var fs = require('fs'); var PO = function() { this.headers = {}; this.items = []; }; PO.prototype.write = function(filename) { }; PO.load = function(filename, callback) { fs.readFile(filename, 'utf-8', function(err, data){ if (err) throw err; var po = new PO , parts = data.split(/\n\n/) , headers = parts.shift().split(/\n/); headers.forEach(function(header){ if (header.match(/^"/)) { var p = header.split(/:/, 2); po.headers[p[0].trim()] = p[1].trim(); } }); parts.forEach(function(part){ var item = PO.Item.parse(part); po.items.push(item); }); callback(po); }); }; PO.Item = function() { this.msgid = null; this.references = []; this.msgid_plural = null; this.msgstr = []; }; PO.Item.parse = function(chunk) { var item = new PO.Item(); var parts = chunk.split(/\nmsg/); var extract = function(string) { var lines = string.split(/\n/); var value = ''; lines.forEach(function(line){ var p = line.split(/"/); p.shift(); p.pop(); value += "\n" + p.join('"'); }); return value.trim(); }; parts.forEach(function(part){ if (part.match(/^#:/)) { item.references.push(part.replace(/^#:\s/, '')); } else if (part.match(/^id\s/)) { item.msgid = extract(part); } else if (part.match(/id_plural/)) { item.msgid_plural = extract(part); } else if (part.match(/str/)) { item.msgstr.push(extract(part)); } }); return item; }; PO.load('extras.po', function(po){ //console.log(po); });