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add support for parsing json from stdin
scottleibrand Aug 17, 2017
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51 changes: 37 additions & 14 deletions complex-json2csv.js
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Expand Up @@ -32,22 +32,45 @@ if (!module.parent) {
usage( );
process.exit(0)
}
if (!inputFileName) {
usage( )
process.exit(1);
if (inputFileName) {
var fs = require('fs');
var cwd = process.cwd()
try {
var inputData = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(inputFileName, 'utf8'));
} catch (e) {
return console.error("Could not parse input file: ", e);
}
//console.error(JSON.stringify(inputData));
//console.error(inputData);
//console.error("About to convert",inputData.length,"records from file to CSV");
doCSV(inputData);
return;
}

var fs = require('fs');
var cwd = process.cwd()
try {
var inputData = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(inputFileName, 'utf8'));
} catch (e) {
return console.error("Could not parse input file: ", e);
}

//console.error(JSON.stringify(inputData));
//console.error("About to convert",inputData.length,"records to CSV");
doCSV(inputData);
console.error("No input file: using stdin");
var rawInput = "";
const readline = require('readline');

var rl = readline.createInterface({
input: process.stdin,
output: process.stdout,
terminal: false
});

process.stdin.resume();

process.stdin.on('data', function (buf) {
//console.error(buf.length);
rawInput += buf.toString();
});
process.stdin.on('end', function () {
//console.error(JSON.stringify(inputData));
var inputData = JSON.parse(rawInput);
//console.error(inputData);
//console.error("About to convert",inputData.length,"records from stdin to CSV");
doCSV(inputData);
return;
});
}

function doJSON() {
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