# jc.parsers.arp
jc - JSON CLI output utility arp Parser

Usage:

    specify --arp as the first argument if the piped input is coming from:

    arp
      or
    arp -a

Compatibility:

    'linux', 'aix', 'freebsd', 'darwin'

Examples:

    $ arp | jc --arp -p
    [
      {
        "address": "192.168.71.254",
        "hwtype": "ether",
        "hwaddress": "00:50:56:f0:98:26",
        "flags_mask": "C",
        "iface": "ens33"
      },
      {
        "address": "gateway",
        "hwtype": "ether",
        "hwaddress": "00:50:56:f7:4a:fc",
        "flags_mask": "C",
        "iface": "ens33"
      }
    ]

    $ arp | jc --arp -p -r
    [
      {
        "address": "gateway",
        "hwtype": "ether",
        "hwaddress": "00:50:56:f7:4a:fc",
        "flags_mask": "C",
        "iface": "ens33"
      },
      {
        "address": "192.168.71.254",
        "hwtype": "ether",
        "hwaddress": "00:50:56:fe:7a:b4",
        "flags_mask": "C",
        "iface": "ens33"
      }
    ]

    $ arp -a | jc --arp -p
    [
      {
        "name": null,
        "address": "192.168.71.254",
        "hwtype": "ether",
        "hwaddress": "00:50:56:f0:98:26",
        "iface": "ens33"
      },
      {
        "name": "gateway",
        "address": "192.168.71.2",
        "hwtype": "ether",
        "hwaddress": "00:50:56:f7:4a:fc",
        "iface": "ens33"
      }
    ]

    $ arp -a | jc --arp -p -r
    [
      {
        "name": "?",
        "address": "192.168.71.254",
        "hwtype": "ether",
        "hwaddress": "00:50:56:fe:7a:b4",
        "iface": "ens33"
      },
      {
        "name": "_gateway",
        "address": "192.168.71.2",
        "hwtype": "ether",
        "hwaddress": "00:50:56:f7:4a:fc",
        "iface": "ens33"
      }
    ]

## info
```python
info(self, /, *args, **kwargs)
```

## process
```python
process(proc_data)
```

Final processing to conform to the schema.

Parameters:

    proc_data:   (dictionary) raw structured data to process

Returns:

    List of dictionaries. Structured data with the following schema:

    [
      {
        "name":       string,
        "address":    string,
        "hwtype":     string,
        "hwaddress":  string,
        "flags_mask": string,
        "iface":      string
      }
    ]

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

Main text parsing function

Parameters:

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

Returns:

    List of dictionaries. Raw or processed structured data.