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jid on jq - interactive JSON query tool using jq expressions
https://github.com/fiatjaf/jiq

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jid on jq - interactive JSON query tool using jq expressions

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# jiq [![Mentioned in Awesome jq](https://awesome.re/mentioned-badge.svg)](https://github.com/fiatjaf/awesome-jq)



It's [jid](https://github.com/simeji/jid) with [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/).



You can drill down interactively by using [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/) filtering queries.



jiq uses [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/) internally, and it **requires** you to have `jq` in your `PATH`.



If you prefer, there's an experimental, standalone, purely client-side web version of this on https://jq.alhur.es/jiq/.



## Demo



![screencast.gif](screencast.gif)



## Installation



Either [prebuilt binary for your system](https://github.com/fiatjaf/jiq/releases) (and make sure to `chmod +x` it first) or install/compile with Go:



```

go install github.com/fiatjaf/jiq/cmd/jiq@latest

```



If you don't have `jq` installed, follow instructions at https://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/ and make sure to put it in your `PATH`.



## Usage



### Quick start



* [simple example](#simple-example)

* [advanced usage examples](#advanced-usage-examples)

* [with curl](#with-curl)



#### simple example



Execute the following command:



```

echo '{"aa":"2AA2","bb":{"aaa":[123,"cccc",[1,2]],"c":321}}'| jiq

```



Then jiq will be running. Now you can dig JSON data incrementally.



When you enter `.bb.aaa[2]`, you will see the following.



```

[jq]> .bb.aaa[2]

[

  1,

  2

]

```



If you press Enter now it will output



```json

[

  1,

  2

]

```



and exit (if you want all the output in a single line you can either call `jiq -c` or pipe it into jq as `jiq | jq -c .`).



#### advanced usage examples



If you have ever used jq, you'll be familiar with these:



```

echo '{"economists": [{"id": 1, "name": "menger"}, {"id": 2, "name": "mises"}, {"name": "hayek", "id": 3}]}' | jiq

```



Now try writing `.economists | "\(.[0].name), \(.[1].name) and \(.[2].name) are economists."` or `[.economists.[].id]`, or even `.economists | map({key: "\(.id)", value: .name}) | from_entries`



#### with curl



Sample for using [RDAP](https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/weirds/documents/) data.



```

curl -s http://rdg.afilias.info/rdap/domain/example.info | jiq

```



### command line arguments



`-q` : print the jq filter instead of the resulting filtered JSON to stdout (if you plan to use this with jq later)



Plus all the [arguments jq accepts](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/#Invokingjq) -- they will affect both the JSON output inside jiq and the output that is printed to stdout (beware that some may cause bugs).



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## Keymaps

|key|description|

|:-----------|:------------|

|`TAB` / `CTRL` + `I` |Show available items and choice them|

|`CTRL` + `W` |Delete from the cursor to the start of the word|

|`CTRL` + `U` |Delete whole query|

|`CTRL` + `F` / Right Arrow (:arrow_right:)|Move cursor a character to the right|

|`ALT` + `F` |Move one word forward|

|`CTRL` + `B` / Left Arrow (:arrow_left:)|Move cursor a character to the left|

|`ALT` + `B` |Move one word backward|

|`CTRL` + `A` / Home|To the first character of the 'Filter'|

|`CTRL` + `E`/ End|To the end of the 'Filter'|

|`CTRL` + `J` / Down Arrow (:arrow_down:)|Scroll json buffer 1 line downwards|

|`CTRL` + `K` / Up Arrow (:arrow_up:)|Scroll json buffer 1 line upwards|

|`CTRL` + `G`|Scroll json buffer to bottom|

|`CTRL` + `T`|Scroll json buffer to top|

|`CTRL` + `N` / PageDown|Scroll json buffer 'Page Down'|

|`CTRL` + `P` / PageUp|Scroll json buffer 'Page Up'|

|`ESC`|Hide a candidate box|