docs/api/bredon/parse.md
# `parse(input)`
Parses a CSS value string into a uniform Abstract Syntax Tree (AST).
## Arguments
1. `input` (*string*): The CSS value that gets parsed
## Returns
(*Object*) Returns the full AST as an object
## Example
```javascript
import { parse } from 'bredon'
const input = '1px solid rgba(100, 250, 50, 0.55)'
const ast = parse(input)
ast === {
type: 'ValueList',
body: [{
type: 'Value',
important: false,
body: [{
type: 'Dimension',
unit: 'px',
value: {
type: 'Integer',
negative: false,
value: 1
}
}, {
type: 'Identifier',
value: 'solid'
}, {
type: 'FunctionExpression',
callee: 'rgba',
params: [{
type: 'Integer',
negative: false,
value: 100
}, {
type: 'Integer',
negative: false,
value: 250
}, {
type: 'Integer',
negative: false,
value: 50
}, {
type: 'Float',
negative: false,
fractional: 0.55,
integer: 0
}]
}]
}]
}
```