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yuloh/json-guard-cli
====================

A CLI tool for json-guard

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json-guard-cli
==============

[](#json-guard-cli)

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This package is a CLI client for [JSON Guard](json-guard.thephpleague.com), a JSON Schema validator. You can easily validate data against a schema or check your schema itself.

[![json-guard-cli-screenshot](docs/json-guard-cli.png)](docs/json-guard-cli.png)

Install
-------

[](#install)

Installation uses [Composer](getcomposer.org).

### Project Install

[](#project-install)

```
$ composer require yuloh/json-guard-cli
```

### Global Install

[](#global-install)

If you don't want to install this per project, you can install it globally and use it anywhere. If you aren't familiar with Composer's global install functionality, [this tutorial should get you up and running](https://akrabat.com/global-installation-of-php-tools-with-composer/).

```
$ composer global require yuloh/json-guard-cli
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Validate

[](#validate)

Validate Data Against a Schema.

Usage:

```
$ json-guard validate [] []
```

Arguments:

- data: The data to validate.
- schema: The schema to use.

Examples:

```
# Using files
$ json-guard validate my-data.json my-schema.json
# Using JSON strings
$ json-guard validate \
'{ "id": "https://json-guard.dev/schema#" }' \
'{ "properties": { "id": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" } } }'
# Loading Schema with a Loader
$ json-guard validate my-data.json 'http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#'
```

### Check

[](#check)

Check that a JSON Schema is valid.

Usage:

```
$ json-guard check []
```

Arguments:

- schema: The schema to check.

Examples:

```
$ json-guard check my-schema.json
```

### Loading JSON

[](#loading-json)

All commands can load the JSON as a string, from a loader path, from a local file path, or from STDIN.

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CONDUCT](CONDUCT.md) for details.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Matt Allan](https://github.com/yuloh)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~92 days

Total

4

Last Release

3349d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9440455?v=4)[Matt A](/maintainers/matt-allan)[@matt-allan](https://github.com/matt-allan)

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