Working with JavaScript Automation

Learn how to automate tasks with JavaScript

JavaScript Automation Example

Here's a simple script that automates file operations:

// A simple example of file processing automation
const processData = (data) => {
  // Split the data by lines
  const lines = data.split('\n');
  
  // Filter out empty lines
  const nonEmptyLines = lines.filter(line => line.trim() !== '');
  
  // Extract values from each line
  const processedData = nonEmptyLines.map(line => {
    const [key, value] = line.split(':');
    return {
      key: key.trim(),
      value: value.trim()
    };
  });
  
  console.log('Processed data:', processedData);
  return processedData;
};

// Sample data
const sampleData = 
`name: John Doe
email: john@example.com
role: DevOps Engineer
skills: Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform`;

// Process the sample data
const result = processData(sampleData);
console.log('Number of entries:', result.length);

Try modifying the sample data or the processing function to see how the results change!

How It Works

This script demonstrates a simple data processing workflow:

  1. The processData function takes a string input
  2. It splits the string by line breaks
  3. It filters out any empty lines
  4. It parses each line as a key-value pair
  5. It returns an array of objects with key and value properties

This pattern is commonly used for processing configuration files, log files, or any text-based data that follows a structured format.

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