42 lines
931 B
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42 lines
931 B
Markdown
# jsontools
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Handy command line tools for dealing with json data.
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## Tools
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- **pp_json** - pretty prints json
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- **is_json** - returns true if valid json; false otherwise
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- **urlencode_json** - returns a url encoded string for the given json
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- **urldecode_json** - returns decoded json for the given url encoded string
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## Usage
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Usage is simple...just take your json data and pipe it into the appropriate jsontool.
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```sh
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<json data> | <jsontools tool>
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```
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## Examples
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##### pp_json
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```sh
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# curl json data and pretty print the results
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curl https://coderwall.com/bobwilliams.json | pp_json
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```
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##### is_json
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```sh
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# pretty print the contents of an existing json file
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less data.json | is_json
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```
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##### urlencode_json
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```sh
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# json data directly from the command line
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echo '{"b":2, "a":1}' | urlencode_json
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```
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##### urldecode_json
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```sh
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# url encoded string to decode
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echo '%7B%22b%22:2,%20%22a%22:1%7D%0A' | urldecode_json
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``` |