Flatpak list output as JSON format

flatpak-list-json

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Flatpak list output as JSON format

# Examples with jq:
#   flatpak-list-json | jq -r '.[].name'
#   flatpak-list-json | jq -r '.[0:2].[].application'
#   flatpak-list-json | jq '.[0:2]'
#   flatpak-list-json | jq '.[] | select(.description | contains("video"))'

columns='name,description,application,version,branch,branch,arch,runtime,origin,installation,ref,active,latest,size,options'

# Default show all flatpaks, use flatpak --app or --runtime option to limit type of package.
flatpak list --app --columns "${columns}" |
    column \
        --json \
        --table-name 'flatpak' \
        --table-columns "${columns}" \
        --separator $'\t' \
        --keep-empty-lines |
    jq '.flatpak[0:]'