events: outputs invalid JSON

[leighmcculloch]

What version are you using?

v21.3.0

What did you do?

Requested the output of events in JSON form:

$ stellar events --start-ledger 1000515 --output json
{
  "type": "diagnostic",
  "ledger": 1000515,
  "ledgerClosedAt": "2024-08-11T18:20:19Z",
  "id": "0004297179204177920-0000000000",
  "pagingToken": "0004297179204177920-0000000000",
  "contractId": "",
  "topic": [
    "AAAADwAAAAdmbl9jYWxsAA==",
    "AAAADQAAACBVkqNeeMWaJ6fGFVD0NhNxSTQdXVfI6TONZODy5H/xvg==",
    "AAAADwAAAAlzZXRfcHJpY2UAAAA="
  ],
  "value": "AAAAEAAAAAEAAAACAAAAEAAAAAEAAAAQAAAACgAAAAAAAAAAU7CiG+HJShAAAAAKAAAAAAAAAAADqvucLHjDIgAAAAoAAAAAAAAAAAAAWvzqKM15AAAACgAAAAAAAAAAAAAz7BHJ4iwAAAAKAAAAAAAAAAAANOdwTbnMWQAAAAoAAAAAAAAAAAAAWvKqC0vOAAAACgAAAAAAAAAAAAAfDiD/rEgAAAAKAAAAAAAAAAAAB4yGUE68jgAAAAoAAAAAAAAAAAABpOHhhG/JAAAACgAAAAAAAAAAAAAmGsNlXeQAAAAKAAAAAAAAAAAAA7ZGtuJERAAAAAoAAAAAAAAAAAAAWvHB1yXiAAAACgAAAAAAAAAAAAHKF+UGqFIAAAAKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAkcwiD1iQAAAAoAAAAAAAAAAAACLe/o7dfAAAAACgAAAAAAAAAAAABj8qDTiisAAAAFAAABkUKrLIA="
}
...
{
  "type": "diagnostic",
  "ledger": 1000515,
  "ledgerClosedAt": "2024-08-11T18:20:19Z",
  "id": "0004297179204177920-0000000009",
  "pagingToken": "0004297179204177920-0000000009",
  "contractId": "",
  "topic": [
    "AAAADwAAAAxjb3JlX21ldHJpY3M=",
    "AAAADwAAAA93cml0ZV9kYXRhX2J5dGUA"
  ],
  "value": "AAAABQAAAAAAAAs8"
}
Latest Ledger: 1005534

What did you expect to see?

JSON.

What did you see instead?

JSON, followed by text appended at the end. Both are outputted to stdout, meaning the output of the command cannot be used as is and piped to programs that accept JSON.