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write_ndjson

Transforms the input event stream to a Newline-Delimited JSON byte stream.

write_ndjson [strip=bool, color=bool, arrays_of_objects=bool,
              strip_null_fields=bool, strip_nulls_in_lists=bool,
              strip_empty_records=bool, strip_empty_lists=bool]

Description

Section titled “Description”

Transforms the input event stream to a Newline-Delimited JSON byte stream.

strip = bool (optional)

Section titled “strip = bool (optional)”

Enables all strip_* options.

Defaults to false.

color = bool (optional)

Section titled “color = bool (optional)”

Colorize the output.

Defaults to false.

arrays_of_objects = bool (optional)

Section titled “arrays_of_objects = bool (optional)”

Prints the input as a single array of objects, instead of as separate objects.

Defaults to false.

strip_null_fields = bool (optional)

Section titled “strip_null_fields = bool (optional)”

Strips all fields with a null value from records.

Defaults to false.

strip_nulls_in_lists = bool (optional)

Section titled “strip_nulls_in_lists = bool (optional)”

Strips all null values from lists.

Defaults to false.

strip_empty_records = bool (optional)

Section titled “strip_empty_records = bool (optional)”

Strips empty records, including those that only became empty by stripping.

Defaults to false.

strip_empty_lists = bool (optional)

Section titled “strip_empty_lists = bool (optional)”

Strips empty lists, including those that only became empty by stripping.

Defaults to false.

Examples

Section titled “Examples”

Convert a YAML stream into a JSON file

Section titled “Convert a YAML stream into a JSON file”
load_file "input.yaml"
read_yaml
write_ndjson
save_file "output.json"

Strip null fields

Section titled “Strip null fields”
from {
  yes: 1,
  no: null,
}
write_ndjson strip_null_fields=true
{"yes": 1}

See Also

Section titled “See Also”

parse_ndjson, parse_json, print_ndjson, print_json, read_json, read_ndjson, write_json