find_dupes

Find duplicates in an input JSON file.

Install (as a command line util)

npm install find_dupes -g

Usage

NB: The input file will be assigned to a variable called json for use in the --array command line argument.

--array: Where we can find the array. Remember the JSON input is assigned to a variable called json, so if the input file contained an array, we could simply specify --array=json

--id: A key that is looked up for each element in the array to find a value that uniquely identifies an element in the array. Assumes each element of the array is an object.

Usage Example

Simple

find_dupes input.json --array=json --id=id

Advanced

find_dupes input.json --array=json.content.result --id=product.meta.id