gulp-json-edit

gulp-json-editor

gulp-json-editor is a gulp plugin to edit JSON object.

Usage

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"));

Note

In case of such above situation, all of comment and whitespace in source file is NOT kept in destination file.

API

jeditor(editorObject, [jsBeautifyOptions])

editorObject

Type: JSON object

JSON object to merge with.

jsBeautifyOptions

Type: object

This object is passed to js-beautify as its option.

jeditor(editorFunction, [jsBeautifyOptions])

editorFunction

Type: function

The editorFunction must have the following signature: function (json) {}, and must return JSON object.

jsBeautifyOptions

Type: object

This object is passed to js-beautify as its option.

License

MIT License