json-yaml

json-yaml [file]

yaml-json [file]

Convert JSON to YAML or back. Uses standard input if no filename is supplied.

Examples

$ json-yaml sample.json

firstName: John
lastName: Smith
isAlive: true
age: 25
address:
  streetAddress: 21 2nd Street
  city: New York
  state: NY
  postalCode: 10021-3100
phoneNumbers:
- type: home
  number: 212 555-1234
[...]

$ yaml-json sample.yaml

{
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "isAlive": true,
  "age": 25,
  "address": {
    "streetAddress": "21 2nd Street",
    "city": "New York",
    "state": "NY",
    "postalCode": "10021-3100"
  },
  "phoneNumbers": [
    {
      "type": "home",
      "number": "212 555-1234"
    },
[...]

$ curl -s http://api.icndb.com/jokes/random | json-yaml

type: success
value:
  id: 415
  joke: When Chuck Norris wants an egg, he cracks open a chicken.
  categories: []

Installation

Dependencies:

• libyaml
• yajl

From souce, after tweaking the Makefile to taste:

make
make check
make install   [DESTDIR=] [PREFIX=/usr/local]

To uninstall:

make uninstall [DESTDIR=] [PREFIX=/usr/local]

Authors

Sijmen Mulder (ik@sjmulder.nl)