Add JSON and YAML C library dependency

cwhite911 commented 1 year ago

Discussed in https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/discussions/3019

^{Originally posted by cwhite911 June 5, 2023} In an effort add additional output data formats to modules (e.g., r.report, r.info, etc..) we are discussing adding new library dependencies to aid in JSON and YAML encoding.

Please share your feedback on the following candidate dependencies.

JSON

parson https://github.com/kgabis/parson/ Current release: 1.5.2 (2023)

Parson is a lightweight json library written in C.

[X] Linux
[X] Windows
[X] Mac OSX

YAML

libyaml https://github.com/yaml/libyaml Current release: 1.2.2 (2021-10-01)

LibYAML is a YAML parser and emitter library.

[X] Linux
[X] Windows
[X] Mac OSX

Related Issues and PRs

Candidate Modules

Which modules should have JSON & YAML output support?

General

[x] g.mapsets https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/2542
[ ] g.proj (GSoC)
[ ] g.mapset
[ ] g.list
[ ] g.version
[ ] g.region (GSoC) https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3941
[ ] etc..

Raster

[ ] r.univar (GSoC) https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3783
[ ] r.stats (GSoC) https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3884
[ ] r.report https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3033
[ ] r.profile (GSoC) https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3872
[ ] r.category (GSoC)
[ ] r.describe (GSoC)
[ ] r.object.geometry (GSoC)
[x] r.info (GSoC) https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3744
[x] r.kappa https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/2666
[x] r.horizon https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3768
[ ] r.what
[ ] r.coin
[ ] r.colors.out
[ ] r.volume
[ ] etc..

3d Raster

[ ] etc..

Vector

[x] v.info (GSoC) https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3755
[ ] v.univar (GSoC) https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3784
[ ] v.distance (GSoC) https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3942
[ ] v.category (GSoC)
[ ] v.report (GSoC)
[x] v.db.select https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/476
[x] v.db.univar https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/2386
[ ] v.colors.out
[ ] etc..

Database

[x] db.univar https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/2386
[ ] db.describe (GSoC)
[ ] etc..

JSON output support without a library

[ ] v.db.select https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/476
[ ] r.kappa https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/2666
[ ] g.mapsets https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/2542
[ ] r.geomorphon

florisvdh commented 1 month ago

Adding here that the preferred JSON encoding for g.proj output would be the PROJJSON specification: https://proj.org/en/latest/specifications/projjson.html. It's a JSON encoding of WKT2:2019.

nilason commented 1 day ago

@cwhite911 could this be closed?

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