Convert a JSON array to a bash array of strings

Question

How do I parse a json array of objects to a bash array with those objects as strings?

I am trying to do the following:

CONVO=$(get_json_array | jq \'         


        

Answer 1

The problem is that jq is still just outputting lines of text; you can't necessarily preserve each array element as a single unit. That said, as long as a newline is not a valid character in any object, you can still output each object on a separate line.

get_json_array | jq -c '.[]' | while read object; do
    api_call "$object"
done

Of course, under that assumption, you could use the readarray command in bash 4 to build an array:

readarray -t conversations < <(get_json_array | jq -c '.[]')
for conversion in "${conversations[@]}"; do
    api_call "$conversation"
done