I am trying to use jq to parse information from the TVDB api. I need to pull a couple of fields and assign the values to variables that I can continue to use in my bash script. I know I can easily assign the output to one variable through bash with variable="$(command)" but I need the output to produce multiple variables and I don't want to make to use multiple commands.
I read this documentation:
https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/v1.5/#Advancedfeatures
but I don't know if this relevant to what I am trying to do.
jq '.data' produces the following output:
[ {"absoluteNumber": 51,"airedEpisodeNumber": 6,"airedSeason": 4,"airedSeasonID": 680431,"dvdEpisodeNumber": 6,"dvdSeason": 4,"episodeName": "We Will Rise","firstAired": "2017-03-15","id": 5939660,"language": {"episodeName": "en","overview": "en" },"lastUpdated": 1490769062,"overview": "Clarke and Roan must work together in hostile territory in order to deliver an invaluable asset to Abby and her team." }]I tried jq '.data | {episodeName:$name}' and jq '.data | .episodeName as $name' just to try and get one working. I don't understand the documentation or even if it's what I'm looking for. Is there a way to do what I am trying to do?