Bash script that parses a local.settings.json to export the properties as environment variables.

export_vars.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <json_file>"
  exit 1
fi

if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
  echo "Error: JSON file '$1' not found."
  exit 1
fi

values_prop=$(jq -r '.Values' "$1")

declare -A kvp_arr
while IFS="|" read -r key value; 
do
    # Trim spaces to workaround.
    key=$(echo "$key" | awk '{$1=$1};1')

    # Check if the key contains a specific character (e.g., 'X')
    if [[ "$key" == *"X"* ]]; then
        continue
    fi

    # Check if the value is empty
    if [ -z "$value" ]; then
        continue
    fi
    
    # Remove the comma at the end of the value, if present
    value=$(echo "$value" | sed 's/,$//')

    #kvp_arr["$key"]="$value"
    #export "$key"="$value"
    echo "Exported:  $key=$value"
done <<< "$(echo "$values_prop" | jq -r 'to_entries | map("\(.key)|\(.value|tostring)")')"



# This worked before we added the private key since it has new line characters it breaks but otherwise ok.
#declare -A kvp_arr
#while IFS="|" read -r key value; 
#do
#    kvp_arr["$key"]="$value"
#    export "$key"="$value"
#    echo "Exported:  $key=$value"
#done <<< "$(echo "$values_prop" | jq -r 'to_entries | map("\(.key)|\(.value|tostring)") | .[]')"




# for key in "${!kvp_arr[@]}"
# do
#     echo "$key = ${kvp_arr[$key]}"
# done