Using the --json switch with an SFDX command returns JSON to stdout. However, if I consume a command in a node process, e.g.
child_process.execFileSync('sfdx', ['force:limits:api:display', '-u', 'alias', '--json']).toString();
It does return the JSON, but due to the CLI formatting if the JSON (i.e. the colours) we get all the ANSI escape codes too (so instead of e.g. { } we get \u001b[97m{ \u001b[97m}) making it more effort to parse. Is there a way to get raw JSON back instead of formatted?
Hi, I have this method in my node app to parse sfdx commands json response:
private asyncSfdxCommand(command: string) {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
exec(command, (error, standardOutput, standardError) => {
if (error) {
reject();
return;
} else if (standardError) {
reject(standardError);
return;
}
resolve(standardOutput);
});
});
}
And I use it this way:const myResponse = JSON.parse(await this.asyncSfdxCommand(`sfdx force:limits:api:display -u MyExampleUser --verbose --json`));
In the variable I get myResponse the json perfectly parsed and I can get access to all the properties.
Hope it helps.
