VSCode jq playground

Create a notebook with power of jq filters and the power of jq playground extension

Check jq tutorial or manual

Demo

JQ Manual examples

Usage example

Create playground from filter

Filter json on the fly

Autocomplete with inline documentation

_ More examples _

Main Features

• Create notebook with multiple executable jq filters in one file
• Support different data inputs:
  • json text
  • string
  • url
  • file
  • workspace buffer and file
  • command line (limited)
• Support input variable
• Redirect output
• Command lines as input with variables support
• Highlighting code
• Autocomplete with documentation and examples
• Open command filter result in output console or in new buffer
• Open examples from jq manual and run it (ctrl+shift+p → jq playground: Examples)
• Support hotkeys
  • ctrl+enter → to output
  • shift+enter → to editor

Usage

Open new file and change 'Language Mode' to jqpg (JQ PlayGround) or use a file with .jqpg extension.

Start write jq filters

jq [options] <jq filter>
[ JSON_TEXT | STRINGS | URL | FILE | COMMAND_LINE ]

Open official jq examples in jq playground

Command Palette... (ctrl + shift + p): jq playground: Examples

JSON_TEXT

# Example 1
jq '.foo'
{"foo": 42, "bar": "less interesting data"}

# Example 2
jq '.foo'
{
    "foo": 42,
    "bar": "less interesting data"
}

STRINGS

# Example 1: raw input string
jq -R 'split(" ")'
non arcu risus quis varius quam quisque id diam vel

# Example 2
jq .[5:10]
"less interesting data"

URL

# Example 1
jq '.[0] | {message: .commit.message, name: .commit.committer.name}'
https://api.github.com/repos/stedolan/jq/commits?per_page=5

FILE

# Example 1: relative pahts
jq '.foo,.bar'
../files/example.json

# Example 2: absolute pahts
jq '.foo,.bar'
/home/dev/files/example.json

# Example 3: buffer file
jq '.'
Untitled-1

# Example 4: workspace file
jq '.'
opened-workspace-file-with-data.json

# Example 5 (Multifile)
jq '{
    (input_filename|rtrimstr(".json")) :
    .scripts | keys | map(select(. | contains("test"))) }'
/home/dev/client/package.json /home/dev/server/package.json

COMMAND_LINE

# Example 1
jq '.token'
$ curl -X GET "http://httpbin.org/bearer" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer 1234"

# Example 2
jq -R -s 'split("\n") | .[] | { file: ., lenght: . | length}'
$ ls /etc/

COMMAND_LINE (with variables)

TOKEN = 1234
ENDPOINT = bearer

# Example 1
jq '.token'
$ curl -X GET "http://httpbin.org/$ENDPOINT" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"

# Example 2
jq -R -s 'split("\n") | .[] | { file: ., lenght: . | length}'
$ ls $HOME

Multiline jq filter

# Example 1
jq -r '(map(keys)
  | add
  | unique) as $cols
  | map(. as $row
  | $cols
  | map($row[.])) as $rows
  | $cols, $rows[]
  | @csv'
[
    {"code": "NSW", "name": "New South Wales", "level":"state", "country": "AU"},
    {"code": "AB", "name": "Alberta", "level":"province", "country": "CA"},
    {"code": "ABD", "name": "Aberdeenshire", "level":"council area", "country": "GB"},
    {"code": "AK", "name": "Alaska", "level":"state", "country": "US"}
]

# Exampmle 2
jq 'if . == 0 then
    "zero"
  elif . == 1 then
    "one"
  else
    "many"
  end
'
2

Support jq command line options

# Example 1
jq --slurp '. + [5] + [6]'
[
  1,
  2,
  3
]

# Example 2
jq --arg var val '.value = $var'
{}

# Example 3
jq --raw-input --slurp 'split("\\n")'
foo\nbar\nbaz

# Example 4
jq -r '(map(keys) | add | unique) as $cols | map(. as $row | $cols | map($row[.])) as $rows | $cols, $rows[] | @csv'
[
    {"code": "NSW", "name": "New South Wales", "level":"state", "country": "AU"},
    {"code": "AB", "name": "Alberta", "level":"province", "country": "CA"},
    {"code": "ABD", "name": "Aberdeenshire", "level":"council area", "country": "GB"},
    {"code": "AK", "name": "Alaska", "level":"state", "country": "US"}
]

# Example 5
jq --raw-output '"\(.one)\t\(.two)"'
{"one":1,"two":"x"}

Use workspace file as command input or/and query filter

# Opened workspace file as filter
jq opened-workspace-file-filter.jq
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

# Opened workspace file as filter and query input
jq opened-workspace-file-filter.jq
opened-workspace-file-with-data.json

Redirect output's filter

jq '[.[].url]'
> tmp.json
$ curl 'https://api.github.com/repos/stedolan/jq/commits?per_page=5'

Available commands

http|curl|wget|cat|echo|ls|dir|grep|tail|head|find

Input Variable

{
  // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
  // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "label": "jq test",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "curl",
      "args": ["-v", "${input:urls}\\&param=${input:param}"],
      "problemMatcher": []
    }
  ],
  "inputs": [
    {
      "id": "urls",
      "type": "command",
      "command": "extension.executeJqInputCommand",
      "args": {
        "filter": ".[3]",
        "input": "/home/david/dev/tmp/jqpg-examples/tmp.json"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "param",
      "type": "command",
      "command": "extension.executeJqInputCommand",
      "args": {
        "filter": ".[2]",
        "input": "[10, 50, 100]",
        "jsonInput": true
      }
    }
  ]
}

Open online manual

ctrl+shift+p → > Manual

Open online Tutoral

ctrl+shift+p → > Tutorial

Contributors

Thanks for cwd module patching 💻 Joseph Andersen

Thanks for updating deps and binary 💻 Yoz Grahame

Thanks for input variable 💻 Jeff Mercado

Thanks for input variable 💻 Leonel Galán

Thanks

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