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API Documentation
Please use only this documented API when working with the parser. Methods not documented here are subject to change at any point.
parser
function
This is the module's main entry point.
var parser = require('postcss-selector-parser');
parser([transform])
Creates a new processor
instance
var processor = parser();
// or, with optional transform function
var transform = function (selectors) {
selectors.eachUniversal(function (selector) {
selector.remove();
});
};
var processor = parser(transform)
// Example
var result = processor.process('*.class').result;
// => .class
Arguments:
transform (function)
: Provide a function to work with the parsed AST.
parser.attribute([props])
Creates a new attribute selector.
parser.attribute({attribute: 'href'});
// => [href]
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
parser.className([props])
Creates a new class selector.
parser.className({value: 'button'});
// => .button
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
parser.combinator([props])
Creates a new selector combinator.
parser.combinator({value: '+'});
// => +
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
parser.comment([props])
Creates a new comment.
parser.comment({value: '/* Affirmative, Dave. I read you. */'});
// => /* Affirmative, Dave. I read you. */
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
parser.id([props])
Creates a new id selector.
parser.id({value: 'search'});
// => #search
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
parser.nesting([props])
Creates a new nesting selector.
parser.nesting();
// => &
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
parser.pseudo([props])
Creates a new pseudo selector.
parser.pseudo({value: '::before'});
// => ::before
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
parser.root([props])
Creates a new root node.
parser.root();
// => (empty)
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
parser.selector([props])
Creates a new selector node.
parser.selector();
// => (empty)
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
parser.string([props])
Creates a new string node.
parser.string();
// => (empty)
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
parser.tag([props])
Creates a new tag selector.
parser.tag({value: 'button'});
// => button
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
parser.universal([props])
Creates a new universal selector.
parser.universal();
// => *
Arguments:
props (object)
: The new node's properties.
Node types
node.type
A string representation of the selector type. It can be one of the following;
attribute
, class
, combinator
, comment
, id
, nesting
, pseudo
,
root
, selector
, string
, tag
, or universal
. Note that for convenience,
these constants are exposed on the main parser
as uppercased keys. So for
example you can get id
by querying parser.ID
.
parser.attribute({attribute: 'href'}).type;
// => 'attribute'
node.parent
Returns the parent node.
root.nodes[0].parent === root;
node.toString()
, String(node)
, or '' + node
Returns a string representation of the node.
var id = parser.id({value: 'search'});
console.log(String(id));
// => #search
node.next()
& node.prev()
Returns the next/previous child of the parent node.
var next = id.next();
if (next && next.type !== 'combinator') {
throw new Error('Qualified IDs are not allowed!');
}
node.replaceWith(node)
Replace a node with another.
var attr = selectors.first.first;
var className = parser.className({value: 'test'});
attr.replaceWith(className);
Arguments:
node
: The node to substitute the original with.
node.remove()
Removes the node from its parent node.
if (node.type === 'id') {
node.remove();
}
node.clone()
Returns a copy of a node, detached from any parent containers that the original might have had.
var cloned = parser.id({value: 'search'});
String(cloned);
// => #search
node.spaces
Extra whitespaces around the node will be moved into node.spaces.before
and
node.spaces.after
. So for example, these spaces will be moved as they have
no semantic meaning:
h1 , h2 {}
However, combinating spaces will form a combinator
node:
h1 h2 {}
A combinator
node may only have the spaces
property set if the combinator
value is a non-whitespace character, such as +
, ~
or >
. Otherwise, the
combinator value will contain all of the spaces between selectors.
node.source
An object describing the node's start/end, line/column source position.
Within the following CSS, the .bar
class node ...
.foo,
.bar {}
... will contain the following source
object.
source: {
start: {
line: 2,
column: 3
},
end: {
line: 2,
column: 6
}
}
node.sourceIndex
The zero-based index of the node within the original source string.
Within the following CSS, the .baz
class node will have a sourceIndex
of 12
.
.foo, .bar, .baz {}
Container types
The root
, selector
, and pseudo
nodes have some helper methods for working
with their children.
container.nodes
An array of the container's children.
// Input: h1 h2
selectors.at(0).nodes.length // => 3
selectors.at(0).nodes[0].value // => 'h1'
selectors.at(0).nodes[1].value // => ' '
container.first
& container.last
The first/last child of the container.
selector.first === selector.nodes[0];
selector.last === selector.nodes[selector.nodes.length - 1];
container.at(index)
Returns the node at position index
.
selector.at(0) === selector.first;
selector.at(0) === selector.nodes[0];
Arguments:
index
: The index of the node to return.
container.index(node)
Return the index of the node within its container.
selector.index(selector.nodes[2]) // => 2
Arguments:
node
: A node within the current container.
container.length
Proxy to the length of the container's nodes.
container.length === container.nodes.length
container
Array iterators
The container class provides proxies to certain Array methods; these are:
container.map === container.nodes.map
container.reduce === container.nodes.reduce
container.every === container.nodes.every
container.some === container.nodes.some
container.filter === container.nodes.filter
container.sort === container.nodes.sort
Note that these methods only work on a container's immediate children; recursive
iteration is provided by container.walk
.
container.each(callback)
Iterate the container's immediate children, calling callback
for each child.
