From ec2588652871d36c6fb849edb83d122e92e6b3c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Farah <mike.farah@orchestrated.io>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 15:45:45 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Removed redundant code, updated doc w.r.t reading json files

---
 README.md                          |  1 -
 coverage.sh                        |  3 ++
 docs/convert/index.html            | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 docs/index.html                    |  2 +-
 docs/mkdocs/search_index.json      | 22 ++++++-------
 docs/read/index.html               |  3 +-
 docs/sitemap.xml                   | 10 +++---
 docs/write/index.html              |  3 +-
 json_converter.go                  | 34 --------------------
 json_converter_test.go             | 36 ---------------------
 mkdocs.yml                         |  5 +++
 mkdocs/convert.md                  | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 mkdocs/read.md                     |  4 ++-
 mkdocs/snippets/works_with_json.md |  1 +
 mkdocs/write.md                    |  3 +-
 yaml.go                            |  8 +----
 16 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 113 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 coverage.sh
 create mode 100644 mkdocs/snippets/works_with_json.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 09d9d65e..84e4fd36 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ Available Commands:
   new         yaml n [--script/-s script_file] a.b.c newValueForC
 
 Flags:
-  -J, --fromjson[=false]: input as json
   -h, --help[=false]: help for yaml
   -j, --tojson[=false]: output as json
   -t, --trim[=true]: trim yaml output
diff --git a/coverage.sh b/coverage.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8140f3bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coverage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+go test -coverprofile=coverage.out && go tool cover -html=coverage.out
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/convert/index.html b/docs/convert/index.html
index be73f134..20d4de99 100644
--- a/docs/convert/index.html
+++ b/docs/convert/index.html
@@ -252,15 +252,15 @@
     <ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix>
       
         <li class="md-nav__item">
-  <a href="#yaml2json" title="Yaml2json" class="md-nav__link">
-    Yaml2json
+  <a href="#yaml-to-json" title="Yaml to Json" class="md-nav__link">
+    Yaml to Json
   </a>
   
 </li>
       
         <li class="md-nav__item">
-  <a href="#json2yaml" title="json2yaml" class="md-nav__link">
-    json2yaml
+  <a href="#json-to-yaml" title="Json to Yaml" class="md-nav__link">
+    Json to Yaml
   </a>
   
 </li>
@@ -293,15 +293,15 @@
     <ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix>
       
         <li class="md-nav__item">
-  <a href="#yaml2json" title="Yaml2json" class="md-nav__link">
-    Yaml2json
+  <a href="#yaml-to-json" title="Yaml to Json" class="md-nav__link">
+    Yaml to Json
   </a>
   
 </li>
       
         <li class="md-nav__item">
-  <a href="#json2yaml" title="json2yaml" class="md-nav__link">
-    json2yaml
+  <a href="#json-to-yaml" title="Json to Yaml" class="md-nav__link">
+    Json to Yaml
   </a>
   
 </li>
@@ -323,10 +323,39 @@
                 
                   <h1>Convert</h1>
                 
-                <h3 id="yaml2json">Yaml2json</h3>
+                <h3 id="yaml-to-json">Yaml to Json</h3>
 <p>To convert output to json, use the --tojson (or -j) flag. This can be used with any command.</p>
-<h3 id="json2yaml">json2yaml</h3>
-<p>To read in json, use the --fromjson (or -J) flag. This can be used with any command.</p>
+<p>Given a sample.yaml file of:</p>
+<pre><code class="yaml">b:
+  c: 2
+</code></pre>
+
+<p>then</p>
+<pre><code class="bash">yaml r -j sample.yaml b.c
+</code></pre>
+
+<p>will output</p>
+<pre><code class="json">{&quot;b&quot;:{&quot;c&quot;:2}}
+</code></pre>
+
+<h3 id="json-to-yaml">Json to Yaml</h3>
+<p>To read in json, just pass in a json file instead of yaml, it will just work :)</p>
+<p>e.g given a json file</p>
+<pre><code class="json">{&quot;a&quot;:&quot;Easy! as one two three&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:{&quot;c&quot;:2,&quot;d&quot;:[3,4]}}
+</code></pre>
+
+<p>then</p>
+<pre><code class="bash">yaml r sample.json
+</code></pre>
+
+<p>will output</p>
+<pre><code class="yaml">a: Easy! as one two three
+b:
+  c: 2
+  d:
+  - 3
+  - 4
+</code></pre>
                 
