jq is a lightweight and powerful command line tool for handling json parsing. It is used a tool to perform JSON parsing, filtering, transformation, pretty printing etc.
This is a python implementation of jq tool
- Set up the bash_profile or zshrc to trigger a python program upon a command execution
sudo nano ~/.bash_profileor
sudo nano ~/.zshrcAlternatively we can use vim or other editors
- paste below code.
ccjq() {
# Read the input from stdin
input=$(cat)
# Execute your Python program, passing the input and the filter as arguments
#change the folder path as necessary
python3 '/Users/Arjun/Documents/jq clone/ccjq.py' "$input" "$1"
}-
save the file.
Esc+:wqin nano orctrl+oin vim. -
Open command prompt or terminal(in mac) and run the below test commands.
curl -s 'https://dummyjson.com/quotes?limit=2' | ccjq
curl -s 'https://api.github.com/repos/CodingChallegesFYI/SharedSolutions/commits?per_page=3' | ccjq '.[0]'
curl -s 'https://dummyjson.com/quotes?limit=2' | ccjq '.quotes'
curl -s 'https://dummyjson.com/quotes?limit=2' | ccjq '.code'
curl -s 'https://api.github.com/repos/CodingChallegesFYI/SharedSolutions/commits?per_page=3' | ccjq '.[0] | .commit.message'
curl -s 'https://dummyjson.com/quotes?limit=2' | ccjq '[.quotes[].quote]'