel, comments, extract, javascript, jonschlinkert, nodejs, parse, tokenize
- Language: JavaScript
- Size: 271 KB
- Stars: 14
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 2
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# babel-extract-comments [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-extract-comments) [](https://npmjs.org/package/babel-extract-comments) [](https://npmjs.org/package/babel-extract-comments) [](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/babel-extract-comments)
> Uses babel (babylon) to extract JavaScript code comments from a JavaScript string or file.
Please consider following this project's author, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert), and consider starring the project to show your :heart: and support.
## Install
Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
```sh
$ npm install --save babel-extract-comments
```
## Usage
Add to your Node.js/JavaScript project with the following line of code:
```js
const extract = require('babel-extract-comments');
```
## API
### [extract](index.js#L32)
Extract code comments from the given `string`.
**Params**
* `string` **{String}**: String of javascript
* `returns` **{Array}**: Array of code comment objects.
**Example**
```js
var extract = require('babel-extract-comments');
console.log(extract('// this is a code comment'));
// [{ type: 'CommentBlock',
// value: '!\n * babel-extract-comments \n *\n *
// Copyright (c) 2014-2018, Jon Schlinkert.\n * Released under the MIT License.\n ',
// start: 0,
// end: 173,
// loc: SourceLocation { start: [Position], end: [Position] } }]
```
### [.file](index.js#L53)
Extract code comments from a JavaScript file.
**Params**
* `file` **{String}**: Filepath to the file to parse.
* `options` **{Object}**: Options to pass to [esprima](http://esprima.org).
* `returns` **{Array}**: Array of code comment objects.
**Example**
```js
console.log(extract.file('some-file.js'), { cwd: 'some/path' });
// [ { type: 'Line',
// value: ' this is a line comment',
// range: [ 0, 25 ],
// loc: { start: { line: 1, column: 0 }, end: { line: 1, column: 25 } } } ]
```
## About
Contributing
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).
Running Tests
Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
```sh
$ npm install && npm test
```
Building docs
_(This project's readme.md is generated by [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the [.verb.md](.verb.md) readme template.)_
To generate the readme, run the following command:
```sh
$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb
```
### Related projects
You might also be interested in these projects:
* [esprima-extract-comments](https://www.npmjs.com/package/esprima-extract-comments): Extract code comments from string or from a glob of files using esprima. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/esprima-extract-comments "Extract code comments from string or from a glob of files using esprima.")
* [extract-comments](https://www.npmjs.com/package/extract-comments): Uses esprima to extract line and block comments from a string of JavaScript. Also optionally… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/extract-comments) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/extract-comments "Uses esprima to extract line and block comments from a string of JavaScript. Also optionally parses code context (the next line of code after a comment).")
* [js-comments](https://www.npmjs.com/package/js-comments): Parse JavaScript code comments and generate API documentation. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/js-comments "Parse JavaScript code comments and generate API documentation.")
* [parse-comments](https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-comments): Parse code comments from JavaScript or any language that uses the same format. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/parse-comments "Parse code comments from JavaScript or any language that uses the same format.")
### Contributors
| **Commits** | **Contributor** |
| --- | --- |
| 4 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |
| 1 | [eventualbuddha](https://github.com/eventualbuddha) |
### Author
**Jon Schlinkert**
* [linkedin/in/jonschlinkert](https://linkedin.com/in/jonschlinkert)
* [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)
* [twitter/jonschlinkert](https://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)
### License
Copyright © 2018, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).
Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
***
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