JSON/YAML: 10 Tools for Daily Work

JSON and YAML are everywhere. Here are 10 tools that make working with them significantly easier.

1. jq¶

cat data.json | jq ‘.’ cat data.json | jq ‘.users[] | {name, email}’

2. yq¶

yq ‘.services.app.image’ docker-compose.yml yq -o json docker-compose.yml

3. fx — Interactive Viewer¶

curl api.example.com | fx

4. python -m json.tool¶

echo ‘{“a”:1}’ | python3 -m json.tool

5. yamllint¶

yamllint docker-compose.yml

6. dasel¶

dasel -f config.yml ‘.database.host’

7. gron¶

gron data.json | grep “email”

8. jless¶

cat data.json | jless

9. Miller (mlr)¶

mlr –icsv –ojson cat data.csv

10. jo¶

jo name=John age=30 active=true

Recommendations¶

At a minimum jq and yq — you’ll use them daily.