svg-parser

Releases

1. ▸▾2.1.023 Aug 2026

   This minor release makes malformed SVG easier to diagnose and parser failures easier to handle programmatically.

   Better parser errors

   This minor release makes malformed SVG easier to diagnose and parser failures easier to handle programmatically.

   What changed

   • Parser errors now include concise source context with a caret pointing to the exact error location
   • Source snippets are bounded to 80 columns and one surrounding line on each side, with ellipses showing omitted content
   • Parser Error objects now expose zero-based line and column properties, plus the rendered snippet
   • Empty and whitespace-only input now reports SVG input is empty explicitly
   • Error messages no longer include issue tracker guidance

   For example, long input is truncated both vertically and horizontally while preserving the error location:

   Expected > (2:76)
   
   …
     <g aria-label="Decorative curve">
   …20 C30 40, 50 60, 70 80 S110 120, 130 140" fill="none" stroke"currentColor" />
                                                                 ^
     </g>
   …
   

   The error metadata can be handled independently of the human-readable message:

   try {
     parse(source);
   } catch (error) {
     console.log(error.line, error.column, error.snippet);
   }

   Note: The human-readable text of parser errors has changed. Consumers matching exact error messages should update their expectations.

   Install or update with:

   npm install svg-parser@2.1.0

   Thanks to Christopher Pfohl for contributing structured error metadata.

   Full changelog: v2.0.5...v2.1.0