dereference.js

if (!process.argv[2]){
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    sdfsdfsdfconsole.log('Emergency exit! first parameter "source" not specified.')
    return process.exit(0);
} else {
    console.log(`using '${process.argv[2]}' as a source`)
}

var destination = 'dereferenced.json';

if (process.argv[3]){
    destination = process.argv[3];
    console.log(`destination set to: '${destination}'`);
} else {
    console.log(`using default destination: '${destination}'`);
}

var $RefParser = require('json-schema-ref-parser');
var fs = require('fs');
var file1 = fs.readFileSync(process.argv[2], 'utf8');

var mySchema = JSON.parse(file1);

$RefParser.dereference(mySchema)
  .then(function(schema) {
    console.log('done!');
    var cache = [];
    var newSchemaTxt = JSON.stringify(schema, function(key, value){
        if (typeof value === 'object' && value !== null) {
            if (cache.indexOf(value) !== -1) {
                // Duplicate reference found
                    try {
                        // If this value does not reference a parent it can be deduped
                        return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(value));
                    } catch (error) {
                        // discard key if value cannot be deduped
                        return;
                    }
                }
                // Store value in our collection
                cache.push(value);
            }
            return value;
        });
    cache = null;

    fs.writeFile(destination, newSchemaTxt, 'utf8', function(){
        console.log('new file written!');
    });
  })
  .catch(function(err) {
    console.error(err);
  });