pkg-json
a simple cli to alter a package.json (or any other json file)
Install
npm install pkg-json Usage - cli
Usage: pkg-json [options] <value>
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-f, --force allows to overwrite a obj or array by string
--stdout will write to stdout instead changing the file
--stdin will read from stdin instead of a file
-b, --bare toString instead of "JSON.stringify", only works with stdout
-i, --in <file> json file
set <path> sets a path to value
get <path> gets a path
remove <path> same as -f set <path> null
push <path> pushes value to array
splice <path> splices value from array, also takes an index
Example
pkg-json set version 1.0.0pkg-json set dependencies.pkg-json 0.0.1pkg-json get versionpkg-json push keywords "awesome"pkg-json remove keywords "awesome"Usage - node
pkgJson = require "pkg-json"pkgJson will be Function taking a single 'options' object
| Parameter | Type | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| type | string | set, get, push or splice |
| path | string | path in data |
| set | string | value will be path and type will be "set" |
| get | string | value will be path and type will be "get" |
| push | string | value will be path and type will be "push" |
| splice | string | value will be path and type will be "splice" |
| value | * | used for "set", "push"and "splice" |
| bare | boolean | if set will return object instead of jsonified string |
| return | boolean | if set will return the result instead to write file |
| in | filepath | json file which will be used instead of package.json |
Example
pkgJson = require "pkg-json" pkgJson set:"version"value: "1.0.0"version = pkgJson get: "version" # "1.0.0" # to get the changed json add a return:true (nothing will be written) result = pkgJson set: "dependencies.pkg-json"value: "0.0.1"return: true # to get the changed data (no json format) add a bare: true result = pkgJson set: "dependencies.pkg-json"value: "0.0.1"return: truebare: true pkgJson push: "keywords"value: "awesome"pkgJson splice: "keywords"value: "awesome"Release History
- v0.0.1: First release
License
Copyright (c) 2015 Paul Pflugradt Licensed under the MIT license.