grunt-replace-json

> Updates attributes of json files

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.5

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

``shell
npm install grunt-replace-json --save-dev
`

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

`js
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-replace-json');
`

The "replace_json" task

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In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named replace_json to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

`js
grunt.initConfig({
replace_json: {
your_target: {
// Target-specific src and changes go here.
},
},
});
`

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#### src

The path of the file where the changes will be applied.

#### changes

A JSON object of the changes to be applied. Each key is the attribute name for a single property or attribute0.attribute1.(...).attributeN
for nested attributes. If the attribute isn't present in the file, it will be added.

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In this example we change the version of the dotenv dependency and add a new one in our package.json.

`js
grunt.initConfig({
replace_json: {
dotenv:{
src: 'dist/package.json',
changes: {
'dependencies.dotenv': '^2.0.0',
'dependencies.grunt': '^0.4.2'
}
},
},
});
`

Initial file:
`json
{
"dependencies": {
"dotenv": "^1.0.0",
}
}

`
Result file:
`json
{
"dependencies": {
"dotenv": "^2.0.0",
"grunt": "^0.4.2"
}
}
``