Unist-util-filter NPM

unist-util-filter

unist utility to create a new tree with only nodes that pass a test.

What is this?

This is a small utility that helps you clean a tree.

When should I use this?

You can use this utility to remove things from a tree. This utility is very similar to unist-util-remove, which changes the given tree. Modifying a tree like that utility does is much faster on larger documents.

You can also walk the tree with unist-util-visit to remove nodes. To create trees, use unist-builder.

Install

This package is ESM only. In Node.js (version 16+), install with npm:

npm install unist-util-filter

In Deno with esm.sh:

import {filter} from 'https://esm.sh/unist-util-filter@5'

In browsers with esm.sh:

<script type="module">
  import {filter} from 'https://esm.sh/unist-util-filter@5?bundle'
</script>

Use

import {u} from 'unist-builder'
import {filter} from 'unist-util-filter'

const tree = u('root', [
  u('leaf', '1'),
  u('parent', [u('leaf', '2'), u('parent', [u('leaf', '3')])]),
  u('leaf', '4')
])

const newTree = filter(tree, node => node.type !== 'leaf' || node.value % 2 === 0)

console.dir(newTree, {depth: null})

Yields:

{
  type: 'root',
  children: [
    {type: 'parent', children: [{type: 'leaf', value: '2'}]},
    {type: 'leaf', value: '4'}
  ]
}

API

This package exports the identifier filter. There is no default export.

`filter(tree[, options][, test])`

Create a new tree of copies of all nodes that pass test.

The tree is walked in preorder (NLR), visiting the node itself, then its head, etc.

Parameters

tree (Node) — tree to filter
options (Options, optional) — configuration
test (Test, optional) — unist-util-is compatible test

Returns

New filtered tree (Node or undefined).

undefined is returned if tree itself didn’t pass the test, or is cascaded away.

`Options`

Configuration (TypeScript type).

Fields

cascade (boolean, default: true) — whether to drop parent nodes if they had children, but all their children were filtered out

Types

This package is fully typed with TypeScript. It exports the additional type Options.

Compatibility

Projects maintained by the unified collective are compatible with maintained versions of Node.js.

When we cut a new major release, we drop support for unmaintained versions of Node. This means we try to keep the current release line, unist-util-filter@^5, compatible with Node.js 16.

unist-util-visit — walk the tree
unist-util-visit-parents — walk the tree with a stack of parents
unist-util-map — create a new tree with all nodes mapped by a given function
unist-util-flatmap — create a new tree by mapping (to an array) by a given function
unist-util-remove — remove nodes from a tree that pass a test
unist-util-select — select nodes with CSS-like selectors