https://github.com/jehiah/json2csv

command line tool to convert json to csv
https://github.com/jehiah/json2csv

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command line tool to convert json to csv

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jehiah/json2csv
• Owner: jehiah
• License: mit
• Created: 2010-08-20T05:33:31.000Z (over 14 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-05-22T18:06:04.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-16T09:27:40.005Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: csv, json, json2csv
• Language: Go
• Homepage:
• Size: 21.5 KB
• Stars: 802
• Watchers: 36
• Forks: 94
• Open Issues: 13
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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json2csv

========

Converts a stream of newline separated json data to csv format.

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Installation

============

pre-built binaries are available under [releases](https://github.com/jehiah/json2csv/releases).

If you have a working golang install, you can use `go install`.

```bash

go install github.com/jehiah/json2csv@latest

```

Usage

=====

```

usage: json2csv

    -k fields,and,nested.fields,to,output

    -i /path/to/input.json (optional; default is stdin)

    -o /path/to/output.csv (optional; default is stdout)

    --version

    -p print csv header row

    -h This help

```

To convert:

```json

{"user": {"name":"jehiah", "password": "root"}, "remote_ip": "127.0.0.1", "dt" : "[20/Aug/2010:01:12:44 -0400]"}

{"user": {"name":"jeroenjanssens", "password": "123"}, "remote_ip": "192.168.0.1", "dt" : "[20/Aug/2010:01:12:44 -0400]"}

{"user": {"name":"unknown", "password": ""}, "remote_ip": "76.216.210.0", "dt" : "[20/Aug/2010:01:12:45 -0400]"}

```

to:

```

"jehiah","127.0.0.1"

"jeroenjanssens","192.168.0.1"

"unknown","76.216.210.0"

```

    

you would either

```bash

json2csv -k user.name,remote_ip -i input.json -o output.csv

```

or

```bash

cat input.json | json2csv -k user.name,remote_ip > output.csv

```