Convert JSON to bash environment variables

Question

I wrote this beauty a while back to run on a server and convert environment variables from JSON to a bash .env format.

#!/usr/bin/env node
var strings = []
process.stdin.resume()
process.stdin.setEncoding('utf8')
process.stdin.on('data', function(data) {
  var json = JSON.parse(data)
  for (var key in json) {
    var val = json[key]
    strings.push(key + '="' + val + '"')
  }
})
process.stdin.on('end', function() {
  var output = strings.join('\n')
  process.stdout.write(output)
})

Can this be done without node, just bash? I'm having trouble getting this working on a server without node installed or without the correct path specified.

I don't know what this code is doing, you should specify it. To handle JSOn in bash, use jq --> https://stedolan.github.io/jq/ — fedorqui, Apr 15 '16 at 21:44
I need a command / file / bash script that will process STDIN JSON and STDOUT each key value pair in the format `key + '="' + val + '"'` followed by a new line. — ThomasReggi, Apr 15 '16 at 21:46
@fedorqui I cant use any dependencies that aren't already native to ubuntu / linux / unix. — ThomasReggi, Apr 15 '16 at 21:46
As @fedorqui suggested, use a JSON processor. Bash is not the right tool for the job. — Rany Albeg Wein, Apr 15 '16 at 21:47
@RanyAlbegWein as I just said, I can't have any dependencies. — ThomasReggi, Apr 15 '16 at 21:47
Then you can't do this; standard Unix utilities just aren't cut out for parsing JSON. — chepner, Apr 15 '16 at 23:04

webb · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-16T05:49:24.890

Yes, assuming that all the key/val pairs you want to keep are in the form:

"key":"stringval"
"key":numval
"key":true or false or null

(with optional space around the colon):

#!/bin/sh
tr -d '\n' |
  grep -o '"[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]\+"\s*:\s*\("[^"]\+"\|[0-9\.]\+\|true\|false\|null\)' |
  sed 's/"\(.*\)"\s*:\s*"\?\([^"]\+\)"\?/\1="\2"/'

Example:

cat manifest.json | ./json2env.sh

yields

name="Polymer Starter Kit"
short_name="Polymer Starter Kit"
src="images/touch/icon-72x72.png"
sizes="72x72"
type="image/png"
test1="0.123"
test2="true"
test3="false"
test4="null"

Convert JSON to bash environment variables

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