path: root/docs-src/content/functions/data.yml

ns: data
preamble: |
  A collection of functions that retrieve, parse, and convert structured data.
funcs:
  - name: datasource
    alias: ds
    released: v0.5.0
    description: |
      Parses a given datasource (provided by the [`--datasource/-d`](../../usage/#--datasource-d) argument or [`defineDatasource`](#definedatasource)).

      If the `alias` is undefined, but is a valid URL, `datasource` will dynamically read from that URL.

      See [Datasources](../../datasources) for (much!) more information.
    pipeline: false
    arguments:
      - name: alias
        required: true
        description: the datasource alias (or a URL for dynamic use)
      - name: subpath
        required: false
        description: the subpath to use, if supported by the datasource
    rawExamples:
      - |
        _`person.json`:_
        ```json
        { "name": "Dave" }
        ```

        ```console
        $ gomplate -d person.json -i 'Hello {{ (datasource "person").name }}'
        Hello Dave
        ```
  - name: datasourceExists
    released: v1.3.0
    description: |
      Tests whether or not a given datasource was defined on the commandline (with the
      [`--datasource/-d`](../../usage/#--datasource-d) argument). This is intended mainly to allow
      a template to be rendered differently whether or not a given datasource was
      defined.

      Note: this does _not_ verify if the datasource is reachable.

      Useful when used in an `if`/`else` block.
    pipeline: false
    arguments:
      - name: alias
        required: true
        description: the datasource alias
    examples:
      - |
        $ echo '{{if (datasourceExists "test")}}{{datasource "test"}}{{else}}no worries{{end}}' | gomplate
        no worries
  - name: datasourceReachable
    released: v2.5.0
    description: |
      Tests whether or not a given datasource is defined and reachable, where the definition of "reachable" differs by datasource, but generally means the data is able to be read successfully.

      Useful when used in an `if`/`else` block.
    pipeline: false
    arguments:
      - name: alias
        required: true
        description: the datasource alias
    examples:
      - |
        $ gomplate -i '{{if (datasourceReachable "test")}}{{datasource "test"}}{{else}}no worries{{end}}' -d test=https://bogus.example.com/wontwork.json
        no worries
  - name: listDatasources
    released: v3.11.0
    description: |
      Lists all the datasources defined, list returned will be sorted in ascending order.
    pipeline: false
    examples:
      - |
        $ gomplate -d person=env:///FOO -d bar=env:///BAR -i '{{range (listDatasources)}} Datasource-{{.}} {{end}}'
        Datasource-bar
        Datasource-person
  - name: defineDatasource
    released: v2.7.0
    description: |
      Define a datasource alias with target URL inside the template. Overridden by the [`--datasource/-d`](../../usage/#--datasource-d) flag.

      Note: once a datasource is defined, it can not be redefined (i.e. if this function is called twice with the same alias, only the first applies).

      This function can provide a good way to set a default datasource when sharing templates.

      See [Datasources](../../datasources) for (much!) more information.
    pipeline: false
    arguments:
      - name: alias
        required: true
        description: the datasource alias
      - name: url
        required: true
        description: the datasource's URL
    rawExamples:
      - |
        _`person.json`:_
        ```json
        { "name": "Dave" }
        ```

        ```console
        $ gomplate -i '{{ defineDatasource "person" "person.json" }}Hello {{ (ds "person").name }}'
        Hello Dave
        $ FOO='{"name": "Daisy"}' gomplate -d person=env:///FOO -i '{{ defineDatasource "person" "person.json" }}Hello {{ (ds "person").name }}'
        Hello Daisy
        ```
  - name: include
    released: v1.8.0
    description: |
      Includes the content of a given datasource (provided by the [`--datasource/-d`](../../usage/#--datasource-d) argument).

