lil-json

Convert large json into lil json!

Installation

npm install -g lil-json

Usage

lil-json file_1.json file_2.json file_3.json

Creates and saves shortened files - myfile_1.lil.json, myfile_2.lil.json, myfile_3.lil.json

• All arrays are shortened to contain only 3 elements

Why?

We sometimes want to take large json files and convert them to smaller ones, so we can use them for unit tests, better readability, etc..

This typically occurs with array values with a large number of elements.

{
  "prop1": "some value",
  "prop2": 34.5,
  "prop3": [
    [
      [
        "value 1", 
        "value 2",
        "value 3", 
        "value 4", 
        "value 5",
        "value 6", 
        // 10 gazillion more records....
      ],
      ...
    ],
    ...
  ]
}
 
// converts to smaller obj

{
  "prop1": "some value",
  "prop2": 34.5,
  "prop3": [
    [
      [
        "value 1", 
        "value 2",
        "value 3"
      ]
    ]
  ]
}

License

MIT

Please refer to the LICENSE file for details.