                   
                 
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index 300d12cd..94695066 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
                 
                 
                 <h1 id="yaml">yaml</h1>
-<p>yaml is a lightweight and flexible command-line YAML processor</p>
+<p>yaml is a lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor</p>
 <p>The aim of the project is to be the <a href="https://github.com/stedolan/jq">jq</a> or sed of yaml files.</p>
 <h3 id="download-latest-binary"><a href="https://github.com/mikefarah/yaml/releases/latest">download latest binary</a></h3>
 <h3 id="get-the-source">get the source</h3>
diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/search_index.json b/docs/mkdocs/search_index.json
index 0f5f5a74..26a2c5c7 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/search_index.json
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/search_index.json
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
     "docs": [
         {
             "location": "/", 
-            "text": "yaml\n\n\nyaml is a lightweight and flexible command-line YAML processor\n\n\nThe aim of the project is to be the \njq\n or sed of yaml files.\n\n\ndownload latest binary\n\n\nget the source\n\n\ngo get github.com/mikefarah/yaml\n\n\n\n\n.zip\n or \ntar.gz\n\n\nView on GitHub", 
+            "text": "yaml\n\n\nyaml is a lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor\n\n\nThe aim of the project is to be the \njq\n or sed of yaml files.\n\n\ndownload latest binary\n\n\nget the source\n\n\ngo get github.com/mikefarah/yaml\n\n\n\n\n.zip\n or \ntar.gz\n\n\nView on GitHub", 
             "title": "Install"
         }, 
         {
             "location": "/#yaml", 
-            "text": "yaml is a lightweight and flexible command-line YAML processor  The aim of the project is to be the  jq  or sed of yaml files.", 
+            "text": "yaml is a lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor  The aim of the project is to be the  jq  or sed of yaml files.", 
             "title": "yaml"
         }, 
         {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         }, 
         {
             "location": "/read/", 
-            "text": "yaml r \nyaml file\n \npath\n\n\n\n\n\nBasic\n\n\nGiven a sample.yaml file of:\n\n\nb:\n  c: 2\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml r sample.yaml b.c\n\n\n\n\nwill output the value of '2'.\n\n\nFrom Stdin\n\n\nGiven a sample.yaml file of:\n\n\ncat sample.yaml | yaml r - b.c\n\n\n\n\nwill output the value of '2'.\n\n\nSplat\n\n\nGiven a sample.yaml file of:\n\n\n---\nbob:\n  item1:\n    cats: bananas\n  item2:\n    cats: apples\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml r sample.yaml bob.*.cats\n\n\n\n\nwill output\n\n\n- bananas\n- apples\n\n\n\n\nHandling '.' in the yaml key\n\n\nGiven a sample.yaml file of:\n\n\nb.x:\n  c: 2\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml r sample.yaml \\\nb.x\\\n.c\n\n\n\n\nwill output the value of '2'.\n\n\nArrays\n\n\nYou can give an index to access a specific element:\ne.g.: given a sample file of\n\n\nb:\n  e:\n    - name: fred\n      value: 3\n    - name: sam\n      value: 4\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml r sample.yaml b.e[1].name\n\n\n\n\nwill output 'sam'\n\n\nArray Splat\n\n\ne.g.: given a sample file of\n\n\nb:\n  e:\n    - name: fred\n      value: 3\n    - name: sam\n      value: 4\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml r sample.yaml b.e[*].name\n\n\n\n\nwill output:\n\n\n- fred\n- sam", 
