Formatting json output from docker events

Question

I want the docker events output to be more readable. Am on windows 10 pro, and on a powershell I run this command.

docker events --format "{{json .}}"

In a different shell when I create a new container,

docker create mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:3.1

I get some output in json format in the first shell. And that looks something like this.

{"status":"create","id":"7897095c22919bcdcf39612386bebed63296bc33be250445e6069bf4fe90ce37","from":"mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:3.1","Type":"container","Action":"create","Actor":{"ID":"7897095c22919bcdcf39612386bebed63296bc33be250445e6069bf4fe90ce37","Attributes":{"image":"mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:3.1","name":"objective_bhaskara"}},"scope":"local","time":1585135301,"timeNano":1585135301351718800}

My question is, is there a better way to format that? What should I do to the command

docker events --format "{{json .}}"

So that it will be formatted in a more readable way. Is there something to pipe that output so that it may look something like the following. I used some online formatter to get to this.

UPDATE

Its now resolved.

As per @Vijay's answer, I first installed jq. The steps are:

Ran power shell as admin.
Ran the command choco install jq
Opened a new command prompt NOT powershell. Somehow power shell did not work.
Issue a command to listen to docker events.
If the output has to be formatted, use the command. Also append jq as follows. Note the double quotes("). Single quotes(') did not work.

docker events --format "{{json .}}" | jq

Open another prompt and run the following command. This can be a powershell if you wish.

docker run hello-world

You should now see formatted json output streaming real time.

You can add | ConvertFrom-Json | ConvertTo-Json in that command as well. ConvertFrom-Json — stackoverflowusrone
– stackoverflowusrone, Commented Mar 25, 2020 at 11:43
Does this answer your question? Prettify json in powershell 3 — iRon
– iRon, Commented Mar 25, 2020 at 12:07
The output is kinda streaming, so they are not working. No output comes once I use a pipe and then weather I use jq or ConvertFrom-Json etc — VivekDev
– VivekDev, Commented Mar 25, 2020 at 12:11
"*kinda streaming" is not a showstopper, you can stop a stream (and load the full json file into memory) by using brackets or assign the stream to a variable. — iRon
– iRon, Commented Mar 25, 2020 at 12:31

vijay v · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-25 11:43:18Z

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You can just pipe in jq to your docker events command.

docker events --format '{{json .}}' | jq

jq Documentation

answered Mar 25, 2020 at 11:43

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8 Comments

VivekDev Over a year ago

I think I need to install jq first. Let me check. I am getting jq : The term 'jq' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.

vijay v Over a year ago

yeah... once you do, it will just give you the expected output.

VivekDev Over a year ago

Once i pipe it through jq I get no output. So this does not give any output docker events --format '{{json .}}' | jq

vijay v Over a year ago

Are you doing any docker stuff in parallel?

VivekDev Over a year ago

Two points. Single quote did not work. Only double quote. Also powershell did not work. Only humble command prompt.

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iRon · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-26 09:02:46Z

Using the first answer form Prettify json in powershell 3:

$Json = '{"status":"create","id":"7897095c22919bcdcf39612386bebed63296bc33be250445e6069bf4fe90ce37","from":"mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:3.1","Type":"container","Action":"create","Actor":{"ID":"7897095c22919bcdcf39612386bebed63296bc33be250445e6069bf4fe90ce37","Attributes":{"image":"mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:3.1","name":"objective_bhaskara"}},"scope":"local","time":1585135301,"timeNano":1585135301351718800}'
$PrettyJson = $Json | convertfrom-json | convertto-json -depth 100
$PrettyJson

Result:

{
  "status": "create",
  "id": "7897095c22919bcdcf39612386bebed63296bc33be250445e6069bf4fe90ce37",
  "from": "mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:3.1",
  "Type": "container",
  "Action": "create",
  "Actor": {
    "ID": "7897095c22919bcdcf39612386bebed63296bc33be250445e6069bf4fe90ce37",
    "Attributes": {
      "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:3.1",
      "name": "objective_bhaskara"
    }
  },
  "scope": "local",
  "time": 1585135301,
  "timeNano": 1585135301351718800
}

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