      This is similar to [`datasource`](#datasource), except that the data is not parsed. There is no restriction on the type of data included, except that it should be textual.
    pipeline: false
    arguments:
      - name: alias
        required: true
        description: the datasource alias, as provided by [`--datasource/-d`](../../usage/#--datasource-d)
      - name: subpath
        required: false
        description: the subpath to use, if supported by the datasource
    rawExamples:
      - |
        _`person.json`:_
        ```json
        { "name": "Dave" }
        ```

        _`input.tmpl`:_
        ```go
        {
          "people": [
            {{ include "person" }}
          ]
        }
        ```

        ```console
        $ gomplate -d person.json -f input.tmpl
        {
          "people": [
            { "name": "Dave" }
          ]
        }
        ```
  - name: data.JSON
    alias: json
    released: v1.4.0
    description: |
      Converts a JSON string into an object. Works for JSON Objects, but will
      also parse JSON Arrays. Will not parse other valid JSON types.

      For more explicit JSON Array support, see [`data.JSONArray`](#datajsonarray).

      #### Encrypted JSON support (EJSON)

      If the input is in the [EJSON](https://github.com/Shopify/ejson) format (i.e. has a `_public_key` field), this function will attempt to decrypt the document first. A private key must be provided by one of these methods:

      - set the `EJSON_KEY` environment variable to the private key's value
      - set the `EJSON_KEY_FILE` environment variable to the path to a file containing the private key
      - set the `EJSON_KEYDIR` environment variable to the path to a directory containing private keys (filename must be the public key), just like [`ejson decrypt`'s `--keydir`](https://github.com/Shopify/ejson/blob/master/man/man1/ejson.1.ronn) flag. Defaults to `/opt/ejson/keys`.
    pipeline: true
    arguments:
      - name: in
        required: true
        description: the input string
    rawExamples:
      - |
        _`input.tmpl`:_
        ```
        Hello {{ (getenv "FOO" | json).hello }}
        ```

        ```console
        $ export FOO='{"hello":"world"}'
        $ gomplate < input.tmpl
        Hello world
        ```
  - name: data.JSONArray
    alias: jsonArray
    released: v2.0.0
    description: |
      Converts a JSON string into a slice. Only works for JSON Arrays.
    pipeline: true
    arguments:
      - name: in
        required: true
        description: the input string
    rawExamples:
      - |
        _`input.tmpl`:_
        ```
        Hello {{ index (getenv "FOO" | jsonArray) 1 }}
        ```

        ```console
        $ export FOO='[ "you", "world" ]'
        $ gomplate < input.tmpl
        Hello world
        ```
  - name: data.YAML
    alias: yaml
    released: v2.0.0
    description: |
      Converts a YAML string into an object. Works for YAML Objects but will
      also parse YAML Arrays. This can be used to access properties of YAML objects.

      For more explicit YAML Array support, see [`data.JSONArray`](#datayamlarray).
    pipeline: true
    arguments:
      - name: in
        required: true
        description: the input string
    rawExamples:
      - |
        _`input.tmpl`:_
        ```
        Hello {{ (getenv "FOO" | yaml).hello }}
        ```

        ```console
        $ export FOO='hello: world'
        $ gomplate < input.tmpl
        Hello world
        ```
  - name: data.YAMLArray
    alias: yamlArray
    released: v2.0.0
    description: |
      Converts a YAML string into a slice. Only works for YAML Arrays.
    pipeline: true
    arguments:
      - name: in
        required: true
        description: the input string
    rawExamples:
      - |
        _`input.tmpl`:_
        ```
        Hello {{ index (getenv "FOO" | yamlArray) 1 }}
        ```

        ```console
        $ export FOO='[ "you", "world" ]'
        $ gomplate < input.tmpl
        Hello world
        ```
  - name: data.TOML
    alias: toml
    released: v2.0.0
    description: |
      Converts a [TOML](https://github.com/toml-lang/toml) document into an object.
      This can be used to access properties of TOML documents.

      Compatible with [TOML v0.4.0](https://github.com/toml-lang/toml/blob/master/versions/en/toml-v0.4.0.md).
    pipeline: true
    arguments:
      - name: input
        required: true
        description: the TOML document to parse
    rawExamples:
      - |
        _`input.tmpl`:_
        ```
        {{ $t := `[data]
        hello = "world"` -}}
        Hello {{ (toml $t).hello }}
        ```

        ```console
        $ gomplate -f input.tmpl
        Hello world
        ```
  - name: data.CSV
    alias: csv
    released: v2.0.0
    description: |
      Converts a CSV-format string into a 2-dimensional string array.