You may return false
within the callback to break the iteration.
var className;
selectors.each(function (selector, index) {
if (selector.type === 'class') {
className = selector.value;
return false;
}
});
Note that unlike Array#forEach()
, this iterator is safe to use whilst adding
or removing nodes from the container.
Arguments:
callback (function)
: A function to call for each node, which receivesnode
andindex
arguments.
container.walk(callback)
Like container#each
, but will also iterate child nodes as long as they are
container
types.
selectors.walk(function (selector, index) {
// all nodes
});
Arguments:
callback (function)
: A function to call for each node, which receivesnode
andindex
arguments.
This iterator is safe to use whilst mutating container.nodes
,
like container#each
.
container.walk
proxies
The container class provides proxy methods for iterating over types of nodes, so that it is easier to write modules that target specific selectors. Those methods are:
container.walkAttributes
container.walkClasses
container.walkCombinators
container.walkComments
container.walkIds
container.walkNesting
container.walkPseudos
container.walkTags
container.walkUniversals
container.split(callback)
This method allows you to split a group of nodes by returning true
from
a callback. It returns an array of arrays, where each inner array corresponds
to the groups that you created via the callback.
// (input) => h1 h2>>h3
var list = selectors.first.split((selector) => {
return selector.type === 'combinator';
});
// (node values) => [['h1', ' '], ['h2', '>>'], ['h3']]
Arguments:
callback (function)
: A function to call for each node, which receivesnode
as an argument.
container.prepend(node)
& container.append(node)
Add a node to the start/end of the container. Note that doing so will set the parent property of the node to this container.
var id = parser.id({value: 'search'});
selector.append(id);
Arguments:
node
: The node to add.
container.insertBefore(old, new)
& container.insertAfter(old, new)
Add a node before or after an existing node in a container:
selectors.walk(function (selector) {
if (selector.type !== 'class') {
var className = parser.className({value: 'theme-name'});
selector.parent.insertAfter(selector, className);
}
});
Arguments:
old
: The existing node in the container.new
: The new node to add before/after the existing node.
container.removeChild(node)
Remove the node from the container. Note that you can also use
node.remove()
if you would like to remove just a single node.
selector.length // => 2
selector.remove(id)
selector.length // => 1;
id.parent // undefined
Arguments:
node
: The node to remove.
container.removeAll()
or container.empty()
Remove all children from the container.
selector.removeAll();
selector.length // => 0
Root nodes
A root node represents a comma separated list of selectors. Indeed, all
a root's toString()
method does is join its selector children with a ','.
Other than this, it has no special functionality and acts like a container.
root.trailingComma
This will be set to true
if the input has a trailing comma, in order to
support parsing of legacy CSS hacks.
Selector nodes
A selector node represents a single compound selector. For example, this
selector string h1 h2 h3, [href] > p
, is represented as two selector nodes.
It has no special functionality of its own.
Pseudo nodes
A pseudo selector extends a container node; if it has any parameters of its
own (such as h1:not(h2, h3)
), they will be its children. Note that the pseudo
value
will always contain the colons preceding the pseudo identifier. This
is so that both :before
and ::before
are properly represented in the AST.
Attribute nodes
attribute.quoted
Returns true
if the attribute's value is wrapped in quotation marks, false if it is not.
Remains undefined
if there is no attribute value.
[href=foo] /* false */
[href='foo'] /* true */
[href="foo"] /* true */
[href] /* undefined */
attribute.raws.unquoted
Returns the unquoted content of the attribute's value.
Remains undefined
if there is no attribute value.
[href=foo] /* foo */
[href='foo'] /* foo */
[href="foo"] /* foo */
[href] /* undefined */
attribute.raws.insensitive
If there is an i
specifying case insensitivity, returns that i
along with the whitespace
around it.
[id=Bar i ] /* " i " */
[id=Bar i ] /* " i " */
processor
process(cssText, [options])
Processes the cssText
, returning the parsed output
var processor = parser();
var result = processor.process(' .class').result;
// => .class
// To have the parser normalize whitespace values, utilize the options
var result = processor.process(' .class ', {lossless: false}).result;
// => .class
Arguments:
cssText (string)
: The css to be parsed.[options] (object)
: Process options
Options:
lossless (boolean)
: false to normalize the selector whitespace, defaults to true