npm package: @mavrykdynamics/taquito-michel-codec
Description: Michelson parser/validator/formatter
Author: Eugene Zagidullin
Latest version: 20.1.0

# Taquito michel-codec package

`@mavrykdynamics/taquito-michel-codec` Converts and validates Michelson expressions between JSON based Michelson and Micheline.

This package can:

- Retrieve Michelson in JSON form from the Mavryk Node RPC and convert it to plain Michelson.
- Parse plain Michelson (including Macros) and expand/convert it to JSON Michelson suitable for injection into the Tezo Blockchain.
- Validate Michelson to ensure correctness

See the top-level project [https://github.com/ecadlabs/taquito](https://github.com/ecadlabs/taquito) for details on reporting issues, contributing and versioning.

## Examples

### Michelson expression to JSON

```js
const code = `(Pair 
                     (Pair { Elt 1 (Pair (Pair "mv1JQ19UKK5w264P8SDJmwjHsrXZASegkXrH" "mv18Cw7psUrAAPBpXYd9CtCpHg9EgjHP9KTe") 0x0501000000026869)}
                           10000000)
                     (Pair 2 333)
                  )`;

const p = new Parser();

const result = p.parseMichelineExpression(code);
console.log(JSON.stringify(result));
```

Output:

```json
{
  "prim": "Pair",
  "args": [
    {
      "prim": "Pair",
      "args": [
        [
          {
            "prim": "Elt",
            "args": [
              { "int": "1" },
              {
                "prim": "Pair",
                "args": [
                  {
                    "prim": "Pair",
                    "args": [
                      { "string": "mv1JQ19UKK5w264P8SDJmwjHsrXZASegkXrH" },
                      { "string": "mv18Cw7psUrAAPBpXYd9CtCpHg9EgjHP9KTe" }
                    ]
                  },
                  { "bytes": "0501000000026869" }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        { "int": "10000000" }
      ]
    },
    { "prim": "Pair", "args": [{ "int": "2" }, { "int": "333" }] }
  ]
}
```

### Pretty Print a Michelson contract

```js
    const contract = await Mavryk.contract.at('KT1EctCuorV2NfVb1XTQgvzJ88MQtWP8cMMv')
    const p = new Parser()

    const michelsonCode = p.parseJSON(contract.script.code as JSON[])
    console.log(emitMicheline(michelsonCode, {indent:"    ", newline: "\n",}))
```

### Pack Michelson data

Serializes any value of packable type to its optimized binary representation identical to the one used by PACK and UNPACK Michelson instructions.
Without a type definition (not recommended) the data will be encoded as a binary form of a generic Michelson expression.
Type definition allows some types like `timestamp` and `address` and other base58 representable types to be encoded to corresponding optimized binary forms borrowed from the Mavryk protocol.

```js
const data: MichelsonData = {
  string: 'KT1RvkwF4F7pz1gCoxkyZrG1RkrxQy3gmFTv%foo',
};

const typ: MichelsonType = {
  prim: 'address',
};

const packed = packData(data, typ);
// 050a0000001901be41ee922ddd2cf33201e49d32da0afec571dce300666f6f

// alternatively
const packedBytes = packDataBytes(data, typ);
// { bytes: "050a0000001901be41ee922ddd2cf33201e49d32da0afec571dce300666f6f" }
```

Without a type definition the base58 encoded address will be treated as a string

```js
const data: MichelsonData = {
  string: 'KT1RvkwF4F7pz1gCoxkyZrG1RkrxQy3gmFTv%foo',
};

const packed = packData(data);
// 0501000000284b543152766b7746344637707a3167436f786b795a724731526b7278517933676d46547625666f6f

// alternatively
const packedBytes = packDataBytes(data);
// {
//     bytes: "0501000000284b543152766b7746344637707a3167436f786b795a724731526b7278517933676d46547625666f6f"
// }
```

### Unpack Michelson data

Deserialize a byte array into the corresponding Michelson value.
Without a type definition (not recommended) the binary data will be treated as a binary form of a generic Michelson expression and returned as is.
Type definition allows some types like `timestamp` and `address` and other types usually encoded in optimized binary forms to be transformed back to their string representations like base58 and ISO timestamps.

```js
const src = [0x05, 0x00, 0xa7, 0xe8, 0xe4, 0xd8, 0x0b];

const typ: MichelsonType = {
  prim: 'timestamp',
};

const data = unpackData(src, typ);
// { string: "2019-09-26T10:59:51Z" }
```

Alternatively

```js
const src = { bytes: '0500a7e8e4d80b' };

const typ: MichelsonType = {
  prim: 'timestamp',
};

const data = unpackDataBytes(src, typ);
// { string: "2019-09-26T10:59:51Z" }
```

Same binary data without a type definition

```js
const src = [0x05, 0x00, 0xa7, 0xe8, 0xe4, 0xd8, 0x0b];

const data = unpackData(src);
// { int: "1569495591" }
```

Alternatively

```js
const src = { bytes: '0500a7e8e4d80b' };

const data = unpackDataBytes(src);
// { int: "1569495591" }
```

## API Documentation

TypeDoc style documentation is available on-line [here](https://taquito.mavryk.org/typedoc/modules/_taquito_michel_codec.html)

## Disclaimer

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