jc

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "[![Pypi](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/jc.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/jc/)\n\n\u003e Check out the `jc` Python [package documentation](https://github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jc/tree/master/docs) for developers\n\n\u003e Try the `jc` [web demo](https://jc-web.onrender.com/) and [REST API](https://github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jc-restapi)\n\n\u003e `jc` is available as an\n[Ansible filter plugin](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/jc_filter.html#ansible-collections-community-general-jc-filter)\nin the `community.general` collection. See this\n[blog post](https://blog.kellybrazil.com/2020/08/30/parsing-command-output-in-ansible-with-jc/)\nfor an example.\n\n# JC\nJSON Convert\n\n`jc` JSONifies the output of many CLI tools, file-types, and common strings\nfor easier parsing in scripts. See the [**Parsers**](#parsers) section for\nsupported commands, file-types, and strings.\n```bash\ndig example.com | jc --dig\n```\n```json\n[{\"id\":38052,\"opcode\":\"QUERY\",\"status\":\"NOERROR\",\"flags\":[\"qr\",\"rd\",\"ra\"],\n\"query_num\":1,\"answer_num\":1,\"authority_num\":0,\"additional_num\":1,\n\"opt_pseudosection\":{\"edns\":{\"version\":0,\"flags\":[],\"udp\":4096}},\"question\":\n{\"name\":\"example.com.\",\"class\":\"IN\",\"type\":\"A\"},\"answer\":[{\"name\":\n\"example.com.\",\"class\":\"IN\",\"type\":\"A\",\"ttl\":39049,\"data\":\"93.184.216.34\"}],\n\"query_time\":49,\"server\":\"2600:1700:bab0:d40::1#53(2600:1700:bab0:d40::1)\",\n\"when\":\"Fri Apr 16 16:09:00 PDT 2021\",\"rcvd\":56,\"when_epoch\":1618614540,\n\"when_epoch_utc\":null}]\n```\n\nThis allows further command-line processing of output with tools like `jq`\nor [`jello`](https://github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jello) by piping commands:\n```bash\n$ dig example.com | jc --dig | jq -r \u0027.[].answer[].data\u0027\n93.184.216.34\n```\n\nor using the alternative \"magic\" syntax:\n\n```bash\n$ jc dig example.com | jq -r \u0027.[].answer[].data\u0027\n93.184.216.34\n```\n\n`jc` can also be used as a python library. In this case the returned value\nwill be a python dictionary, a list of dictionaries, or even a\n[lazy iterable of dictionaries](#using-stre",
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