+            "text": "yaml r \nyaml_file|json_file\n \npath\n\n\n\n\n\nThis command can take a json file as input too, and will output yaml unless specified to export as json (-j)\n\n\nBasic\n\n\nGiven a sample.yaml file of:\n\n\nb:\n  c: 2\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml r sample.yaml b.c\n\n\n\n\nwill output the value of '2'.\n\n\nFrom Stdin\n\n\nGiven a sample.yaml file of:\n\n\ncat sample.yaml | yaml r - b.c\n\n\n\n\nwill output the value of '2'.\n\n\nSplat\n\n\nGiven a sample.yaml file of:\n\n\n---\nbob:\n  item1:\n    cats: bananas\n  item2:\n    cats: apples\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml r sample.yaml bob.*.cats\n\n\n\n\nwill output\n\n\n- bananas\n- apples\n\n\n\n\nHandling '.' in the yaml key\n\n\nGiven a sample.yaml file of:\n\n\nb.x:\n  c: 2\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml r sample.yaml \\\nb.x\\\n.c\n\n\n\n\nwill output the value of '2'.\n\n\nArrays\n\n\nYou can give an index to access a specific element:\ne.g.: given a sample file of\n\n\nb:\n  e:\n    - name: fred\n      value: 3\n    - name: sam\n      value: 4\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml r sample.yaml b.e[1].name\n\n\n\n\nwill output 'sam'\n\n\nArray Splat\n\n\ne.g.: given a sample file of\n\n\nb:\n  e:\n    - name: fred\n      value: 3\n    - name: sam\n      value: 4\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml r sample.yaml b.e[*].name\n\n\n\n\nwill output:\n\n\n- fred\n- sam", 
             "title": "Read"
         }, 
         {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         }, 
         {
             "location": "/write/", 
-            "text": "yaml w \nyaml file\n \npath\n \nnew value\n\n\n\n\n\nTo Stdout\n\n\nGiven a sample.yaml file of:\n\n\nb:\n  c: 2\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml w sample.yaml b.c cat\n\n\n\n\nwill output:\n\n\nb:\n  c: cat\n\n\n\n\nFrom STDIN\n\n\ncat sample.yaml | yaml w - b.c blah\n\n\n\n\nAdding new fields\n\n\nAny missing fields in the path will be created on the fly.\n\n\nGiven a sample.yaml file of:\n\n\nb:\n  c: 2\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml w sample.yaml b.d[0] \nnew thing\n\n\n\n\n\nwill output:\n\n\nb:\n  c: cat\n  d:\n    - new thing\n\n\n\n\nUpdating files in-place\n\n\nGiven a sample.yaml file of:\n\n\nb:\n  c: 2\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml w -i sample.yaml b.c cat\n\n\n\n\nwill update the sample.yaml file so that the value of 'c' is cat.\n\n\nUpdating multiple values with a script\n\n\nGiven a sample.yaml file of:\n\n\nb:\n  c: 2\n  e:\n    - name: Billy Bob\n\n\n\n\nand a script update_instructions.yaml of:\n\n\nb.c: 3\nb.e[0].name: Howdy Partner\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml w -s update_instructions.yaml sample.yaml\n\n\n\n\nwill output:\n\n\nb:\n  c: 3\n  e:\n    - name: Howdy Partner\n\n\n\n\nAnd, of course, you can pipe the instructions in using '-':\n\n\ncat update_instructions.yaml | yaml w -s - sample.yaml", 
