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Is there something similar for YAML? I've tried `yq` briefly but weirdly enough it doesn't seem to accept standard input in the way that jq does (ie pipe in som

by hugg 7y ago

Is there something similar for YAML? I've tried `yq` briefly but weirdly enough it doesn't seem to accept standard input in the way that jq does (ie pipe in some json, and output some pretty json)

MichaelMoser123 7y ago
it shouldn't be too difficult to convert between yaml and json, funny i couldn't find a light weight converter easily. I think i will try to write one.
- brianjlogan 7y ago
  Doesn't yaml have significantly more baggage as far as "advanced features" that couldn't be properly duplicated in json?
- mason55 7y ago
  Basic YAML, sure, but YAML has some insane features that I don't think would be possible to replicate in JSON. Or, at least, you'd lose some information in the conversion. For example, YAML supports the concept of reusable fragments. You can define a fragment in one place and reference it further down in your YAML file. A JSON converter could take the final YAML output and turn it into JSON but you would lose the context of the fact that in the original YAML it was an included fragment and not just the same section repeated a few times.
  - loeg 7y ago
    Yeah, YAML can also embed arbitrary code in the original Ruby incarnation and that clearly cannot be translated to JSON. Yeah, no straightforward translation of references to JSON. You could provide both translation ramps, but it would be an implementation-specific convention and not something other JSON tools understood.
- moondev 7y ago
  yq r test.json > test.yaml yq r -j test.yaml > test.json
- kbrazil 7y ago
  jc has a yaml to json converter: cat file.yaml | jc --yaml
jolmg 7y ago
This comment shared one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22626664 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22626664
moondev 7y ago
Highly recommend https://github.com/mikefarah/yq https://github.com/mikefarah/yq It can do everything with json as well and convert between
- loeg 7y ago
  Worth noting OP has tried it and has some critiques. > I've tried `yq` briefly but weirdly enough it doesn't seem to accept standard input in the way that jq does (ie pipe in some json, and output some pretty json)
ecnahc515 7y ago
I use https://github.com/jzelinskie/faq/ https://github.com/jzelinskie/faq/

by hugg 7y ago

Is there something similar for YAML? I've tried `yq` briefly but weirdly enough it doesn't seem to accept standard input in the way that jq does (ie pipe in some json, and output some pretty json)

MichaelMoser123 7y ago

it shouldn't be too difficult to convert between yaml and json, funny i couldn't find a light weight converter easily. I think i will try to write one.

brianjlogan 7y ago
Doesn't yaml have significantly more baggage as far as "advanced features" that couldn't be properly duplicated in json?
mason55 7y ago
Basic YAML, sure, but YAML has some insane features that I don't think would be possible to replicate in JSON. Or, at least, you'd lose some information in the conversion. For example, YAML supports the concept of reusable fragments. You can define a fragment in one place and reference it further down in your YAML file. A JSON converter could take the final YAML output and turn it into JSON but you would lose the context of the fact that in the original YAML it was an included fragment and not just the same section repeated a few times.
- loeg 7y ago
  Yeah, YAML can also embed arbitrary code in the original Ruby incarnation and that clearly cannot be translated to JSON. Yeah, no straightforward translation of references to JSON. You could provide both translation ramps, but it would be an implementation-specific convention and not something other JSON tools understood.
moondev 7y ago
yq r test.json > test.yaml yq r -j test.yaml > test.json
kbrazil 7y ago
jc has a yaml to json converter: cat file.yaml | jc --yaml

jolmg 7y ago

This comment shared one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22626664 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22626664

moondev 7y ago

Highly recommend https://github.com/mikefarah/yq https://github.com/mikefarah/yq It can do everything with json as well and convert between

loeg 7y ago
Worth noting OP has tried it and has some critiques. > I've tried `yq` briefly but weirdly enough it doesn't seem to accept standard input in the way that jq does (ie pipe in some json, and output some pretty json)

ecnahc515 7y ago

I use https://github.com/jzelinskie/faq/ https://github.com/jzelinskie/faq/