FX: An interactive alternative to jq to process JSON

* Function eXecution

Command-line JSON processing tool

Features

• Easy to use
• Standalone binary
• Interactive mode 🎉
• Streaming support 🌊

Install

Or via Homebrew

Or download standalone binary from releases

Usage

Start interactive mode without passing any arguments.

Or by passing filename as first argument.

Pass a few JSON files.

cat foo.json bar.json baz.json | fx .message

Use full power of JavaScript.

Access all lodash (or ramda, etc) methods by using .fxrc file.

$ curl ... | fx '_.groupBy("commit.committer.name")' '_.mapValues(_.size)'

Update JSON using spread operator.

$ echo '{"count": 0}' | fx '{...this, count: 1}'
{
  "count": 1
}

Extract values from maps.

$ fx commits.json | fx .[].author.name

Print formatted JSON to stdout.

Pipe JSON logs stream into fx.

$ kubectl logs ... -f | fx .message

And try this:

Documentation

See full documentation.

Links

• Discover how to use fx effectively
• Video tutorial

Related

• gofx – fx-like JSON tool (go)
• eat – converts anything into JSON
• ymlx – fx-like YAML cli processor
• fx-completion – bash completion for fx
• fx-theme-monokai – monokai theme
• fx-theme-night – night theme

License

MIT