+            "text": "yaml w \nyaml_file|json_file\n \npath\n \nnew value\n\n\n\n\n\nThis command can take a json file as input too, and will output yaml unless specified to export as json (-j)\n\n\nTo Stdout\n\n\nGiven a sample.yaml file of:\n\n\nb:\n  c: 2\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml w sample.yaml b.c cat\n\n\n\n\nwill output:\n\n\nb:\n  c: cat\n\n\n\n\nFrom STDIN\n\n\ncat sample.yaml | yaml w - b.c blah\n\n\n\n\nAdding new fields\n\n\nAny missing fields in the path will be created on the fly.\n\n\nGiven a sample.yaml file of:\n\n\nb:\n  c: 2\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml w sample.yaml b.d[0] \nnew thing\n\n\n\n\n\nwill output:\n\n\nb:\n  c: cat\n  d:\n    - new thing\n\n\n\n\nUpdating files in-place\n\n\nGiven a sample.yaml file of:\n\n\nb:\n  c: 2\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml w -i sample.yaml b.c cat\n\n\n\n\nwill update the sample.yaml file so that the value of 'c' is cat.\n\n\nUpdating multiple values with a script\n\n\nGiven a sample.yaml file of:\n\n\nb:\n  c: 2\n  e:\n    - name: Billy Bob\n\n\n\n\nand a script update_instructions.yaml of:\n\n\nb.c: 3\nb.e[0].name: Howdy Partner\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml w -s update_instructions.yaml sample.yaml\n\n\n\n\nwill output:\n\n\nb:\n  c: 3\n  e:\n    - name: Howdy Partner\n\n\n\n\nAnd, of course, you can pipe the instructions in using '-':\n\n\ncat update_instructions.yaml | yaml w -s - sample.yaml", 
             "title": "Write/Update"
         }, 
         {
@@ -102,18 +102,18 @@
         }, 
         {
             "location": "/convert/", 
-            "text": "Yaml2json\n\n\nTo convert output to json, use the --tojson (or -j) flag. This can be used with any command.\n\n\njson2yaml\n\n\nTo read in json, use the --fromjson (or -J) flag. This can be used with any command.", 
+            "text": "Yaml to Json\n\n\nTo convert output to json, use the --tojson (or -j) flag. This can be used with any command.\n\n\nGiven a sample.yaml file of:\n\n\nb:\n  c: 2\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml r -j sample.yaml b.c\n\n\n\n\nwill output\n\n\n{\nb\n:{\nc\n:2}}\n\n\n\n\nJson to Yaml\n\n\nTo read in json, just pass in a json file instead of yaml, it will just work :)\n\n\ne.g given a json file\n\n\n{\na\n:\nEasy! as one two three\n,\nb\n:{\nc\n:2,\nd\n:[3,4]}}\n\n\n\n\nthen\n\n\nyaml r sample.json\n\n\n\n\nwill output\n\n\na: Easy! as one two three\nb:\n  c: 2\n  d:\n  - 3\n  - 4", 
             "title": "Convert"
         }, 
         {
-            "location": "/convert/#yaml2json", 
-            "text": "To convert output to json, use the --tojson (or -j) flag. This can be used with any command.", 
-            "title": "Yaml2json"
+            "location": "/convert/#yaml-to-json", 
+            "text": "To convert output to json, use the --tojson (or -j) flag. This can be used with any command.  Given a sample.yaml file of:  b:\n  c: 2  then  yaml r -j sample.yaml b.c  will output  { b :{ c :2}}", 
+            "title": "Yaml to Json"
         }, 
         {
-            "location": "/convert/#json2yaml", 
-            "text": "To read in json, use the --fromjson (or -J) flag. This can be used with any command.", 
-            "title": "json2yaml"
+            "location": "/convert/#json-to-yaml", 
+            "text": "To read in json, just pass in a json file instead of yaml, it will just work :)  e.g given a json file  { a : Easy! as one two three , b :{ c :2, d :[3,4]}}  then  yaml r sample.json  will output  a: Easy! as one two three\nb:\n  c: 2\n  d:\n  - 3\n  - 4", 
+            "title": "Json to Yaml"
         }
     ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/read/index.html b/docs/read/index.html
index cec64fea..4e0e7999 100644
--- a/docs/read/index.html
+++ b/docs/read/index.html
@@ -379,9 +379,10 @@
                 
