llsd2json

CLIs to convert between Linden Lab Structured Data (LLSD) and JSON.

Example:

$ echo '<llsd><map><key>name</key><string>Ruth</string></map></llsd>' | llsd2json | jq -r .name
Ruth

Install and use

Install llsd2json with pip or pipx

pipx install llsd2json

llsd2json

usage: llsd2json [-h] [--format {auto,xml,binary,notation}] [input]

Convert LLSD to JSON

positional arguments:
  input                 LLSD string (default: stdin)

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --format {auto,xml,binary,notation}, -f {auto,xml,binary,notation}
                        LLSD format

json2llsd

usage: json2llsd [-h] [--format {xml,binary,notation}] [input]

Convert JSON to LLSD

positional arguments:
  input                 JSON string (default: stdin)

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --format {xml,binary,notation}, -f {xml,binary,notation}
                        LLSD format

Notes

Conversion between LLSD and JSON is not perfectly bi-directional. JSON does not support several LLSD data types such as date, binary, uri, and has no distinct number types.