json

a tiny utility for working with json from stdin

installation

requires node 8+.

$ npm i -g @slicey/json

usage

output is prettified for complex structures, and is not shortened. it is also colored if stdout is a tty :)

# access from stdin:
$ curl -s https://httpbin.org/headers | json headers.User-Agent
'curl/7.54.0'
$ cat file.json | json mystery.fortune
'👀'# arrays work:
$ echo'[1, 2, 3]'| json 0
1
# and so do objects:
$ echo'{ "hello there": "warm goodness" }'| json 'hello there''warm goodness'# get you a shibe:
$ curl -s shibe.online/api/shibes | json 0 | xargs open # macOS
$ curl -s shibe.online/api/shibes | json 0 | xargs xdg-open # Linux# direct file access? no prob:
$ json package.json bin.json
'bin/json'
$ json file.json subobject.another_subobject.subarray.2
'wow this is inside of an array'# pretty printing too!
$ json package.json
{
name: '@slicey/json',
description: 'Quickly access JSON from stdin.',
...
# works with stdin also:
$ cat mysteries.json | json
[
{
created_at: '2009-01-05',
text: 'Where\'s my Cup Noodles?' }, { created_at: '2009-01-06', text: 'My Cup Noodles have arms?' }...

motivation

bored on a thursday