jc/docs/parsers/kv.md

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# jc.parsers.kv
jc - JSON CLI output utility `Key/Value` file parser

Supports files containing simple key/value pairs. Delimiter can be `=` or `:`. Missing values are supported. Comment prefix can be `#` or `;`. Comments must be on their own line.

Note: Values starting and ending with quotation marks will have the marks removed. If you would like to keep the quotation marks, use the `-r` command-line argument or the `raw=True` argument in `parse()`.

Usage (cli):

    $ cat foo.txt | jc --kv

Usage (module):

    import jc.parsers.kv
    result = jc.parsers.kv.parse(kv_file_output)

Schema:

    key/value document converted to a dictionary - see configparser standard library documentation for more details.

    {
      "key1":       string,
      "key2":       string
    }

Examples:

    $ cat keyvalue.txt
    # this file contains key/value pairs
    name = John Doe
    address=555 California Drive
    age: 34
    ; comments can include # or ;
    # delimiter can be = or :
    # quoted values have quotation marks stripped by default
    # but can be preserved with the -r argument
    occupation:"Engineer"

    $ cat keyvalue.txt | jc --kv -p
    {
      "name": "John Doe",
      "address": "555 California Drive",
      "age": "34",
      "occupation": "Engineer"
    }


## info
```python
info()
```
Provides parser metadata (version, author, etc.)

## parse
```python
parse(data, raw=False, quiet=False)
```

Main text parsing function

    Note: this is just a wrapper for jc.parsers.ini

Parameters:

    data:        (string)  text data to parse
    raw:         (boolean) output preprocessed JSON if True
    quiet:       (boolean) suppress warning messages if True

Returns:

    Dictionary representing the key/value file

## Parser Information
Compatibility:  linux, darwin, cygwin, win32, aix, freebsd

Version 1.1 by Kelly Brazil (kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com)