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🥞 stack-converter

stack-converter is a utility for translating function names, file names and line numbers in uglified JavaScript Error stack frames to the corresponding values in the original source. stack-converter is distributed as both a package and a library and is used by the BugSplat backend to deliver crash reporting as a service for JavaScript and TypeScript applications.

The following is an example JavaScript Error stack converted to its TypeScript equivalent using stack-converter:

Error: BugSplat rocks!
    at crash (/Users/bobby/Desktop/bugsplat/stack-converter/dist/bin/cmd.js:16:11)
    at /Users/bobby/Desktop/bugsplat/stack-converter/dist/bin/cmd.js:6:9
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/bobby/Desktop/bugsplat/stack-converter/dist/bin/cmd.js:14:3)

Error: BugSplat rocks!
    at crash (../../bin/cmd.ts:15:10)
    at <unknown> (../../bin/cmd.ts:5:8)
    at Object.<anonymous> (../../bin/cmd.ts:12:2)

🖥 Command Line

1. Install this package globally npm i -g @bugsplat/stack-converter
2. Run stack-converter -h to see the latest usage information:

bobby@BugSplat % ~ % stack-converter -h

    @bugsplat/stack-converter contains a command line utility and set of libraries to help you demangle JavaScript stack frames.

    stack-converter command line usage:

        stack-converter [ [ "/source-map-directory" OR "/source.js.map" ] [ "/stack-trace.txt" ] ]
    
    * Optionally provide either a path to a directory containing source maps or a .map.js file - Defaults to the current directory
    * Optionally provide a path to a .txt file containing a JavaScript Error stack trace - Defaults to the value in the clipboard
    
    ❤️ [email protected]

3. Run stack-converter and optionally specify a path to a directory containing .js.map files, path to a single .js.map file, and a path to a .txt file containing a stringified JavaScript Error. If no options are provided stack-converter will default to looking in the current directory for source maps and attempt to read the stringified JavaScript error stack from the system clipboard.

🧩 API

1. Install this package locally npm i @bugsplat/stack-converter
2. Import StackConverter from @bugsplat/stack-converter

import { StackConverter } from '@bugsplat/stack-converter';

3. Create a new instance of StackConverter passing it an array of paths to source map files. You can also await the static factory function createFromDirectory(directory: string): Promise<StackConverter> which takes a path to a directory and creates a new StackConverter with an array of source map file paths it finds in the specified directory

const converter = new StackConverter(sourceMapFilePaths);

const converter = await StackConverter.createFromDirectory(directory);

4. Await the call to convert passing it the stack property from a JavaScript Error object

const result = await converter.convert(error.stack);

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