jqvis

A simplistic GUI wrapper for jq.

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import jqvis from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/jqvis';
</script>

README

jqVis

jqVis

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A simplistic GUI wrapper for jq.

Table of Contents

Install

Be sure to install jq.

Quick installation via npm install -g jqvis and launch with jqvis.

For development install and start with:

git clone https://github.com/a-ludi/jqvis.git
cd jqvis
npm install
npm start

Usage

  1. Start with jqvis or npm start (see Install section).
  2. Select a file by clicking "Select JSON file…".
  3. Enter a jq query into the editor
  4. Optionally, select jq options to control input and output.
  5. Execute by clicking "Send" or pressing Ctrl + Enter.
  6. The result will be shown in the output area below.

Persistence

The current file, query and jq options will be automatically saved after every successful execution.

In addition to that, you may save your queries by name in local storage. Make sure to manually save your most precious queries in a file, though. The local storage may be deleted unexpectedly!

Example

jqVis screenshot

Maintainer

Arne Ludwig <arne.ludwig@posteo.de>

License

This project is licensed under MIT License (see license in LICENSE).