json-to-properties

json-to-properties

A util to convert files in .json format into .properties format, and vice versa.

Installation

npm install json-to-properties -g

Usage

Running json-to-properties will convert any .json file that are found in the current directory, into to .properties.

Example

{
    "KEY1": {
        "KEY2": "Hello"
    },
    "KEY3":"World"
}

result into a file containing

KEY1.KEY2=Hello
KEY3=World

Options

Various options are supported, including

-c, --config

Running the util with -c expects a config file in .json format containing two attributes: src and dist, where

• src points to the directory containing the files to process and
• dist points to the directory where the output files will be written

Example config.json

{
    src: "c:\json\myfiles",
    dist: "c:\properties\myconvertedfiles"
}

and run with

json-to-properties -c config.json

-r, --reverse

Performs the reversal process, converting .properties files into .json files.

Example

KEY1.KEY2=Hello
KEY3=World

result into a file containing

{
    "KEY1": {
        "KEY2": "Hello"
    },
    "KEY3":"World"
}

-s, --spaces

Accepts a number value identifying the number of spaces used within the output .json file. This is used in relation with -r

Run using

json-to-properties -r -s 4

will use 4 spaces for each indented hierarchy.

Try It

The sample folder contains both .json and .properties fileS to download and test on.