Question

Install

npm install --save-dev @babel/code-frame

Usage

import { codeFrameColumns } from '@babel/code-frame';

const rawLines = `class Foo {
  constructor()
}`;
const location = { start: { line: 2, column: 16 } };

const result = codeFrameColumns(rawLines, location, { /* options */ });

console.log(result);

  1 | class Foo {
> 2 |   constructor()
    |                ^
  3 | }

If the column number is not known, you may omit it.

You can also pass an end hash in location.

import { codeFrameColumns } from '@babel/code-frame';

const rawLines = `class Foo {
  constructor() {
    console.log("hello");
  }
}`;
const location = { start: { line: 2, column: 17 }, end: { line: 4, column: 3 } };

const result = codeFrameColumns(rawLines, location, { /* options */ });

console.log(result);

  1 | class Foo {
> 2 |   constructor() {
    |                 ^
> 3 |     console.log("hello");
    | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 4 |   }
    | ^^^
  5 | };

Options

highlightCode

boolean, defaults to false.

Toggles syntax highlighting the code as JavaScript for terminals.

linesAbove

number, defaults to 2.

Adjust the number of lines to show above the error.

linesBelow

number, defaults to 3.

Adjust the number of lines to show below the error.

forceColor

boolean, defaults to false.

Enable this to forcibly syntax highlight the code as JavaScript (for non-terminals); overrides highlightCode.

message

string, otherwise nothing

Pass in a string to be displayed inline (if possible) next to the highlighted location in the code. If it can't be positioned inline, it will be placed above the code frame.

1 | class Foo {
> 2 |   constructor()
  |                ^ Missing {
3 | };

Upgrading from prior versions

Prior to version 7, the only API exposed by this module was for a single line and optional column pointer. The old API will now log a deprecation warning.

The new API takes a location object, similar to what is available in an AST.

This is an example of the deprecated (but still available) API:

import codeFrame from '@babel/code-frame';

const rawLines = `class Foo {
  constructor()
}`;
const lineNumber = 2;
const colNumber = 16;

const result = codeFrame(rawLines, lineNumber, colNumber, { /* options */ });

console.log(result);

To get the same highlighting using the new API:

import { codeFrameColumns } from '@babel/code-frame';

const rawLines = `class Foo {
  constructor() {
    console.log("hello");
  }
}`;
const location = { start: { line: 2, column: 16 } };

const result = codeFrameColumns(rawLines, location, { /* options */ });

console.log(result);