json

installation

$ npm i -g @slicey/json

usage

# 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年01月05日',
 text: 'Where\'s my Cup Noodles?'
 },
 {
 created_at: '2009年01月06日',
 text: 'My Cup Noodles have arms?'
 }
...

motivation