/jsonify

Quickly create JSON objects

Primary LanguageGo

jsonify

Some reasons why you might be interested:

  • Quickly produce JSON output based on command line arguments
  • Simple syntax to interpret values as strings or arbitrary JSON values
  • Supports reading file contents for easy escaping

Installation

  • Downloads are available from the Releases section.
  • go get github.com/fgeller/jsonify && go install github.com/fgeller/jsonify

Usage

jsonify [[-|=]name value]...

Converts arguments into JSON output.

Details

  • -name causes the value to be interpreted as a string.
  • =name causes the value to be interpreted as a JSON value.
  • If the value is a valid file path, it's contents are used as the value.

Examples

$ jsonify -first_name hans -last_name schmitt | jq
{
  "first_name": "hans",
  "last_name": "schmitt"
}

$ jsonify =a `+"`"+`jsonify -name hans`+"`"+` =b `+"`"+`jsonify -name peter`+"`"+` | tee out | jq
{
  "a": {
    "name": "hans"
  },
  "b": {
    "name": "peter"
  }
}

$ jsonify -date "$(date)" =content out | jq
{
  "content": {
    "a": {
      "name": "hans"
    },
    "b": {
      "name": "peter"
    }
  },
  "date": "Thu Mar 17 19:10:04 NZDT 2016"
}