# Spotify Search Tag Parser

This is a Spotify search tag parser. It does extract or remove search tags from a text.

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## Table of contents

- [Features](#features)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Usage](#usage)

## Features

The library includes functions to do the following:

    - Remove Spotify search tags from text
    - Extract Spotify search tags from text

## Installation

    $ npm install spotify-search-tag-parser --save

## Usage

First, instantiate.

```javascript
var SpotifySearchTagParser = require("spotify-search-tag-parser");

var spotifySearchTagParser = new SpotifySearchTagParser();
```

Lastly, use the `spotifySearchTagParser` object's methods to remove or extract spotify search tags.

```javascript
// remove artist tag from text
let result = spotifySearchTagParser.removeSpotifySearchTag(
  "album: inhale/exhale artist: nasum",
  SpotifySearchTagParser.spotifySearchTags.ARTIST
);
```

### Spotify Search Tags

- artist
- album
- track
- label
- isrc
- upc
- year
- tag

### Separator

Its necessary to include a `;` separator in text when there is no spotify tag separator, examples:

- `artist: Guns N' Roses; Appetite for Destruction`
- `artist: Guns N' Roses album: Appetite for Destruction; 1987`

### Extract Spotify search tags result

When extracting search tags the parser gonna return:

- `text`: matched text
- `tagValue`: matched tag value in text
- `tag`: matched tag type

Example:

```javascript
var result = spotifySearchTagParser.getSpotifySearchTagMatches(
  "album:inhale/exhale artist:nasum year:1998"
);
```

Result:

```javascript
[
  {
    text: "artist:nasum ",
    tagValue: "nasum",
    tag: "artist",
  },
  {
    text: "album:inhale/exhale ",
    tagValue: "inhale/exhale",
    tag: "album",
  },
  {
    text: "year:1998",
    tagValue: "1998",
    tag: "year",
  },
];
```

### Functions

Below are examples for all functions.

```javascript
var SpotifySearchTagParser = require("spotify-search-tag-parser");
var spotifySearchTagParser = new SpotifySearchTagParser();

/**
 * Remove Tag Functions
 */

// Remove specific tag, album one
var result = spotifySearchTagParser.removeSpotifySearchTag(
  "album: inhale/exhale ; nasum",
  SpotifySearchTagParser.spotifySearchTags.ALBUM
);

// Remove every tag
var result = spotifySearchTagParser.removeSpotifySearchTags(
  "artist: nasum album:inhale/exhale year:1998"
);

/**
 * Extract Tag Functions
 */

// Extract only one tag
var result = spotifySearchTagParser.getSpotifySearchTagMatch(
  "album:inhale/exhale artist:nasum year:1998",
  SpotifySearchTagParser.spotifySearchTags.ARTIST
);

// Extract every tag
var result = spotifySearchTagParser.getSpotifySearchTagMatches(
  "album:inhale/exhale artist:nasum year:1998"
);
```