flatjson

Make JSON one level deep

Description

flatjson is a utility to normalize JSON files. Given a JSON object or an array it will return an array of JSON objects one level deep, enriched with additional properties that establish the original relation.

Installation

flatjson is available using the standard go get command.

Install by running:

go get github.com/cbhvn/flatjson

Example usage

>echo [{"a":{"b":"c"}}, {"d":"e","f":{"g":"h"}}] | flatjson
[
  {
    "_id": 2,
    "_parentid": 1,
    "_parentref": ""
  },
  {
    "_id": 3,
    "_parentid": 2,
    "_parentref": "a",
    "b": "c"
  },
  {
    "_id": 4,
    "_parentid": 1,
    "_parentref": "",
    "d": "e"
  },
  {
    "_id": 5,
    "_parentid": 4,
    "_parentref": "f",
    "g": "h"
  }
]

Usage

>flatjson --help
Usage of flatjson.exe:
  -f, --file string       input file
      --id int            begin id numbering with (default 1)
  -o, --output string     output file
      --parentid string   parent id property name (default "_parentid")
      --propid string     id property name (default "_id")
      --ref string        parent ref property name (default "_parentref")