cbor2json

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CBOR to JSON converter ( former CBOR Stream Decoder)

This updated version CBOR Stream Decoder with float16 support.

cbor2json decodes a stream of CBOR bytes into JSON. CBOR stream could be copressed by gzip.

Usage:

    cbor2json [-in inputFile] [-out outputFile] [-follow]

Run `csd -h` for a list of supported options and usage.
If `-in` is omitted, csd reads from stdin.
If `-out` is omitted, csd writes to stdout.

Example

Suppose CBOR encoded data is present in file cbor.log, you could do one of these methods to convert to JSON using csd:

Input from file, output to stdout :

$ csd -in cbor.log
{"level":"error","Fault":41650,"time":"2018-03-31T07:17:19-07:00","message":"TCA:"}
{"level":"error","Fault":41654,"time":"2018-03-31T07:17:19-07:00","message":"TCA:"}
...

Input from stdin, output to stdout

$ cat cbor.log | csd 
{"level":"error","Fault":41650,"time":"2018-03-31T07:17:19-07:00","message":"TCA:"}
{"level":"error","Fault":41654,"time":"2018-03-31T07:17:19-07:00","message":"TCA:"}
...

Input from file, output to file

$ csd -in cbor.log -out json.txt
$ cat json.txt
{"level":"error","Fault":41650,"time":"2018-03-31T07:17:19-07:00","message":"TCA:"}
{"level":"error","Fault":41654,"time":"2018-03-31T07:17:19-07:00","message":"TCA:"}
...

Limitations

The input is expected to be CBOR data (either gzib-compressed or not). It is NOT possible to detect JSON (text) output reliably since binary format spans over JSON character set also.