Json Light

Json Light is a json compressor, generating a new simplified json file from a schema definition.

The schema can be written by us or generated by the library itself.

Json Light extracts the property tags from a json object and stores the values in an array.

Features

• Compress json generating a new valid json
• Allows to get schema from json data
• In the event that you do not want to pass the schema to the compress function, it will be generated from the data and stored within the resulting json, allowing it to be later decompressed without the need to pass the schema

Methods

.schema(data:any)

get schema from json data

• Params:
  • data : json data

.compress(data:any, schema?:string)

get a compressed json

• Params:
  • data : json data
  • schema : schema (optional)

.decompress(data:any, schema?:string)

decompress a previously compressed json getting the original json

• Params:
  • data : json data
  • schema : schema (optional)

Quick start

import { JsonLight } from 'json-light'

const data = {
 name: 'Spain',
 region: 'Europe',
 phoneCode: '34',
 timezones: [
  { name: 'Madrid', offset: 1, pos: { lat: 40.4165, log: -3.70256 } },
  { name: 'Ceuta', offset: 1, pos: { lat: 35.8883, log: -5.3162 } },
  { name: 'Canary', offset: 0, pos: { lat: 28.1248, log: -15.43 } }
 ]
}

Schema:

const schema = JsonLight.schema(data)
console.log(schema)

Output:

{ name:string,
 region:string,
 phoneCode:string,
 timezones:[
  {name:string,
  offset:integer,
  pos:{lat:decimal,log:decimal}
  }
 ]
}

Compress:

const compressed = JsonLight.compress(data, schema)
console.log(JSON.stringify(compressed, null, 2))

Output:

{
  "_": [
    "Spain",
    "Europe",
    "34"
  ],
  "timezones": [
    {
      "_": [
        "Madrid",
        1
      ],
      "pos": [
        40.4165,
        -3.70256
      ]
    },
    {
      "_": [
        "Ceuta",
        1
      ],
      "pos": [
        35.8883,
        -5.3162
      ]
    },
    {
      "_": [
        "Canary",
        0
      ],
      "pos": [
        28.1248,
        -15.43
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Decompress:

const decompressed = JsonLight.decompress(compressed, schema)
console.log(JSON.stringify(decompressed, null, 2))

Output:

{
  "name": "Spain",
  "region": "Europe",
  "phoneCode": "34",
  "timezones": [
    {
      "name": "Madrid",
      "offset": 1,
      "pos": {
        "lat": 40.4165,
        "log": -3.70256
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Ceuta",
      "offset": 1,
      "pos": {
        "lat": 35.8883,
        "log": -5.3162
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Canary",
      "offset": 0,
      "pos": {
        "lat": 28.1248,
        "log": -15.43
      }
    }
  ]
}

CLI

Install

npm install -g json-light 

Version:

json-light version

Schema:

json-light schema -i source.json

Compress:

json-light compress -i source.json -o compressed.json -s '{name:string,region:string,phoneCode:string,timezones:[{name:string,offset:integer,pos:{lat:decimal,log:decimal}}]}' 

Decompress:

json-light decompress -i compressed.json -o original.json -s '{name:string,region:string,phoneCode:string,timezones:[{name:string,offset:integer,pos:{lat:decimal,log:decimal}}]}'