JSON Schema $Ref Parser supports plug-ins, such as resolvers and parsers. These plug-ins can have methods such as canRead(), read(), canParse(), and parse(). All of these methods accept the same object as their parameter: an object containing information about the file being read or parsed.
The file info object currently only consists of a few properties, but it may grow in the future if plug-ins end up needing more information.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
url |
string |
The full URL of the file. This could be any type of URL, including "http://", "https://", "file://", "ftp://", "mongodb://", or even a local filesystem path (when running in Node.js). |
extension |
string |
The lowercase file extension, such as ".json", ".yaml", ".txt", etc. |
data |
string Buffer etc. |
The raw file contents, in whatever form they were returned by the resolver that read the file. |