[SOLVED] How to convert a multiple-line variable containing JSON to single line in shell?

Issue

I have below variable in shell

{
  "type": "service_account",
  "project_id": "projectid234",
  "private_key_id": "aasdadsxzce5",
  "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIEvgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKgwggSkAgEAAoIBAQCiWjA5+xF6gsGC\nOknIL9DOCQpV2LRXYPEKl5+mXuN45vwqh6QvG4lw/Hi7EJhtAn+FQy7+yOQYrw3l\nQ2CpxDotT+PT2OuQ6LVbc/F+SblPlrK3B+8aEMo57PZ+gnwMcQ7+ofPnzC635uUP\npOG0idMTK\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
  "client_email": "[email protected]",
  "client_id": "1234242342341",
  "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
  "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token",
  "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
  "client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/assadjashd.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
}

Like below:

export var1='{
      "type": "service_account",
      "project_id": "projectid234",
      "private_key_id": "aasdadsxzce5",
      "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIEvgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKgwggSkAgEAAoIBAQCiWjA5+xF6gsGC\nOknIL9DOCQpV2LRXYPEKl5+mXuN45vwqh6QvG4lw/Hi7EJhtAn+FQy7+yOQYrw3l\nQ2CpxDotT+PT2OuQ6LVbc/F+SblPlrK3B+8aEMo57PZ+gnwMcQ7+ofPnzC635uUP\npOG0idMTK\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
      "client_email": "[email protected]",
      "client_id": "1234242342341",
      "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
      "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token",
      "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
      "client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/assadjashd.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
    }'

Now I want to convert it to a single line, what should I do? I tried various solutions but they didn't work. for instance I used below code which I found but after converting to base64 and decoding it, it just return the first line. would you mind help me?

$((echo $var1 | tr -d '\n') | base64)

Solution

Since you're dealing with JSON, I'd recommend a tool like jq, which provides us with the --compact-output option and is capable of encoding to Base64 using @base64

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To single-line output

jq --compact-output '' <<< "$test"

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To Base64 single-line output

jq --compact-output  '@base64' <<< "$test"

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To Base64 single-line output, and decoding with bash

jq --compact-output --raw-output '@base64' <<< "$test" | base64 --decode

Note the --raw-output to remove the ""'s.

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Local shell example of above lines:

$ test='{
  "type": "service_account",
  "project_id": "projectid234",
  "private_key_id": "aasdadsxzce5",
  "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIEvgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKgwggSkAgEAAoIBAQCiWjA5+xF6gsGC\nOknIL9DOCQpV2LRXYPEKl5+mXuN45vwqh6QvG4lw/Hi7EJhtAn+FQy7+yOQYrw3l\nQ2CpxDotT+PT2OuQ6LVbc/F+SblPlrK3B+8aEMo57PZ+gnwMcQ7+ofPnzC635uUP\npOG0idMTK\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
  "client_email": "[email protected]",
  "client_id": "1234242342341",
  "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
  "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token",
  "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
  "client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/assadjashd.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
}'
$
$ jq --compact-output '' <<< "$test"
{"type":"service_account","project_id":"projectid234","private_key_id":"aasdadsxzce5","private_key":"-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIEvgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKgwggSkAgEAAoIBAQCiWjA5+xF6gsGC\nOknIL9DOCQpV2LRXYPEKl5+mXuN45vwqh6QvG4lw/Hi7EJhtAn+FQy7+yOQYrw3l\nQ2CpxDotT+PT2OuQ6LVbc/F+SblPlrK3B+8aEMo57PZ+gnwMcQ7+ofPnzC635uUP\npOG0idMTK\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n","client_email":"[email protected]","client_id":"1234242342341","auth_uri":"https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth","token_uri":"https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token","auth_provider_x509_cert_url":"https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs","client_x509_cert_url":"https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/assadjashd.iam.gserviceaccount.com"}
$
$
$ jq --compact-output '@base64' <<< "$test"
"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"
$
$
$ jq --compact-output --raw-output '@base64' <<< "$test" | base64 --decode
{"type":"service_account","project_id":"projectid234","private_key_id":"aasdadsxzce5","private_key":"-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIEvgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKgwggSkAgEAAoIBAQCiWjA5+xF6gsGC\nOknIL9DOCQpV2LRXYPEKl5+mXuN45vwqh6QvG4lw/Hi7EJhtAn+FQy7+yOQYrw3l\nQ2CpxDotT+PT2OuQ6LVbc/F+SblPlrK3B+8aEMo57PZ+gnwMcQ7+ofPnzC635uUP\npOG0idMTK\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n","client_email":"[email protected]","client_id":"1234242342341","auth_uri":"https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth","token_uri":"https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token","auth_provider_x509_cert_url":"https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs","client_x509_cert_url":"https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/assadjashd.iam.gserviceaccount.com"}%
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Answer Checked By - Cary Denson (WPSolving Admin)