      By default, the [RFC 4180](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180) format is
      supported, but any single-character delimiter can be specified.
    pipeline: true
    arguments:
      - name: delim
        required: false
        description: the (single-character!) field delimiter, defaults to `","`
      - name: input
        required: true
        description: the CSV-format string to parse
    rawExamples:
      - |
        _`input.tmpl`:_
        ```
        {{ $c := `C,32
        Go,25
        COBOL,357` -}}
        {{ range ($c | csv) -}}
        {{ index . 0 }} has {{ index . 1 }} keywords.
        {{ end }}
        ```

        ```console
        $ gomplate < input.tmpl
        C has 32 keywords.
        Go has 25 keywords.
        COBOL has 357 keywords.
        ```
  - name: data.CSVByRow
    alias: csvByRow
    released: v2.0.0
    description: |
      Converts a CSV-format string into a slice of maps.

      By default, the [RFC 4180](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180) format is
      supported, but any single-character delimiter can be specified.

      Also by default, the first line of the string will be assumed to be the header,
      but this can be overridden by providing an explicit header, or auto-indexing
      can be used.
    pipeline: true
    arguments:
      - name: delim
        required: false
        description: the (single-character!) field delimiter, defaults to `","`
      - name: header
        required: false
        description: list of column names separated by `delim`, set to `""` to get auto-named columns (A-Z), defaults to using the first line of `input`
      - name: input
        required: true
        description: the CSV-format string to parse
    rawExamples:
      - |
        _`input.tmpl`:_
        ```
        {{ $c := `lang,keywords
        C,32
        Go,25
        COBOL,357` -}}
        {{ range ($c | csvByRow) -}}
        {{ .lang }} has {{ .keywords }} keywords.
        {{ end }}
        ```

        ```console
        $ gomplate < input.tmpl
        C has 32 keywords.
        Go has 25 keywords.
        COBOL has 357 keywords.
        ```
  - name: data.CSVByColumn
    alias: csvByColumn
    released: v2.0.0
    description: |
      Like [`csvByRow`](#datacsvbyrow), except that the data is presented as a columnar
      (column-oriented) map.
    pipeline: true
    arguments:
      - name: delim
        required: false
        description: the (single-character!) field delimiter, defaults to `","`
      - name: header
        required: false
        description: list of column names separated by `delim`, set to `""` to get auto-named columns (A-Z), defaults to using the first line of `input`
      - name: input
        required: true
        description: the CSV-format string to parse
    rawExamples:
      - |
        _`input.tmpl`:_
        ```
        {{ $c := `C;32
        Go;25
        COBOL;357` -}}
        {{ $langs := ($c | csvByColumn ";" "lang,keywords").lang -}}
        {{ range $langs }}{{ . }}
        {{ end -}}
        ```

        ```console
        $ gomplate < input.tmpl
        C
        Go
        COBOL
        ```
  - name: data.CUE
    alias: cue
    description: |
      Converts a [CUE](https://cuelang.org/) document into an object. Any type
      of CUE document is supported. This can be used to access properties of CUE
      documents.

      Note that the `import` statement is not yet supported, and will result in
      an error (except for importing builtin packages).
    pipeline: true
    arguments:
      - name: input
        required: true
        description: the CUE document to parse
    examples:
      - |
        $ gomplate -i '{{ $t := `data: {
            hello: "world"
          }` -}}
          Hello {{ (cue $t).data.hello }}'
        Hello world
  - name: data.ToJSON
    alias: toJSON
    released: v2.0.0
    description: |
      Converts an object to a JSON document. Input objects may be the result of `json`, `yaml`, `jsonArray`, or `yamlArray` functions, or they could be provided by a `datasource`.
    pipeline: true
    arguments:
      - name: obj
        required: true
        description: the object to marshal
    rawExamples:
      - |
        _This is obviously contrived - `json` is used to create an object._

        _`input.tmpl`:_
        ```
        {{ (`{"foo":{"hello":"world"}}` | json).foo | toJSON }}
        ```

        ```console
        $ gomplate < input.tmpl
        {"hello":"world"}
        ```
  - name: data.ToJSONPretty
    alias: toJSONPretty
    released: v2.0.0
    description: |
      Converts an object to a pretty-printed (or _indented_) JSON document.
      Input objects may be the result of functions like `data.JSON`, `data.YAML`,
      `data.JSONArray`, or `data.YAMLArray` functions, or they could be provided
      by a [`datasource`](../datasources).

