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bash function which generates a json based on arguments
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
# Usage: make_event my-event test "hello world" -> {"name":"my-event","test":"hello world","unixtime":123} | |
make_event() { | |
if ! (( "$#" % 2)); then | |
echo "log_event expects an uneven number of arguments" | |
echo "Usage: $0 <event-name> [[<key> <val>]...]" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
build_pairs() { | |
if [[ "$#" -eq 1 ]]; then | |
return | |
fi | |
echo --arg "var$1" "$2" --arg "val$1" \""$3"\" "$(build_pairs $(($1 + 1)) "${@:4}")" | |
} | |
build_pipeline() { | |
if [[ "$#" -eq 1 ]]; then | |
return | |
fi | |
echo ' | .[$'var$1'] = $'val$1 $(build_pipeline $(($1 + 1)) "${@:4}") | |
} | |
local PIPELINE=$(build_pipeline 0 "${@:2}") | |
local PAIRS=$(build_pairs 0 "${@:2}") | |
eval jq -c -n $PAIRS \ | |
--arg name "$1" \ | |
--arg unixtime "$(date +%s)" \ | |
--arg formattedtime \"$(date)\" \' \ | |
' . | .["name"] = $name ' \ | |
' | .["unixtime"] = $unixtime ' \ | |
' | .["formattedtime"] = $formattedtime ' \ | |
"$PIPELINE"\' <<< "{}" | |
} | |
log_event() { | |
EVENT="$(make_event "$@")" | |
echo "$(date) BACKUP_EVENT|$EVENT" | |
if [[ ! -z "$EVENT_LOG" ]]; then | |
echo "$EVENT" >> "$EVENT_LOG" | |
fi | |
} |
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