niet 1.1.0

Shell config file parser (json, yaml)

# niet

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Get data from yaml file directly in your shell

## Install or Update niet

```sh
$ pip install -U niet
```

## Requirements

- Python 2.7+

## Usage

### With YAML file

Consider the yaml file with the following content:
```yaml
# /path/to/your/file.yaml
project:
meta:
name: my-project
foo: bar
list-items:
- item1
- item2
- item3
```

You can retrieve data from this file by using niet like this:
```sh
$ niet /path/to/your/file.yaml "project.meta.name"
my-project
$ niet /path/to/your/file.yaml "project.foo"
bar
$ niet /path/to/your/file.yaml "project.list-items"
item1 item2 item3
$ # assign return value to shell variable
$ NAME=$(niet /path/to/your/file.yaml "project.meta.name")
$ echo $NAME
my-project
```

### With JSON file

Consider the json file with the following content:
```json
{
"project": {
"meta": {
"name": "my-project"
}
},
"foo": "bar",
"list-items": [
"item1",
"item2",
"item3"
]
}
```

You can retrieve data from this file by using niet like this:
```sh
$ niet /path/to/your/file.json "project.meta.name"
my-project
$ niet /path/to/your/file.json "project.foo"
bar
$ niet /path/to/your/file.json "project.list-items"
item1 item2 item3
$ # assign return value to shell variable
$ NAME=$(niet /path/to/your/file.json "project.meta.name")
$ echo $NAME
my-project
```

### Deal with errors

When your JSON file content are not valid niet display an error and exit
with return code `1`

You can easily protect your script like this:
```sh
PROJECT_NAME=$(niet your-file.yaml project.meta.name)
if [ "$?" = "1" ]; then
echo "Error occur ${PROJECT_NAME}"
else
echo "Project name: ${PROJECT_NAME}"
fi
```

## Examples

You can try niet by using the samples provided with the project sources code.

Sample example:
```yaml
# tests/samples/sample.yaml
project:
meta:
name: project-sample
tags:
- example
- sample
- for
- testing
- purpose
```

Retrieve the project name:
```sh
$ niet tests/samples/sample.yaml project.meta.name
project-sample
```

Deal with list of items
```sh
$ for el in $(niet tests/samples/sample.yaml project.meta.tags); do echo ${el}; done
example
sample
for
testing
purpose
```

## Tips

You can pass your search with or without quotes like this:
```sh
$ niet your-file.yaml project.meta.name
$ niet your-file.yaml "project.meta.name"
```

## Contribute

If you want to contribute to niet [please first read the contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md)

## Licence

This project is under the MIT License.

[See the license file for more details](LICENSE)

Hervé Beraud <[e-mail]>