nodengine-hl7

A hl7 parser

Installation

$ npm install --save nodengine-hl7

or install globally for the CLI tool

$ npm install -g nodengine-hl7
$ ne-hl7 --help
ne-hl7 - a streaming parser for hl7 messages

    usage: ne-hl7 [options]

    options:

      -h, --help                  show help and usage
      -l, --loglevel <level>      set log level
      -f, --file <file>           parse file
      -s, --segments              only show segment types
      -c, --count                 print message count
      -j, --json                  output in json
      -v, --version               show version

Unit Tests

To run tests:

$ npm test

NOTE: All hl7 test fixtures are samples taken from various places on the internet

API

Parser

Constructor

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Message

Constructor

Params

Name	Type(s)	Description
segments	Array, Segment	A single Segment or an array of Segments

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Message.hasSegments()

Does this message have any segments?

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Message.addSegment()

Adds the given segment to the message

Params

Name	Type(s)	Description
segment	Segment	The Segment to add to the message

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Message.getHeader()

Gets the header Segment of the Message

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Message.delimiters()

Gets the delimiters for the given message. These are taken from the MSH

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Segment

Constructor

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Segment.parse()

Parses data as a hl7 segment

Params

Name	Type(s)	Description
data	Buffer, String	The segment

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utils.segmentIsHeader()

Is the given segment a header segment?

Params

Name	Type(s)	Description
segment	Segment	A Segment object

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utils.segmentTypeIsHeader()

Is the given segment type a header segment?

Params

Name	Type(s)	Description
type	String	The segment type

License

MIT (See LICENSE for more info)