from json for formats

Convert from json to structured data.

Signature

> from json {flags}

Flags

  • --objects, -o: treat each line as a separate value
  • --strict, -s: follow the json specification exactly

Input/output types:

inputoutput
stringany

Examples

Converts json formatted string to table

> '{ "a": 1 }' | from json
╭───┬───╮
│ a │ 1 │
╰───┴───╯

Converts json formatted string to table

> '{ "a": 1, "b": [1, 2] }' | from json
╭───┬───────────╮
│ a │ 1         │
│   │ ╭───┬───╮ │
│ b │ │ 0 │ 1 │ │
│   │ │ 1 │ 2 │ │
│   │ ╰───┴───╯ │
╰───┴───────────╯

Parse json strictly which will error on comments and trailing commas

> '{ "a": 1, "b": 2 }' | from json -s
╭───┬───╮
│ a │ 1 │
│ b │ 2 │
╰───┴───╯

Parse a stream of line-delimited JSON values

> '{ "a": 1 }
{ "b": 2 }' | from json --objects
╭───┬────┬────╮
│ # │ a  │ b  │
├───┼────┼────┤
│ 0 │  1 │ ❎ │
│ 1 │ ❎ │  2 │
╰───┴────┴────╯