Can I use secretJSON with `pass`

[ps245]

I had been using pass's passFields which is okay for simple key = value sets. I didn't find there to be any way to use an "array" of values eg:

{
  "animals": [
    "cat",
    "dog",
    "mouse"
  ]
}

I thought if I put this json structure into a pass reference though I should be able to use custom secretJSON right? (I made sure to set secret.command = pass in my chezmoi config).

{{ secret "show" "secretAnimals" }} works, but it puts:

  "animals": [
    "cat",
    "dog",
    "mouse"
  ]

Into my file instead of just cat dog mouse which is what I want. Can I use secretJSON or JSON data in a "pass" record?

[halostatue]

You don’t need to use secretJSON. If you have JSON data in a pass entry called secretAnimals, you can do pass "secretAnimals" to return the whole entry (IIRC; I do not use pass on a regular basis).

That will still return a string, so you would then pass that through the fromJson filter: pass "secretAnimals" | fromJson.

If your data is nested as you’ve shown, you will need to then select the appropriate key: (pass "secretAnimals" | fromJson).animals

[ps245]

Oh yes, that works wondefully. Just make sure the json is on one line.