JSCSSP

JSCSSP is a CSS parser in JavaScript.

Installation

Manually

Download cssParser.js and include the file in your project.

With npm

npm install jscssp

Usage

var CSSParser = require('jscssp'); // If installed via npm

var source = 'body { font: 2em sans-serif; }';

var parser = new CSSParser();
var sheet = parser.parse(source, false, true);

var textResult = sheet.cssText()
console.log(textResult);

FAQ

Why a CSS parser in JavaScript?

Because my (x)html editor based on Gecko is unable to edit CSS rules or declarations that are not implemented - and then dropped - by Gecko's Style Engine. Since a content editor for the Web does not target one browser only, I needed a way to parse and preserve all the contents of a stylesheet, including unrecognized rules or properties, comments and even whitespaces.

What's the license attached to JSCCSP?

The code is distributed under the tri-license MPL/GPL/LGPL.

What's the ETA for v1.0?

No idea, really.

Wow 3000+ lines of code, that's a lot…

Nope it is not for a real parser, not based on RegExps and with a CSS Object Model output. You can still minify the code if you need a smaller footprint but don't forget to preserve the license block.

does it work in Internet Explorer?

Yeah, unfortunately… I had to downgrade the quality of my code to support that hum well hum "browser". Nuf said.

How can I submit a bug or a suggestion?

daniel at glazman dot org

License

Mozilla Public License, version 2.0