                   <h1>Read</h1>
                 
-                <pre><code>yaml r &lt;yaml file&gt; &lt;path&gt;
+                <pre><code>yaml r &lt;yaml_file|json_file&gt; &lt;path&gt;
 </code></pre>
 
+<p>This command can take a json file as input too, and will output yaml unless specified to export as json (-j)</p>
 <h3 id="basic">Basic</h3>
 <p>Given a sample.yaml file of:</p>
 <pre><code class="yaml">b:
diff --git a/docs/sitemap.xml b/docs/sitemap.xml
index 6516b614..d62befd4 100644
--- a/docs/sitemap.xml
+++ b/docs/sitemap.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     
     <url>
      <loc>/</loc>
-     <lastmod>2017-04-13</lastmod>
+     <lastmod>2017-04-19</lastmod>
      <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
     </url>
     
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     
     <url>
      <loc>/read/</loc>
-     <lastmod>2017-04-13</lastmod>
+     <lastmod>2017-04-19</lastmod>
      <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
     </url>
     
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     
     <url>
      <loc>/write/</loc>
-     <lastmod>2017-04-13</lastmod>
+     <lastmod>2017-04-19</lastmod>
      <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
     </url>
     
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     
     <url>
      <loc>/create/</loc>
-     <lastmod>2017-04-13</lastmod>
+     <lastmod>2017-04-19</lastmod>
      <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
     </url>
     
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     
     <url>
      <loc>/convert/</loc>
-     <lastmod>2017-04-13</lastmod>
+     <lastmod>2017-04-19</lastmod>
      <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
     </url>
     
diff --git a/docs/write/index.html b/docs/write/index.html
index 89b7b15b..1d573c8a 100644
--- a/docs/write/index.html
+++ b/docs/write/index.html
@@ -365,9 +365,10 @@
                 
                   <h1>Write/Update</h1>
                 
-                <pre><code>yaml w &lt;yaml file&gt; &lt;path&gt; &lt;new value&gt;
+                <pre><code>yaml w &lt;yaml_file|json_file&gt; &lt;path&gt; &lt;new value&gt;
 </code></pre>
 
+<p>This command can take a json file as input too, and will output yaml unless specified to export as json (-j)</p>
 <h3 id="to-stdout">To Stdout</h3>
 <p>Given a sample.yaml file of:</p>
 <pre><code class="yaml">b:
diff --git a/json_converter.go b/json_converter.go
index 893ca798..98887f53 100644
--- a/json_converter.go
+++ b/json_converter.go
@@ -5,19 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mikefarah/yaml/Godeps/_workspace/src/gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
-func fromJSONBytes(jsonBytes []byte, parsedData *map[interface{}]interface{}) {
-	*parsedData = make(map[interface{}]interface{})
-	var jsonData map[string]interface{}
-	err := json.Unmarshal(jsonBytes, &jsonData)
-	if err != nil {
-		die("error parsing data: ", err)
-	}
-
-	for key, value := range jsonData {
-		(*parsedData)[key] = fromJSON(value)
-	}
-}
-
 func jsonToString(context interface{}) string {
 	out, err := json.Marshal(toJSON(context))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -26,27 +13,6 @@ func jsonToString(context interface{}) string {
 	return string(out)
 }
 
-func fromJSON(context interface{}) interface{} {
-	switch context.(type) {
-	case []interface{}:
-		oldArray := context.([]interface{})
-		newArray := make([]interface{}, len(oldArray))
-		for index, value := range oldArray {
-			newArray[index] = fromJSON(value)
-		}
-		return newArray
-	case map[string]interface{}:
-		oldMap := context.(map[string]interface{})
-		newMap := make(map[interface{}]interface{})
-		for key, value := range oldMap {
-			newMap[key] = fromJSON(value)
-		}
-		return newMap
-	default:
-		return context
-	}
-}
-
 func toJSON(context interface{}) interface{} {
 	switch context.(type) {
 	case []interface{}:
diff --git a/json_converter_test.go b/json_converter_test.go
index 984fd10c..0a1adfb2 100644
--- a/json_converter_test.go
+++ b/json_converter_test.go
@@ -1,35 +1,9 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"testing"
 )
 
