NAME
Data::Dump::Partial - Dump data structure compactly and potentially
partially
VERSION
This document describes version 0.070 of Data::Dump::Partial (from Perl
distribution Data-Dump-Partial), released on 2024-01-02.
SYNOPSIS
use Data::Dump::Partial qw(dump_partial dumpp);
dump_partial([1, "some long string", 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]);
# prints something like: [1, "some long st...", 3, 4, 5, ...]
# specify options
dumpp($data, $more_data, {max_total_len => 50, max_keys => 4});
# mask passwords specified in hash key values
dumpp({auth_info=>{user=>"jajang", password=>"secret"}, foo=>1, bar=>2},
{mask_keys_regex=>qr/\Apass\z|passw(or)?d/i});
# prints something like:
# {auth_info=>{user=>"jajang", password=>"***"}, foo=>1, bar=>2}
DESCRIPTION
FUNCTIONS
dump_partial(..., $opts)
Dump one more data structures compactly and potentially partially. Uses
Data::Dump::Filtered as the backend.
By compactly, it means all indents and comments and newlines are
removed, so the output all fits in one line.
By partially, it means only up to a certain amount of data are
dumped/shown: string longer than a certain length will be truncated
(with "..." appended in the end), array more than a certain number of
elements will be truncated, and hash containing more than a certain
number of pairs will be truncated. The total length of dump is also
limited. When truncating hash you can specify which keys to
discard/preserve first. You can also mask certain hash key values (for
example, to avoid exposing passwords in dumps).
$opts is a hashref, optional only when there is one data to dump, with
the following known keys:
* max_total_len => NUM
Total length of output before it gets truncated with an ellipsis.
Default is 80.
* max_len => NUM
Maximum length of a scalar (string, etc) to show before the rest get
truncated with an ellipsis. Default is 32.
* max_keys => NUM
Number of key pairs of a hash to show before the rest get truncated
with an ellipsis. Default is 5.
* max_elems => NUM
Number of elements of an array to show before the rest get truncated
with an ellipsis. Default is 5.
* precious_keys => [KEY, ...]
Never truncate these keys (even if it results in max_keys limit
being exceeded).
* worthless_keys => [KEY, ...]
When needing to truncate hash keys, search for these first.
* hide_keys => [KEY, ...]
Always truncate these hash keys, no matter what. This is actually
also implemented by Data::Dump::Filtered.
* mask_keys_regex => REGEX
When encountering keys that match certain regex, mask the values
with '***'. This can be useful if you want to mask passwords, e.g.:
mask_keys_regex => qr/\Apass\z|passw(or)?d/i. If you want more
general masking, you can use pair_filter.
* pair_filter => CODE
CODE will be called for each hash key/value pair encountered in the
data. It will be given ($key, $value) as argument and is expected to
return a list of zero or more of keys and values. The example below
implements something similar to what mask_keys_regex accomplishes:
# mask each password character with '*'
hash_pair_filter => sub {
my ($k, $v) = @_;
if ($k =~ /\Apass\z|passw(or)?d/i) {
$v =~ s/./*/g;
}
($k, $v);
}
* dd_filter => \&sub
If you have other Data::Dump::Filtered filter you want to execute,
you can pass it here.
dumpp
An alias for dump_filtered().
FAQ
What is the point/purpose of this module?
Sometimes you want to dump a data structure, but need it to be short,
more than need it to be complete, for example when logging to log files
or database.
Is the dump result eval()-able? Will the dump result eval() to produce the original data?
Sometimes it is/will, sometimes it does/will not if it gets truncated.
HOMEPAGE
Please visit the project's homepage at
<https://metacpan.org/release/Data-Dump-Partial>.
SOURCE
Source repository is at
<https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Data-Dump-Partial>.
SEE ALSO
Data::Dump::Filtered
AUTHOR
perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>
CONTRIBUTOR
Steven Haryanto <stevenharyanto@gmail.com>
CONTRIBUTING
To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull
requests on GitHub.
Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You
can simply modify the code, then test via:
% prove -l
If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally
on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla,
Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR,
Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two
other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps
required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2024, 2023, 2014, 2012, 2010 by perlancar
<perlancar@cpan.org>.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website
<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Data-Dump-Partial>
When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch
to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.