wildq - Command-line TOML/JSON/INI/YAML/XML/HCL processor using jq c bindings

Purpose of this package is to provide a simple wrapper arround jq for different formats. I'm tired of searching a package doing yaml jq, toml jq, ini jq etc. mainly used for scripting.

This script uses:

• @mwilliamson Python bindings on top of @stedolan famous jq lib
• @martinblech xmldict to manage XML
• @uiri toml to manage TOML
• @yaml pyyaml to manage YAML
• @virtuald pyhcl to manage HCL
• for INI ConfigParser is used.

Installation

pip install wildq

Usage

wildq [--yaml|--json|--toml|--ini|--xml|--hcl> <jq filter> [file]

There is also a shorter command wq comming with the package.

Output is similar to jq -MCr (no color, no compact and no quote on single value)

Like jq cli, wildq supports both of stdin and file to the function

See examples to get some example.

Content of examples/json.json

{
    "general": {
        "user": "admin"
    },
    "keys": [
        {"key": "value1"},
        {"key": "value2"},
        "alone"
    ]
}

cat examples/json.json | wildq --json ".keys[]"
{
    "key": "value1"
}
{
    "key": "value2"
}
alone

or

wildq --json ".keys[]" examples/json.json
{
    "key": "value1"
}
{
    "key": "value2"
}
alone

or

wq --json ".keys[]" examples/json.json
{
    "key": "value1"
}
{
    "key": "value2"
}
alone

For TOML

cat examples/toml.toml | wildq --toml ".keys[]"
{
    "key": "value1"
}
{
    "key": "value2"
}
alone

For INI (no array)

cat examples/ini.ini | wildq --ini ".keys"
{
    "key1": "value1",
    "key2": "value2"
}

For XML

cat examples/xml.xml | wildq --xml "."
{
    "root": {
        "general": {
            "user": "admin"
        },
        "keys": {
            "element": [
                {
                    "key": "value1"
                },
                {
                    "key": "value2"
                },
                "alone"
            ]
        }
    }
}

For YAML

cat examples/yaml.yaml  | wildq --yaml ".keys[]"
{
    "key1": "value1"
}
{
    "key2": "value2"
}
alone

For HCL

cat examples/hcl.hcl  | wildq --hcl ".keys[]"
{
    "key": "value1"
}
{
    "key": "value2"
}

Tips and tricks

Loop on keys in bash without creating a subshell

wildq --toml "keys[]" examples/toml.toml | while read -r key 
do
    echo "Getting key ${key}"
done

TODO

• support all jq types
• add tests...
• add more control over filters and files
• detect automagically filetype
• use click for the CLI

Contributing

Merge requests are welcome :)

License

Licensed under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0.