GEDCOM-file-to-JSON-using-Node-JS-with-ES6

In 5 Steps

1. git clone https://github.com/udayakumarvdm/GEDCOM-file-to-JSON-using-Node-JS-with-ES6.git

2. cd GEDCOM-file-to-JSON-using-Node-JS-with-ES6

3. npm install

4. npm start

5. Open your favorite browser in localhost:8080

Description: This simple code will return the gedcom file to json using ES6.

Usage:

app.js

1. Set the Babel Register, To Convert your Ecmascript 6 code to ecmascript 5.

---

require('babel-register')({
   presets: [ 'env' ]
});

2. Define the module(s), Where we use ES6.

---

  require('./index.js');

index.js

1. import the header files.

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import http from 'http'; 	    /*--- The HTTP module can create an HTTP server, It listen to server port 8080 ---*/
import fs from 'fs'; 		    /*--- Import File systems module -----*/
import path from 'path';	    /*--- Import Path module ------*/
import gedcom from 'parse-gedcom';  /*--- Parse ged file use gedcom parse module ----*/

2. Define the method using Arrow function.

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http.createServer((req, res) => {
  fs.readFile(path.resolve(__dirname)+'/ged/ft.ged','utf-8',(err, data) => {
    var jsonArrayObj = JSON.stringify(gedcom.parse(data), null, 2);	
    res.write(jsonArrayObj);
  });
}).listen(8080);