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title: "Key Value Parser"
slug: "key-value-parser"
updated: 2024-11-26T21:52:23Z
published: 2024-11-26T21:52:23Z
canonical: "help.tritondigital.com/key-value-parser"
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# Key Value Parser

The **Key Value Parser** is useful for formats like AudioVault that use **key=value** format (e.g.: `CutID=2038-01 Type=MUS ArtistName=Deftones SongTitle=Minerva Duration=00:04:15`).

| **Param name** | **Mandatory** | **Description** | **Default Value** | **Possible Value** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Encoding | Yes | Source encoding of the message coming from the automation system. | utf-8 |  |
| StartBytes | No | Bytes delimiting the beginning of a valid message. Any bytes before this will be discarded. |  | Bytes, in hexadecimal notation. |
| EndBytes | No | Bytes delimiting the end of a valid message. |  | Bytes, in hexadecimal notation. |
| FirstKey | Yes | First key in the list of key-values the automation system provides. |  | Not null. |
| LastKey | Yes | Last key in the list of key-values the automation system provides. |  | Not null. |
| Associator | Yes | Characters used as an association of key to value (eg: Artist=Madonna~Title**=**Holiday). |  |  |
| Separator | Yes | Characters used to delimit key-value pairs (eg: Artist=Madonna**~**Title=Holiday). |  |  |
| KeyMappings | Yes | A mapping of the RAS message key-values to a dictionary of key-values. |  |  |

## Key Mapping

| **Param name** | **Mandatory** | **Description** | **Possible Value** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Source | Yes | The name of the field in the original RAS message. | Not null. |
| Destination | Yes | The name that will be assigned to this RAS field. | Not null. |

**Example XML:**

```xml
<KeyValueParser>
   <StartBytes>5E</StartBytes>
   <EndBytes>0A</EndBytes>
   <FirstKey>CutID</FirstKey>
   <LastKey>Duration</LastKey>
   <Separator> </Separator>
   <Associator>=</Associator>
   <Terminator>
</Terminator>
   <Encoding>utf-8</Encoding>
   <KeyMappings>
     <KeyMapping source="ArtistName" dest="artist" />
     <KeyMapping source="SongTitle" dest="title" />
     <KeyMapping source="Duration" dest="length" />
     <KeyMapping source="Type" dest="category" />
     <KeyMapping source="CutID" dest="cartNumber" />
   </KeyMappings>
</KeyValueParser>
```