A gulp plugin to edit JSON objects
npm install gulp-json-editor

gulp-json-editor is a gulp plugin to edit JSON objects.
javascript
var jeditor = require("gulp-json-editor");/*
edit JSON object by merging with user specific object
*/
gulp.src("./manifest.json")
.pipe(jeditor({
'version': '1.2.3'
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest("./dest"));
/*
edit JSON object by using user specific function
*/
gulp.src("./manifest.json")
.pipe(jeditor(function(json) {
json.version = "1.2.3";
return json; // must return JSON object.
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest("./dest"));
/*
specify js-beautify option
*/
gulp.src("./manifest.json")
.pipe(jeditor({
'version': '1.2.3'
},
// the second argument is passed to js-beautify as its option
{
'indent_char': '\t',
'indent_size': 1
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest("./dest"));
/*
specify deepmerge option
*/
gulp.src("./manifest.json")
.pipe(jeditor({
"authors": ["tomcat"]
},
// the second argument is passed to js-beautify as its option
{},
// the third argument is passed to deepmerge options, eg, arrayMerge options
{
arrayMerge: function (dist,source,options) {return source;}
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest("./dest"));
`$3
In case of such above situation, all of comment and whitespace in source file is NOT kept in destination file.$3
`javascript
gulp.src("./manifest.json")
.pipe(jeditor({
'version': '1.2.3'
},
{
beautify: false
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest("./dest"));
`
API
$3
#### editorObject
Type: JSON objectJSON object to merge with.
#### jsBeautifyOptions
Type:
objectThis object is passed to js-beautify as its option.
#### deepmergeOptions
Type:
objectThis object is passed to deepmerge as its option.
$3
#### editorFunction
Type: functionThe
editorFunction must have the following signature: function (json) {}, and must return JSON object or PromiseLike object with JSON object as value.#### jsBeautifyOptions
Type:
objectThis object is passed to js-beautify as its option.
#### deepmergeOptions
Type:
object`This object is passed to deepmerge as its option.
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