Hello Luadata
---
luadata is a Go library that converts Lua data files into JSON. This is
especially useful for parsing game addon data like World of Warcraft
SavedVariables files.

Let's start with the simplest case: a single variable assignment.
---lua
playerName = "Thrall"
---
This Lua file assigns the string "Thrall" to a variable called playerName.
luadata parses this into a JSON object where the variable name becomes a key.
---go
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"

    "github.com/mmobeus/luadata"
)

func main() {
    input := []byte(`playerName = "Thrall"`)
    reader, err := luadata.ToJSON(input)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    result, _ := io.ReadAll(reader)
    fmt.Println(string(result))
}
---output
{
  "playerName": "Thrall"
}
---
You can also convert from a file on disk using FileToJSON, from a string
using TextToJSON, or from any io.Reader using ReaderToJSON.

The CLI tool provides the same conversion from the command line.
---bash
echo 'playerName = "Thrall"' | luadata tojson -
---output
{
  "playerName": "Thrall"
}
