json_to_paths vs grop

json_to_paths

Distill a JSON document into a collection of paths both for 'jq' and 'xpath' (by TomConlin)

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grop

helper script for the `gron | grep | gron -u` workflow (by busfahrer)

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66	Stars	0
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JSONiq	Language	Shell
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json_to_paths

Posts with mentions or reviews of json_to_paths. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-07.

Interactive Examples for Learning Jq
13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Nov 2023

as a list of jq arguments.
You can use it to make queries or keep track of a documents structure.
https://github.com/TomConlin/json_to_paths
A Practical Introduction to jq (and more)
10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Dec 2020

b) may care when the structure (but not the values) change.
so a jq utility[] that spits out all the jq paths for a json files helps in both cases.
[] https://github.com/TomConlin/json_to_paths

grop

Posts with mentions or reviews of grop. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2020-12-21.

A Practical Introduction to jq (and more)
10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Dec 2020

gron is great! And because the 80% use case of "gron -> grep -> gron -u to turn it back into JSON" is so common, I use these two convenience wrappers that make it easier. I called them grop because its' gron + grep:
https://github.com/busfahrer/grop

What are some alternatives?

When comparing json_to_paths and grop you can also consider the following projects:

babashka - A Clojure babushka for the grey areas of Bash (native fast-starting Clojure scripting environment) [Moved to: https://github.com/babashka/babashka]

ndjson.github.io - Info Website for NDJSON

jello - CLI tool to filter JSON and JSON Lines data with Python syntax. (Similar to jq)

cheshire - Clojure JSON and JSON SMILE (binary json format) encoding/decoding

PowerShell - PowerShell for every system!

jc - CLI tool and python library that converts the output of popular command-line tools, file-types, and common strings to JSON, YAML, or Dictionaries. This allows piping of output to tools like jq and simplifying automation scripts.

jq.py - Python bindings for jq

jq-web - jq in the browser with emscripten.