jqf

Jqf is a CLI JSON processor with JavaScript function syntax.

Show documentation: https://jqf.kamataryo.com

Prerequisites for usage

Node.js > 16

install

$ npm install jqf --global

With npx:

$ echo '{"hello": "world"}' | npx jqf 'x => x.hello'
npx: installed 10 in 4.419s
"world"

Usage and examples

Basic:

$ echo '{"hello": "world"}' | jqf 'x => x.hello'
"world"

Array processing example with find method:

$ echo '["apple", "orange", "banana"]' | jqf --raw-string-output '
    fruits => fruits
      .find(fruit => fruit[0] === "a")
  '
apple

Non JSON output (example if you tried to return a function literal):

$ echo '{}' | jqf '() => (x => x)'
undefined

Merge stdin streams:

# The merged streams with line-breaks will be placed ordered arguments.
$ cat <(echo '{"value":1}') <(echo '{"value":2}') | \
    jqf '(x, y) => x.value + y.value'
3

sub commands: NOTE sub commands ignore input with multiple streams described above and treat only 1st argument.

# equivalent with `jqf 'arr => arr.map(num => num + 1)'
$ echo '[1,2]' | jqf map --minify 'num => num + 1'
[2,3]

$ echo '[1,2,3]' | jqf reduce '(prev, val) => prev + val' '0'

Security inside sandbox:

$ echo '{}' | jqf '() => require("fs").readFileSync("/path/to/secret")'
[error] require is not defined
[error] The argument should be a valid executable JavaScript function.

NOTE: see also safe-eval package for sandbox features.

options

$ jqf -h
Usage: jqf [method] [options] "<JavaScript function...>"

Process stdin JSON string with JavaScript function.

Options:
  -V, --version            output the version number
  -r, --raw-string-output  no quotations with string output
  -m, --minify             minify output JSON
  -h, --help               output usage information

Examples:
  $ jqf             'obj => obj.value'
  $ jqf map         'arr => arr.id'
  $ jqf find        'arr => arr.id === 1'
  $ jqf filter      'arr => !arr'
  $ jqf some        'arr => arr % 2 === 0'
  $ jqf every        'arr => arr % 2 === 0'
  $ jqf reduce      '(prev, item) => /* reduce */' '"value"'
  $ jqf reduceRight '(prev, item) => /* reduce */' '"value"'
  $ jqf flatMap     'arr => arr'
  $ jqf keys
  $ jqf values
  $ jqf entries
  $ jqf fromEntries

development

$ git clone git@github.com:kamataryo/jqf.git
$ cd jqf
$ bun install
$ bun test
$ bun run build

docs development

$ cd website
$ bun install
$ bun start
$ bun run build

contributions

Issues and pull requests are welcome.

Acknowledgements

This project is inspired by great CLI JSON processing tool, jq.