src/character-card-parser.js

const fs = require('fs');

const encode = require('png-chunks-encode');
const extract = require('png-chunks-extract');
const PNGtext = require('png-chunk-text');

/**
 * Writes Character metadata to a PNG image buffer.
 * Writes only 'chara', 'ccv3' is not supported and removed not to create a mismatch.
 * @param {Buffer} image PNG image buffer
 * @param {string} data Character data to write
 * @returns {Buffer} PNG image buffer with metadata
 */
const write = (image, data) => {
    const chunks = extract(image);
    const tEXtChunks = chunks.filter(chunk => chunk.name === 'tEXt');

    // Remove existing tEXt chunks
    for (const tEXtChunk of tEXtChunks) {
        const data = PNGtext.decode(tEXtChunk.data);
        if (data.keyword.toLowerCase() === 'chara' || data.keyword.toLowerCase() === 'ccv3') {
            chunks.splice(chunks.indexOf(tEXtChunk), 1);
        }
    }

    // Add new v2 chunk before the IEND chunk
    const base64EncodedData = Buffer.from(data, 'utf8').toString('base64');
    chunks.splice(-1, 0, PNGtext.encode('chara', base64EncodedData));

    // Try adding v3 chunk before the IEND chunk
    try {
        //change v2 format to v3
        const v3Data = JSON.parse(data);
        v3Data.spec = 'chara_card_v3';
        v3Data.spec_version = '3.0';

        const base64EncodedData = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(v3Data), 'utf8').toString('base64');
        chunks.splice(-1, 0, PNGtext.encode('ccv3', base64EncodedData));
    } catch (error) { }

    const newBuffer = Buffer.from(encode(chunks));
    return newBuffer;
};

/**
 * Reads Character metadata from a PNG image buffer.
 * Supports both V2 (chara) and V3 (ccv3). V3 (ccv3) takes precedence.
 * @param {Buffer} image PNG image buffer
 * @returns {string} Character data
 */
const read = (image) => {
    const chunks = extract(image);

    const textChunks = chunks.filter((chunk) => chunk.name === 'tEXt').map((chunk) => PNGtext.decode(chunk.data));

    if (textChunks.length === 0) {
        console.error('PNG metadata does not contain any text chunks.');
        throw new Error('No PNG metadata.');
    }

    const ccv3Index = textChunks.findIndex((chunk) => chunk.keyword.toLowerCase() === 'ccv3');

    if (ccv3Index > -1) {
        return Buffer.from(textChunks[ccv3Index].text, 'base64').toString('utf8');
    }

    const charaIndex = textChunks.findIndex((chunk) => chunk.keyword.toLowerCase() === 'chara');

    if (charaIndex > -1) {
        return Buffer.from(textChunks[charaIndex].text, 'base64').toString('utf8');
    }

    console.error('PNG metadata does not contain any character data.');
    throw new Error('No PNG metadata.');
};

/**
 * Parses a card image and returns the character metadata.
 * @param {string} cardUrl Path to the card image
 * @param {string} format File format
 * @returns {string} Character data
 */
const parse = (cardUrl, format) => {
    let fileFormat = format === undefined ? 'png' : format;

    switch (fileFormat) {
        case 'png': {
            const buffer = fs.readFileSync(cardUrl);
            return read(buffer);
        }
    }

    throw new Error('Unsupported format');
};

module.exports = {
    parse,
    write,
    read,
};