How to format curl result into jq then redirect to Vim?

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I am trying to pipe curl result to jq then to Vim, but nothing happens.

If I follow the below method I get the desired result:

curl --location --request GET "$url/myproj/v1alpha1/consumption" --header "Authorization: Bearer $token" | vi -

then in Vim type the command to format.

:%!jq .

But if I do as below, piping the two commands to Vim, it doesn't work:

curl --location --request GET "$url/myproj/v1alpha1/consumption" --header "Authorization: Bearer $token" | jq | vi -

How to do it?

What is the result of the combined command when you pipe it to a file? — Vivian De Smedt, May 10 at 4:00
It seems to work fine for me with both vim 9.0 and nvim 0.9 :-| — Vivian De Smedt, May 10 at 13:34

Vivian De Smedt · Accepted Answer · 2023-05-10 13:27:51Z

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I would try:

curl --location --request GET "$url/myproj/v1alpha1/consumption" --header "Authorization: Bearer $token" | jq . | vi -

answered May 10 at 13:27

Vivian De Smedt

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the dot after jq was missing . Thanks
– Samselvaprabu
May 11 at 15:19
Thanks for the feedback! If the solution solves your problem maybe could you validate the solution using the v button next to the arrow voting button. It allow the question to rest :-)
– Vivian De Smedt
May 11 at 15:38

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D. Ben Knoble · Accepted Answer · 2023-05-10 17:10:10Z

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Also

:read !curl … | jq .

From within Vim you can read the output of a command. You could also :read !curl … and then :%!jq . as before

answered May 10 at 17:10

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