I have a file with content like this:

item({
     ["attr"] = {
        ["size"] = "62091";
        ["filename"] = "qBuUP9-OTfuzibt6PQX4-g.jpg";
        ["stamp"] = "2023-12-05T19:31:37Z";
        ["xmlns"] = "urn:xmpp:http:upload:0";
        ["content-type"] = "image/jpeg";
     };
     ["key"] = "Wa4AJWFldqRZjBozponbSLRZ";
     ["with"] = "email@address";
     ["when"] = 1701804697;
     ["name"] = "request";
});

I need to know what format this is, and if there exists a tool in linux already to parse this or if I need to write one myself?

Thanks!

  • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nzOP
    2·
    11 months ago

    Yeah, its real close to JSON but not.

    I’m going to have to go a step deeper and find out what’s going on in the code because this section is repeated many many times. It’s not just this one that I need to parse.

    … It might even be easier to write my own parser like you said, because I need to take actions based on the date fields.