Feature Request: JSON export option for Material List

[hellosagar]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I'm building automation scripts that process material lists from Litematica exports. Currently, the material list is exported as an ASCII table, which requires custom string parsing to extract item names and counts. This is error-prone and breaks if the table formatting changes slightly.

Describe the solution you'd like

Add an option to export the material list in JSON format. For example:

{
  "materials": [
    { "item": "Jungle Log", "total": 9, "missing": 9, "available": 0 },
    { "item": "Oak Planks", "total": 24, "missing": 12, "available": 12 }
  ]
}

This could be a separate export option alongside the existing table format, or a config toggle.

Describe alternatives you've considered

• Writing a custom parser for the ASCII table format - works but is fragile and requires maintenance if the table structure changes
• Manually converting exports - not scalable for multiple builds

Additional context

Current export format for reference:

+------------------------------------------+-------+---------+-----------+
| Item                                     | Total | Missing | Available |
+------------------------------------------+-------+---------+-----------+
| Jungle Log                               |     9 |       9 |         9 |
+------------------------------------------+-------+---------+-----------+

JSON is a widely supported standard that would make integration with external tools, websites, and automation pipelines much easier for the community.

[maruohon]

If you are working with automation scripts, then is the mod even the correct/most convenient source of the data in the first place? Maybe the material list should also be script generated? Or what is your sort of "source data set" like?

But in any case, as this may still be useful ofc, I'll add it to my todo list. (But not that it being on my todo list has very little to do with it appearing in any recent MC version mod builds any time soon... my main dev code is still in 1.12.2, and progressing very slowly these days. :/)