yaml2json

Description

Transform yaml string to json string without the type infomation.

Features

• zero config.
• supports Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Plan 9 etc..

Binary installation and usage

• Download a binary that match your operation system and platform.
• https://github.com/bronze1man/yaml2json/releases
• copy it to /usr/local/bin like (cp ~/Downloads/yaml2json_darwin_amd64 /usr/local/bin/yaml2json )
• Use chmod +x /usr/local/bin/yaml2json give running permission to it.

mac/linux usage

• echo "a: 1" | yaml2json
• yaml2json < 1.yml > 2.json

window usage

• windows 7 cmd.exe:

C:\tmp>more .\1.yaml
a: 1

C:\tmp>.\yaml2json_windows_amd64.exe < ./1.yaml > 2.json

C:\tmp>more .\2.json
{"a":1}

• windows 7 powerShell 6.1.7600 file example:

PS C:\tmp> more .\1.yaml
a: 1

PS C:\tmp> Get-Content .\1.yaml | .\yaml2json_windows_amd64.exe > .\2.json
PS C:\tmp> more .\2.json
{"a":1}

Library installation

• go get -v github.com/bronze1man/yaml2json/y2jLib

Development

• Follow example is for develop on mac and linux. It should work to windows too. (need change some command line and path to work on windows).
• You need a golang on your computer. https://golang.org
• Create a new directory as your workspace, like ~/work/yaml2json
• Change your current work directory to that directory.

cd ~/work/yaml2json
GOPATH=`pwd` go get -v github.com/bronze1man/yaml2json
GOPATH=`pwd` go run github.com/bronze1man/yaml2json/y2jBuilder

• use the file at $GOPATH/tmp/file to distribute your binary to others.

Notice

• if you don't know whether your platform is 386 or amd64, use the 386 build...
• Library api is not easy to use, it will better in next version.

Reference

• https://github.com/peter-edge/go-yaml2json
• https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml
• https://github.com/bronze1man/json2yaml