Get all nested keys and values using jq

I have a json like this

{
  "outer1": {
    "outer2": {
      "outer3": {
        "key1": "value1",
        "key2": "value2"
      }
    },
    "outer4": {
      "key1": "value1",
      "key2": "value2"
    }
  }
}

I want output to be

[outer1.outer2.outer3]
key1 = value1
key2 = value2

[outer1.outer2.outer4]
key1 = value1
key2 = value2

I tried jq -r 'to_entries|map("\(.key)=\(.value|tostring)")|.[]' test.json But its not what is what I want exactly

>Solution :

Assuming your input looks like this:

{
  "outer1": {
    "outer2": {
      "outer3": {
        "key1": "value1",
        "key2": "value2"
      },
      "outer4": {
        "key1": "value1",
        "key2": "value2"
      }
    }
  }
}

You could use the --stream option to read the input as a stream of path-value pairs. For instance:

jq --stream -n '
  reduce (inputs | select(has(1))) as [$path, $val] ({};
    .[$path[:-1] | join(".")][$path[-1]] = $val
  )
'

{
  "outer1.outer2.outer3": {
    "key1": "value1",
    "key2": "value2"
  },
  "outer1.outer2.outer4": {
    "key1": "value1",
    "key2": "value2"
  }
}

Next, format this JSON according to your needs. For example using to_entries for both levels:

jq --stream -nr '
  reduce (inputs | select(has(1))) as [$path, $val] ({};
    .[$path[:-1] | join(".")][$path[-1]] = $val
  )
  | to_entries[] | "[\(.key)]", (
      .value | to_entries[] | "\(.key) = \(.value)"
    ), ""
'

[outer1.outer2.outer3]
key1 = value1
key2 = value2

[outer1.outer2.outer4]
key1 = value1
key2 = value2