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homebase-parser

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Parser & file reader for the ABE Homebase 2.0 text (*.txt) format

github.com/indexzero/homebase-parser

indexzero/homebase-parser

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# homebase-parser Parser & file reader for the ABE Homebase 2.0 text (*.txt) format. ## Usage ``` js const { Parser, readFile } = require('homebase-parser'); // Read book data const books = await readFile('path/to/your/file.txt'); // Do stuff with book data // ... profit? ``` ## Seriously though – what's all this then? 🐲 Here be dragons. While using ABE Homebase (don't ask why) this file format was discovered. There is literally no documentation for it. No where. Any where. Not even in the [ABE Homebase 2.3 User Guide]. Looking for a sample? ``` BOOS| BOOK|000332 TRAN|A ANAM|Alumit, Noel TNAM|Letters to Montgomery Clift PBLS|MacAdam/Cage DESC|Softcover Advance Proof copy of author's first novel. PRIC|6 BIND|S EDTN|F UPDT|6/15/2010 UPTM|12:45:35 PM BCAT|ARCs/Uncorrected Proofs ABLE|1 ISBN|1931561028 UBID|367 EDNT|Uncorrected Proof JCKC|No Jacket BNDC|Original Wraps PBPL|San Francisco PBYR|2002 BOOC|NF SIZE|8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall BTYP|Advanced Reading Copy (ARC) STAT|For Sale PPRC|1 PDSC|SHELF 9 BOOE| ``` And why would there be? The software itself is more or less dead. So why make this? Because books – lots of books (seriously don't ask). #### AUTHOR: [Charlie Robbins](https://github.com/indexzero) #### LICENSE: APACHE 2.0 [ABE Homebase 2.3 User Guide]: https://www.abebooks.com/homebase/software-inventory-management-system-catalog/user-guide/homebase2.3-user-guide.pdf