groq-cli
Currently in alpha.
Easy wrangling of JSON documents with GROQ in the command line.
The CLI tool consumes both JSON and NDJSON) documents. You can pass in data from a local file, or from piping to standard input.
Read the announcement blog post, and the getting started guide.
Install
npm install --global groq-cli
Requirements
This CLI requires Node v18 or later.
Usage
$ groq --help
Run GROQ in the command line
Usage
$ groq '*[<filter>]{<projection>}'
Options
-i, --input One of: ndjson, json, null
-o, --output One of: ndjson, json, pretty, type-nodes
-p, --pretty Shortcut for --output=pretty
-n, --ndjson Shortcut for --input=ndjson --output=ndjson
-s, --schema Path to a schema file, only required when output is set to "type-nodes"
Input formats
json Reads a JSON object from stdin.
ndjson Reads a JSON stream from stdin.
null Reads nothing.
Output formats
json Formats the output as JSON.
pretty Formats the output as pretty JSON.
ndjson Streams the result as NDJSON.
Examples
$ cat blog.json | groq 'count(posts)'
$ cat blog.ndjson | groq --input ndjson '*[_type == "post"]{title}'
$ curl -s https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos | groq --pretty '*[completed == false]{title}'
Similar tools
GROQ-cli isn't the only tool to work with JSON data in the command line. If it doesn't do exactly what you need, you can check out these other tools that might help you:
- jq — a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor.
- gron - Make JSON greppable!
License
MIT – Copyright 2019–present Sanity Inc.