guys there is a json option actually for hyprctl

.config/hypr/test.c

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+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int main(void) {
+  char *sig = getenv("HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE");
+  char *runtime_dir = getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR");
+  struct sockaddr_un addr;
+  int sockfd;
+  if (!sig) {
+    printf("HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE not set\n");
+    return 1;
+  }
+  if (!runtime_dir) {
+    printf("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set\n");
+    return 1;
+  }
+  char *path;
+  asprintf(&path, "%s/hypr/%s/.socket.sock", runtime_dir, sig);
+  printf("Opening %s\n", path);
+  if ((sockfd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == -1) {
+    perror("socket");
+    return 1;
+  }
+  memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
+  addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+  strncpy(addr.sun_path, path, sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1);
+
+  if (connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1) {
+    perror("connect");
+    close(sockfd);
+    return 1;
+  }
+  printf("Connected to %s\n", path);
+  char* command = "monitors";
+  write(sockfd, command, strlen(command));
+  char buf[1024];
+  while (1) {
+    int n = read(sockfd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+    if (n <= 0)
+      break;
+    buf[n] = '\0';
+    printf("%s", buf);
+  }
+  close(sockfd);
+}