-func TestJsonFromString(t *testing.T) {
-	var data = parseJSONData(`
-  {
-    "b": {
-      "c": 2
-    }
-  }
-`)
-	assertResult(t, "map[b:map[c:2]]", fmt.Sprintf("%v", data))
-}
-
-func TestJsonFromString_withArray(t *testing.T) {
-	var data = parseJSONData(`
-  {
-    "b": [
-      { "c": 5 },
-      { "c": 6 }
-    ]
-  }
-`)
-	assertResult(t, "map[b:[map[c:5] map[c:6]]]", fmt.Sprintf("%v", data))
-}
-
 func TestJsonToString(t *testing.T) {
 	var data = parseData(`
 ---
@@ -48,13 +22,3 @@ b:
 `)
 	assertResult(t, "{\"b\":[{\"item\":\"one\"},{\"item\":\"two\"}]}", jsonToString(data))
 }
-
-func parseJSONData(rawData string) map[string]interface{} {
-	var parsedData map[string]interface{}
-	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(rawData), &parsedData)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error parsing json: ", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	return parsedData
-}
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 7ba1b5ba..39c7c435 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,8 @@ extra:
       link: 'https://github.com/mikefarah'
     - type: 'linkedin'
       link: 'https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-farah-b5a75b2/'
+
+markdown_extensions:
+  - markdown_include.include:
+      base_path: mkdocs
+  - toc(permalink=true)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mkdocs/convert.md b/mkdocs/convert.md
index 2f369c4e..0d92c709 100644
--- a/mkdocs/convert.md
+++ b/mkdocs/convert.md
@@ -1,5 +1,40 @@
-### Yaml2json
+### Yaml to Json
 To convert output to json, use the --tojson (or -j) flag. This can be used with any command.
 
-### json2yaml
-To read in json, use the --fromjson (or -J) flag. This can be used with any command.
+Given a sample.yaml file of:
+```yaml
+b:
+  c: 2
+```
+then
+```bash
+yaml r -j sample.yaml b.c
+```
+
+will output
+```json
+{"b":{"c":2}}
+```
+
+### Json to Yaml
+To read in json, just pass in a json file instead of yaml, it will just work :)
+
+e.g given a json file
+
+```json
+{"a":"Easy! as one two three","b":{"c":2,"d":[3,4]}}
+```
+then
+```bash
+yaml r sample.json
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+a: Easy! as one two three
+b:
+  c: 2
+  d:
+  - 3
+  - 4
+```
+
diff --git a/mkdocs/read.md b/mkdocs/read.md
index 220c5b9f..b9a4bbdd 100644
--- a/mkdocs/read.md
+++ b/mkdocs/read.md
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 ```
-yaml r <yaml file> <path>
+yaml r <yaml_file|json_file> <path>
 ```
 
+{!snippets/works_with_json.md!}
+
 ### Basic
 Given a sample.yaml file of:
 ```yaml
diff --git a/mkdocs/snippets/works_with_json.md b/mkdocs/snippets/works_with_json.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8786c045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mkdocs/snippets/works_with_json.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This command can take a json file as input too, and will output yaml unless specified to export as json (-j)
diff --git a/mkdocs/write.md b/mkdocs/write.md
index 7a8c7692..4d51c1d9 100644
--- a/mkdocs/write.md
+++ b/mkdocs/write.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ```
-yaml w <yaml file> <path> <new value>
+yaml w <yaml_file|json_file> <path> <new value>
 ```
+{!snippets/works_with_json.md!}
 
 ### To Stdout
 Given a sample.yaml file of:
diff --git a/yaml.go b/yaml.go
index f90d47bf..af62ac70 100644
--- a/yaml.go
+++ b/yaml.go
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ func main() {
 	var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{Use: "yaml"}
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&trimOutput, "trim", "t", true, "trim yaml output")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&outputToJSON, "tojson", "j", false, "output as json")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&inputJSON, "fromjson", "J", false, "input as json")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "verbose mode")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(cmdRead, cmdWrite, cmdNew)
 	rootCmd.Execute()
@@ -247,12 +246,7 @@ func readData(filename string, parsedData interface{}, readAsJSON bool) {
 		rawData = readFile(filename)
 	}
 
-	var err interface{}
-	if readAsJSON {
-		fromJSONBytes([]byte(rawData), parsedData.(*map[interface{}]interface{}))
-	} else {
-		err = yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(rawData), parsedData)
-	}
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(rawData), parsedData)
 	if err != nil {
 		die("error parsing data: ", err)
 	}