SwiftPackageManifest

A package that provides information about a Swift package, as encoded by running swift package dump-package in a directory containing a valid Package.swift manifest.

SwiftPackageManifest is similar to but distinct from the Swift Package Manager's PackageDescription module It's intended to be a lightweight, portable alternative to the official library for the sole purpose of reading generated Swift package manifests in JSON format.

Warning: The format of swift package dump-package isn't versioned, and any changes to this format between Swift releases may cause decoding to fail.

Usage

In a directory containing a valid Package.swift manifest, run the following command to generate a JSON representation:

$ swift package dump-package > Package.json

Read the contents of that file and use JSONDecoder to deserialize a Package object from it:

import Foundation
import SwiftPackageManifest

let json = try! Data(contentsOfFile: "path/to/Package.json", options: [])
let decoder = JSONDecoder()
let package = try decoder.decode(Package.self, from: json)

Installation

Swift Package Manager

Add the SwiftPackageManifest package to your target dependencies in Package.swift:

import PackageDescription

let package = Package(
  name: "YourProject",
  dependencies: [
    .package(
        url: "https://github.com/SwiftDocOrg/SwiftPackageManifest",
        from: "0.1.0"
    ),
  ]
)

Add SwiftPackageManifest as a dependency to your target(s):

targets: [
.target(
    name: "YourTarget",
    dependencies: ["SwiftPackageManifest"]),

License

MIT

Contact

Mattt (@mattt)