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# Espree
Espree started out as a fork of [Esprima](http://esprima.org) v1.2.2, the last stable published released of Esprima before work on ECMAScript 6 began. Espree is now built on top of [Acorn](https://github.com/ternjs/acorn), which has a modular architecture that allows extension of core functionality. The goal of Espree is to produce output that is similar to Esprima with a similar API so that it can be used in place of Esprima.
## Usage
Install:
```
npm i espree
```
And in your Node.js code:
```javascript
const espree = require("espree");
const ast = espree.parse(code);
```
## API
### `parse()`
`parse` parses the given code and returns a abstract syntax tree (AST). It takes two parameters.
- `code` [string]() - the code which needs to be parsed.
- `options (Optional)` [Object]() - read more about this [here](#options).
```javascript
const espree = require("espree");
const ast = espree.parse(code, options);
```
**Example :**
```js
const ast = espree.parse('let foo = "bar"', { ecmaVersion: 6 });
console.log(ast);
```
Output
```
Node {
type: 'Program',
start: 0,
end: 15,
body: [
Node {
type: 'VariableDeclaration',
start: 0,
end: 15,
declarations: [Array],
kind: 'let'
}
],
sourceType: 'script'
}
```
Output
```
Token { type: 'Keyword', value: 'let', start: 0, end: 3 },
Token { type: 'Identifier', value: 'foo', start: 4, end: 7 },
Token { type: 'Punctuator', value: '=', start: 8, end: 9 },
Token { type: 'String', value: '"bar"', start: 10, end: 15 }
```