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jc.parsers.postconf

jc - JSON Convert postconf -M command output parser

Usage (cli):

$ postconf -M | jc --postconf

or

$ jc postconf -M

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('postconf', postconf_command_output)

Schema:

[
  {
    "service_name":                     string,
    "service_type":                     string,
    "private":                          boolean/null,  # [0]
    "unprivileged":                     boolean/null,  # [0]
    "chroot":                           boolean/null,  # [0]
    "wake_up_time":                     integer/null,  # [0]
    "no_wake_up_before_first_use":      boolean/null,  # [1]
    "process_limit":                    integer/null,  # [0]
    "command":                          string
  }
]

[0] '-' converted to null/None
[1] null/None if `wake_up_time` is null/None

Examples:

$ postconf -M | jc --postconf -p
[
  {
    "service_name": "smtp",
    "service_type": "inet",
    "private": false,
    "unprivileged": null,
    "chroot": true,
    "wake_up_time": null,
    "process_limit": null,
    "command": "smtpd",
    "no_wake_up_before_first_use": null
  },
  {
    "service_name": "pickup",
    "service_type": "unix",
    "private": false,
    "unprivileged": null,
    "chroot": true,
    "wake_up_time": 60,
    "process_limit": 1,
    "command": "pickup",
    "no_wake_up_before_first_use": false
  }
]

$ postconf -M | jc --postconf -p -r
[
  {
    "service_name": "smtp",
    "service_type": "inet",
    "private": "n",
    "unprivileged": "-",
    "chroot": "y",
    "wake_up_time": "-",
    "process_limit": "-",
    "command": "smtpd"
  },
  {
    "service_name": "pickup",
    "service_type": "unix",
    "private": "n",
    "unprivileged": "-",
    "chroot": "y",
    "wake_up_time": "60",
    "process_limit": "1",
    "command": "pickup"
  }
]

parse

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

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

Source: jc/parsers/postconf.py

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