jsonlint-cli

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> jsonlint-cli - cli wrapper for jsonlint

Thin wrapper around jsonlint
improving on its cli.
It introduces glob expansion and advanced schema validation.
Borrows heavily from jsonlint in every regard.

Feature comparison

jsonlint-cli introduces valuable improvements
and additions to the cli shipping with jsonlint.

|Feature |jsonlint |jsonlint-cli |Description |
|------------------------|:----------------:|:----------------:|:-----------------------------------------------|
|json validity checking |:heavy_check_mark:|:heavy_check_mark:|jsonlint-cli uses jsonlint to parse and validate|
|local schema validation |:heavy_check_mark:|:heavy_check_mark:|specify local schemas to validate input against |
|read from stdin |:heavy_check_mark:|:heavy_check_mark:|stream json in via stdin |
|read from fs |:heavy_check_mark:|:heavy_check_mark:|specify file's path to lint |
|glob expansion |:x: |:heavy_check_mark:|specify globs of files to lint, e.g. */.json|
|remote schema validation|:x: |:heavy_check_mark:|specify [remote schemas][1] to validate against |
|v4 schema validation |:x: |:heavy_check_mark:|use v4 jsonschema |
|config files |:x: |:heavy_check_mark:|support for eslint style config files |

Installation

``shell


Install it from npm


npm install -g jsonlint-cli
`

$3

jsonlint-cli exposes a command line interface

`shell
❯ jsonlint-cli --help
jsonlint-cli@1.0.0 - cli wrapper for jsonlint

[input] reads from stdin if [files] are omitted
--ignore,-i glob pattern to exclude from linting, defaults to: node_modules
--validate,-s uri to schema to use for validation, defaults to:
--indent,-w whitespace to use for pretty printing, defaults to: " "
--env,-e json schema env to use for validation, defaults to: json-schema-draft-04
--pretty,-p pretty-print the input, defaults to: false
--sort,-t sort json keys alphabetically, defaults to: false
--version,-v print the version
--help,-h show this help
`

Configuration

jsonlint-cli picks up configuration files,
searching upwards from process.cwd() or the file path if specified.

$3

`js
{
"validate": "", // schema uri to validate agains
"ignore": ["node_modules/*/"], // glob patterns to ignore
"indent": "", // indent to use for pretty-printed output
"env": "json-schema-draft-04", // json schema env version to use
"pretty": true // pretty-print formatted json if quiet is false
}
`

$3

`ini
node_modules/ # ignored by default
distribution/
``

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Copyright 2016 by Mario Nebl
and contributors.
Released under the MIT license.

[1]: http://schemastore.org/json/