Support setting record type(s)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## 0.6.1 - 2024-01-14
+
+- Support setting record type(s)
+- Extend error messages
+- Fix Avram version number
+
 ## 0.6.0 - 2024-01-13
 
 - Update metaschema and validation rules to Avram 0.9.5

bin/avram.js

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ cli.usage("avram [options] [validation options] <schema> [<files...>]")
   .description("Validate file(s) with an Avram schema")
   .option(`-f, --format [name]     input format (${Object.keys(formats).join("|")})`)
   .option("-s, --schema            validate schema instead of record files")
+  .option("-t, --type [types]      specify comma-separated record type(s)")
   .option("-p, --print             print all input records (in JSON)")
   .option("-v, --verbose           verbose error messages")
   .option("-l, --list              list supported validation options")

lib/action.js

@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ export default async (args, opt) => {
     throw new Error(`Unknown or unsupported format '${opt.format}'`)
   }
 
-  const schemaFile = opt.schema && !files.length ? "/dev/stdin" : files.shift()
+  const types = typeof opt.type == "string" ? opt.type.split(",") : []
+
+  const schemaFile = (opt.schema && !files.length) ? "/dev/stdin" : files.shift()
+  if (schemaFile === undefined) throw new Error("Missing schema argument")
   const schema = loadSchema(schemaFile, opt)
 
   const validator = new Validator(schema, options)
@@ -83,7 +86,8 @@ export default async (args, opt) => {
     const input = file === "-" ? process.stdin : fs.createReadStream(file)
     const stream = format.stream(input) // TODO: marcxml parser should emit error on parsing error
 
-    stream.on("data", record => {
+    stream.on("data", fields => {
+      const record = { fields, types }
       const errors = validator.validate(record)
       errors.forEach(e => {
         if (file !== "-") {