minimist-json

You pass in args, and it comes out as JSON. That's it.

For example:

minimist-json --hello=world

Outputs:

{"_":[],"hello":"world"}

cli install

Global install:

npm install -g minimist-json

install for module

If you add a script in your package.json like:

"scripts": {
    "generate": "minimist-json --hello=world > file.json"
}

Than you don't need the global install, just the normal one:

npm install --save minimist-json

how to use

This uses minimist to parse inputs, but with this difference:

minimist-json [[transform options] --] [input args]

transform options

For example, you might want to use the input arg --thing=[1,2] and have it be output as {"thing":[1,2]} but you'll notice that what actually comes out is {"thing":"[1,2]"}.

This is because the input args are treated as strings. But with the transform you can do this:

minimist-json --json=thing -- --thing=[1,2]

And the output will be { "thing": [ 1, 2 ] }

--json

Use . notation for property reference, aka { a: { b: [3] } } would be --json=a.b

input args

The arg parsing is passed through minimist, so look there for how to write args correctly.

license

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