files2json

A simple cli tool to concat multiple files into a single json file.

The json string is directly sent to the standard output.

Installation

npm i -g files2json

Usage

files2json glob-pattern [OPTIONS]...

Options

• -r, --relative : Specify the directory to use as relative path. By default it is the current working directory.

Examples

files2json "./data/**/*"

Output the json containing all the files in the data directory to the standard output.

files2json "./data/**/*.{txt,json}" > output.json

Write the json containing all the txt and json files in the data directory to the output.json file.

Output example

For the following structure

./fixtures/dirEmpty/
./fixtures/dirWithFiles/csvFiles/
./fixtures/dirWithFiles/csvFiles/test.csv
./fixtures/dirWithFiles/jsonFiles/
./fixtures/dirWithFiles/jsonFiles/test.json
./fixtures/dirWithFiles/test.txt

Command

files2json "./fixtures/**/*"

Output

{
    "fixtures/dirWithFiles/csvFiles/test.csv": [
        [
            "column 1",
            "column 2"
        ],
        [
            "1",
            "2"
        ],
        [
            "3",
            "4"
        ]
    ],
    "fixtures/dirWithFiles/jsonFiles/test.json": {
        "name": "A test file",
        "parameter1": 1,
        "parameter2": 2
    },
    "fixtures/dirWithFiles/test.txt": "A text file...\nHow surprising.\n"
}

Command with relative path

files2json "./fixtures/**/*" -r ./fixtures/dirWithFiles

Output

{
    "csvFiles/test.csv": [
        [
            "column 1",
            "column 2"
        ],
        [
            "1",
            "2"
        ],
        [
            "3",
            "4"
        ]
    ],
    "jsonFiles/test.json": {
        "name": "A test file",
        "parameter1": 1,
        "parameter2": 2
    },
    "test.txt": "A text file...\nHow surprising.\n"
}

Notes

• All the files are treated as utf8 text files, except for the json and csv files.
• The csv and json files are parsed before being added to the output.
• Currently the csv parsing is hardcoded to use comma as separators and double quote as enclosures.

History

0.2.0 (2015.11.18)

• Add the relative path option.
• Update dependencies.

0.1.0 (2015.09.11)

• First release.