JSONITE

JSON Builder for command line | Use JSON on your command line, say no to json bloat

Installation

npm install jsonite-shell -g

Usage examples

Basic

Simply specify keys and values, that's it

jsonite homer=dad marge=mom bart=son lisa=daughter maggie=

Output

{"homer":"dad","marge":"mom","bart":"son","lisa":"daughter","maggie":null}

Advanced

You can use patchs to write complex object

jsonite families[0].homer=dad families[0].marge=mom families[0].bart=son families[0].lisa=daughter families[0].maggie=

Output

{"families":[{"homer":"dad","marge":"mom","bart":"son","lisa":"daughter","maggie":null}]}

Pretty print

Use -p argument to pretty print output

jsonite homer=dad marge=mom bart=son lisa=daughter maggie= -p

Output

{
  "homer": "dad",
  "marge": "mom",
  "bart": "son",
  "lisa": "daughter",
  "maggie": null
}

Type guessing and string with whitespaces

You can use numbers and null values. User KEY= for a null value KEY=number for a number, they will be handled automatically. Use " to input string with whitespaces.

jsonite age=22 fullname="John Doe" children[0]=lisa children[1]=bart address= -p

Output

{
  "age": 22,
  "fullname": "John Doe",
  "children": [
    "lisa",
    "bart"
  ],
  "address": null
}

Preventing type guessing

Type guessing is cool, but sometimes is is problematic, don't worry, just state type using -t KEY=TYPE arguments. Types might be string or number

Empty string

Avoid null type guessing for empty strings

jsonite family.details= -t family.details=string

Output {"family":{"details":""}}

Numeric string

Avoid numeric type guessing for empty strings

jsonite family.age="22" -t family.age=string

Output {"family":{"age":"22"}}

Using with other apps

Jsonite alone is cool, but working side by side with other tools is great.

CURL Example

curl -v -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PUT -d `jsonite key=value` https://webtask.it.auth0.com/api/run/wt-damianfortu-gmail_com-0/jsonite-example

Test it by yourself