Simply remove JSON keys via CLI command.

pip install remove-json-keys

Run the CLI:

remove-json-keys [options]  # or removejson

If no options are passed, the CLI will:

1. Prompt for keys to delete
2. Auto-discover closest child json_dir
3. Delete keys from found JSON files

Note: Key/values can span multiple lines and have any amount of whitespace between symbols.

Options can be set by using command-line arguments:

Remove author key from JSON files found in default _locales dir:

remove-json-keys --keys=author  # prompts for more keys to remove

Remove info_SUCCESS key from JSON files found in messages dir:

remove-json-keys -n --keys=err_NOT_FOUND --json-dir=messages  # no prompts

Remove app_DESC + app_VER keys from JSON files found in data dir:

remove-json -n -k app_DESC,app_VER -d data  # no prompts

Run remove-json init to create .remove-json.config.json5 in your project root to set default options.

Example defaults:

{
  "json_dir": "_locales", // name of the folder containing JSON files
  "keys": "",             // keys to remove (e.g. "app_NAME,author")
  "force": false,         // force overwrite existing config file when using init
  "no_wizard": false      // skip interactive prompts during start-up
}

Note: CLI arguments always override config file.

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