      The indent string must be provided as an argument.
    pipeline: true
    arguments:
      - name: indent
        required: true
        description: the string to use for indentation
      - name: obj
        required: true
        description: the object to marshal
    rawExamples:
      - |
        _`input.tmpl`:_
        ```
        {{ `{"hello":"world"}` | data.JSON | data.ToJSONPretty "  " }}
        ```

        ```console
        $ gomplate < input.tmpl
        {
          "hello": "world"
        }
        ```
  - name: data.ToYAML
    alias: toYAML
    released: v2.0.0
    description: |
      Converts an object to a YAML document. Input objects may be the result of
      `data.JSON`, `data.YAML`, `data.JSONArray`, or `data.YAMLArray` functions,
      or they could be provided by a [`datasource`](../datasources).
    pipeline: true
    arguments:
      - name: obj
        required: true
        description: the object to marshal
    rawExamples:
      - |
        _This is obviously contrived - `data.JSON` is used to create an object._

        _`input.tmpl`:_
        ```
        {{ (`{"foo":{"hello":"world"}}` | data.JSON).foo | data.ToYAML }}
        ```

        ```console
        $ gomplate < input.tmpl
        hello: world
        ```
  - name: data.ToTOML
    alias: toTOML
    released: v2.0.0
    description: |
      Converts an object to a [TOML](https://github.com/toml-lang/toml) document.
    pipeline: true
    arguments:
      - name: obj
        required: true
        description: the object to marshal as a TOML document
    examples:
      - |
        $ gomplate -i '{{ `{"foo":"bar"}` | data.JSON | data.ToTOML }}'
        foo = "bar"
  - name: data.ToCSV
    alias: toCSV
    released: v2.0.0
    description: |
      Converts an object to a CSV document. The input object must be a 2-dimensional
      array of strings (a `[][]string`). Objects produced by [`data.CSVByRow`](#datacsvbyrow)
      and [`data.CSVByColumn`](#datacsvbycolumn) cannot yet be converted back to CSV documents.

      **Note:** With the exception that a custom delimiter can be used, `data.ToCSV`
      outputs according to the [RFC 4180](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180) format,
      which means that line terminators are `CRLF` (Windows format, or `\r\n`). If
      you require `LF` (UNIX format, or `\n`), the output can be piped through
      [`strings.ReplaceAll`](../strings/#stringsreplaceall) to replace `"\r\n"` with `"\n"`.
    pipeline: true
    arguments:
      - name: delim
        required: false
        description: the (single-character!) field delimiter, defaults to `","`
      - name: input
        required: true
        description: the object to convert to a CSV
    rawExamples:
      - |
        _`input.tmpl`:_
        ```go
        {{ $rows := (jsonArray `[["first","second"],["1","2"],["3","4"]]`) -}}
        {{ data.ToCSV ";" $rows }}
        ```

        ```console
        $ gomplate -f input.tmpl
        first,second
        1,2
        3,4
        ```
  - name: data.ToCUE
    alias: toCUE
    description: |
      Converts an object to a [CUE](https://cuelang.org/) document in canonical
      format. The input object can be of any type.

      This is roughly equivalent to using the `cue export --out=cue <file>`
      command to convert from other formats to CUE.
    pipeline: true
    arguments:
      - name: input
        required: true
        description: the object to marshal as a CUE document
    examples:
      - |
        $ gomplate -i '{{ `{"foo":"bar"}` | data.JSON | data.ToCUE }}'
        {
        	foo: "bar"
        }
      - |
        $ gomplate -i '{{ toCUE "hello world" }}'
        "hello world"
      - |
        $ gomplate -i '{{ coll.Slice 1 "two" true | data.ToCUE }}'
        [1, "two", true]