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jc - JSON Convert pacman command output parser

Supports the following pacman arguments:

• -Si
• -Sii
• -Qi
• -Qii

The *_epoch calculated timestamp fields are naive. (i.e. based on the local time of the system the parser is run on)

Usage (cli):

$ pacman -Si <package> | jc --pacman

or

$ jc pacman -Si <package>

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('pacman', pacman_command_output)

Schema:

[
  {
    "repository":               string,
    "name":                     string,
    "version":                  string,
    "description":              string,
    "architecture":             string,
    "url":                      string,
    "licenses": [
                                string
    ],
    "groups": [
                                string
    ],
    "provides": [
                                string
    ],
    "depends_on": [
                                string
    ],
    "optional_deps": [
      {
        "name":                 string,
        "description":          string
      }
    ],
    "optional_for": [
                                string
    ],
    "conflicts_with": [
                                string
    ],
    "replaces": [
                                string
    ],
    "download_size":            string,
    "download_size_bytes":      integer     [0]
    "installed_size":           string,
    "installed_size_bytes":     integer,    [0]
    "packager":                 string,
    "build_date":               string,
    "build_date_epoch":         integer,    [0]
    "install_date":             string,
    "install_date_epoch":       integer,    [0]
    "validated_by": [
                                string
    ],
    "backup_files": [
                                string
    ]
  }
]

[0] Field exists if conversion successful

Examples:

$ pacman -qii zstd | jc --pacman -p
[
  {
    "name": "zstd",
    "version": "1.5.6-1",
    "description": "Zstandard - Fast real-time compression algorithm",
    "architecture": "x86_64",
    "url": "https://facebook.github.io/zstd/",
    "licenses": [
      "BSD-3-Clause",
      "GPL-2.0-only"
    ],
    "groups": [],
    "provides": [
      "libzstd.so=1-64"
    ],
    "depends_on": [
      "glibc",
      "gcc-libs",
      "zlib",
      "xz",
      "lz4"
    ],
    "required_by": [
      "android-tools",
      "appstream",
      ...
      "tiled",
      "vulkan-radeon",
      "wireshark-cli"
    ],
    "optional_for": [
      "xarchiver"
    ],
    "conflicts_with": [],
    "replaces": [],
    "installed_size": "1527.00 KiB",
    "installed_size_bytes": 1563648,
    "packager": "Levente Polyak <anthraxx@archlinux.org>",
    "build_date": "Sat 11 May 2024 06:14:19 AM +08",
    "build_date_epoch": 1715433259,
    "install_date": "Fri 24 May 2024 09:50:31 AM +08",
    "install_date_epoch": 1715663342,
    "install_reason": "Installed as a dependency for another package",
    "install_script": "No",
    "validated_by": [
      "Signature"
    ],
    "extended_data": "pkgtype=pkg"
  }
]

$ pacman -qii zstd | jc --pacman -p -r
[
  {
    "name": "zstd",
    "version": "1.5.6-1",
    "description": "Zstandard - Fast real-time compression algorithm",
    "architecture": "x86_64",
    "url": "https://facebook.github.io/zstd/",
    "licenses": "BSD-3-Clause  GPL-2.0-only",
    "groups": null,
    "provides": "libzstd.so=1-64",
    "depends_on": "glibc  gcc-libs  zlib  xz  lz4",
    "required_by": [
      "android-tools  appstream  avr-gcc  binutils  blender  blosc",
      "boost-libs  btrfs-progs  cloudflare-warp-bin  comgr  curl",
      "dolphin-emu  file  flatpak  gcc  gdal  gnutls  karchive",
      "karchive5  kmod  lib32-zstd  libarchive  libelf  libtiff",
      "libva-mesa-driver  libxmlb  libzip  lld  llvm-libs  mariadb-libs",
      "mesa  mesa-vdpau  minizip-ng  mkinitcpio  mold  netcdf",
      "opencl-clover-mesa  opencl-rusticl-mesa  openucx  postgresql",
      "postgresql-libs  ppsspp  qemu-img  qemu-system-riscv",
      "qemu-system-x86  qgis  qt6-base  qt6-tools  rsync  rustup",
      "squashfs-tools  squashfuse  systemd-libs  tiled  vulkan-radeon",
      "wireshark-cli"
    ],
    "optional_for": "xarchiver",
    "conflicts_with": null,
    "replaces": null,
    "installed_size": "1527.00 KiB",
    "packager": "Levente Polyak <anthraxx@archlinux.org>",
    "build_date": "Sat 11 May 2024 06:14:19 AM +08",
    "install_date": "Fri 24 May 2024 09:50:31 AM +08",
    "install_reason": "Installed as a dependency for another package",
    "install_script": "No",
    "validated_by": "Signature",
    "extended_data": "pkgtype=pkg"
  }
]

parse

def parse(data: str,
          raw: bool = False,
          quiet: bool = False) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]

Main text parsing function

Parameters:

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

Returns:

List of Dictionaries. Raw or processed structured data.

Parser Information

Compatibility: linux, darwin, cygwin, win32, aix, freebsd

Source: jc/parsers/pacman.py

Version 1.0 by Kelly Brazil (kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com)