How to parse JSON from stdin at Native Messaging host?

Question

Utilizing the code at How do I use a shell-script as Chrome Native Messaging host application as a template and given the file file.json which contains

Answer 1

Assuming that file.json contains the JSON as indicated, I believe all you will need is:

json=$(jq '{message: .}' file.json)

If you then echo "$json", the result will be:

{
  "message": {
    "text": "abc"
  }
}