custom-json-diff
Comparing two JSON files presents an issue when the two files have certain fields which are dynamically generated (e.g. timestamps), variable ordering, or other field which need to be excluded for one reason or another. Enter custom-json-diff, which allows you to specify fields to ignore in the comparison and sorts all fields.
Installation
pip install custom-json-diff
CLI Usage
usage: cjd [-h] -i INPUT INPUT [-o OUTPUT] (-c CONFIG | -x EXCLUDE [EXCLUDE ...] | -p {cdxgen})
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-i INPUT INPUT, --input INPUT INPUT
Two JSON files to compare
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
Export JSON of differences to this file
-c CONFIG, --config-file CONFIG
Import TOML configuration file
-x EXCLUDE [EXCLUDE ...], --exclude EXCLUDE [EXCLUDE ...]
Exclude field(s) from comparison
-p {cdxgen}, --preset {cdxgen}
Preset to use
Specifying fields to exclude
To exclude fields from comparison, use the -x or --exclude flag and specify the field name(s)
to exclude. The json will be flattened, so fields are specified using dot notation. For example:
{
"field1": {
"field2": "value",
"field3": [
{"a": "val1", "b": "val2"},
{"a": "val3", "b": "val4"}
]
}
}
is flattened to:
{
"field1.field2": "value",
"field1.field3.[0].a": "val1",
"field1.field3.[0].b": "val2",
"field1.field3.[1].a": "val3",
"field1.field3.[1].b": "val4"
}
To exclude field2, you would specify field1.field2. To exclude the a field in the array of
objects, you would specify field1.field3.[].a. custom-json-diff will create a regex which will
account for the array index in the field name. Multiple fields may be specified separated by a
space. To better understand what your fields should be, check out json-flatten, which is the
package used for this function.
Sorting
custom-json-diff will sort the imported JSON alphabetically. If your JSON document contains arrays of objects, you will need to specify any keys you want to sort by in a toml file or use a preset. The first key located from the provided keys that is present in the object will be used for sorting.
TOML config file example
[settings]
excluded_fields = ["serialNumber", "metadata.timestamp"]
sort_keys = ["url", "content", "ref", "name", "value"]
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