fx/README.md

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_* Function eXecution_

# [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/antonmedv/fx.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/antonmedv/fx)

Command-line JSON processing tool

## Features

* Don't need to learn new syntax
* Plain JavaScript
* Formatting and highlighting
* Standalone binary
* Interactive mode 🎉

## Install

```
$ npm install -g fx
```

Or download standalone binary from [releases](https://github.com/antonmedv/fx/releases) page.

## Usage

Pipe into `fx` any JSON and anonymous function for reducing it.
```
$ echo '{...}' | fx [code ...]
```

Start interactive mode without passing any arguments:
```
$ curl ... | fx
```

### Anonymous function

Use an anonymous function as reducer which gets JSON and processes it:
```
$ echo '{"foo": [{"bar": "value"}]}' | fx 'x => x.foo[0].bar'
value
```

### Binding

If you don't pass anonymous function `param => ...`, code will be automatically transformed into anonymous function.
And you can get access to JSON by `this` keyword:
```
$ echo '{"foo": [{"bar": "value"}]}' | fx 'this.foo[0].bar'
value
```

### Dot

It is possible to omit `this` keyword:
```
$ echo '{"foo": [{"bar": "value"}]}' | fx .foo[0].bar
value
```

If single dot is passed, JSON will be processed without modification:
```
$ echo '{"foo": "bar"}' | fx .
{
  "foo": "bar"
}
```

### Chain

You can pass any number of anonymous functions for reducing JSON:
```
$ echo '{"foo": [{"bar": "value"}]}' | fx 'x => x.foo' 'this[0]' 'this.bar'
value
```

### Generator

If passed code contains `yield` keyword, [generator expression](https://github.com/sebmarkbage/ecmascript-generator-expression)
will be used:
```
$ curl ... | fx 'for (let user of this) if (user.login.startsWith("a")) yield user'
```

Access to JSON through `this` keyword:
```
$ echo '["a", "b"]' | fx 'yield* this'
[
  "a",
  "b"
]
```

```
$ echo '["a", "b"]' | fx 'yield* this; yield "c";'
[
  "a",
  "b",
  "c"
]
```

### Update

You can update existing JSON using spread operator:

```
$ echo '{"count": 0}' | fx '{...this, count: 1}'
{
  "count": 1
}
```

### Using packages

Use any npm package by installing it globally:
```
$ npm install -g lodash
$ cat package.json | fx 'require("lodash").keys(this.dependencies)'
```

### Formatting

If you need something different then JSON (for example arguments for xargs) do not return anything from reducer.
`undefined` value printed into stderr by default.
```
echo '[]' | fx 'void 0'
undefined
```

```
echo '[1,2,3]' | fx 'this.forEach(x => console.log(x))' 2>/dev/null | xargs echo
1 2 3
```

### Other examples

Convert object to array:
```
$ cat package.json | fx 'Object.keys(this.dependencies)'
[
  "@medv/prettyjson"
]
```

By the way, fx has shortcut for `Object.keys(this)`. Previous example can be rewritten as:

```
$ cat package.json | fx this.dependencies ?
``` 

### Interactive mode

Start interactive mode without passing any arguments:
```
$ curl ... | fx
```
Click on fields to expand or collapse JSON tree, use mouse wheel to scroll view.

Next commands available in interactive mode:

|             Key            |         Command         |
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
| `q` or `Esc` or `Ctrl`+`c` | Exit                    |
| `e`/`E`                    | Expand/Collapse all     |
| `up`/`down` or `k`/`j`     | Scroll up/down one line |
| `g`/`G`                    | Goto top/bottom         |

#### Selecting text

You may found what you can't just select text in fx. This is due the fact that all mouse events redirected to stdin. To be able select again you need instruct your terminal not to do it. This can be done by holding special keys while selecting: 

| Key              |   Terminal   |
|------------------|--------------|
| `Option`+`Mouse` | iTerm2       |
| `Fn`+`Mouse`     | terminal.app |


## Related

* [jq](https://github.com/stedolan/jq) – cli JSON processor on C
* [jl](https://github.com/chrisdone/jl) – functional sed for JSON on Haskell
* [xx](https://github.com/antonmedv/xx) – `fx`-like JSON tool (*go*)
* [ymlx](https://github.com/matthewadams/ymlx) - `fx`-like YAML cli processor
* [jv](https://github.com/maxzender/jv) – interactive JSON viewer (*go*)
* [jid](https://github.com/simeji/jid) – interactive cli tool based on jq (*go*)

## License

MIT