jsonpath2 0.3.1

JSONPath implementation for Python

jsonpath2

This repository contains an implementation of JSONPath (XPath for JSON) for the Python programming language.

API

Path class

The jsonpath2.path.Path class represents a JSONPath.

>>> s = '{"hello":"Hello, world!"}'
'{"hello":"Hello, world!"}'
>>> import json
>>> d = json.loads(s)
{'hello':'Hello, world!'}
>>> from jsonpath2.path import Path
>>> p = Path.parse_str('$["hello"]')
<jsonpath2.path.Path object>
>>> list(map(lambda match_data: match_data.current_value, p.match(d)))
['Hello, world!']
>>> list(map(lambda match_data: match_data.node.tojsonpath(), p.match(d)))
['$["hello"]']

This class is constructed with respect to the given instance of the jsonpath2.nodes.root.RootNode class (viz., the root_node property).

parse_str(strdata) class method

Parse the given string and return a new instance of this class.

parse_file(fileName, encoding='ascii') class method

Parse the contents of the given file and return a new instance of this class.

match(root_value) instance method

Match the given JSON data structure against this instance. For each match, yield an instance of the jsonpath2.node.MatchData class.

__eq__(other) instance method

Tests if two instances are equal.

__str__() instance method

Returns the string representation of this instance.

root_node property

The root node of the abstract syntax tree for this instance.

Node abstract class

The jsonpath2.node.Node class represents the abstract syntax tree for a JSONPath.

__eq__(other) instance method

Tests if two instances are equal.

__jsonpath__() instance method

Yields the lexer tokens for the string representation of this instance.

match(root_value, current_value) instance method

Match the given root and current JSON data structures against this instance. For each match, yield an instance of the jsonpath2.node.MatchData class.

tojsonpath() instance method

Returns the string representation of this instance.

MatchData class

The jsonpath2.node.MatchData class represents the JSON value and context for a JSONPath match.

This class is constructed with respect to a root JSON value, a current JSON value, and an abstract syntax tree node.

__eq__(other) instance method

Tests if two instances are equal.

root_value property

The root JSON value.

current_value property

The current JSON value (i.e., the matching JSON value).

node property

The abstract syntax tree node.

Syntax

XPath	JSONPath	Description
/	$	the root JSON value
.	@	the current JSON value
/	. or []	child operator
//	..	recursive descent (depth-first search)
*	*	wildcard (all elements of a JSON array; all values of a JSON object; otherwise none)
[]	[]	subscript operator
|	[,]	union operator (for two or more subscript operators)
n/a	[start:end:step]	slice operator (subset of elements of a JSON array)
[]	?()	filter expression (for use with subscript operator)

JSONPath Filter Expression	Description
$ or @	nested JSONPath (returns true if any match exists; otherwise, returns false)
=, !=, >, >=, <, <=	binary operator, where left- and right-hand operands are nested JSONPaths or JSON values (returns true if any match exists; otherwise, returns false)
and, or, not	Boolean operator, where operands are JSONPath filter expressions
( ... )	parentheses

Functions

See #14 for more information.

The syntax for a function call is the name of the function followed by the arguments in parentheses, i.e., name(arg1, arg2, ..., argN), where the arguments are either JSONPaths or JSON values.

>>> s = '{"hello":"Hello, world!"}'
'{"hello":"Hello, world!"}'
>>> import json
>>> d = json.loads(s)
{'hello':'Hello, world!'}
>>> from jsonpath2.path import Path
>>> p = Path.parse_str('$["hello"][length()]')
<jsonpath2.path.Path object>
>>> list(map(lambda match_data: match_data.current_value, p.match(d)))
[13]
>>> list(map(lambda match_data: match_data.node.tojsonpath(), p.match(d)))
['$["hello"][length()]']

JavaScript Function	Signature
Array.length	length(): int
Array.prototype.entries()	entries(): List[Tuple[int, Any]]
Array.prototype.keys()	keys(): List[int]
Array.prototype.values()	values(): List[Any]
Object.entries()	entries(): List[Tuple[str, Any]]
Object.keys()	keys(): List[str]
Object.values()	values(): List[Any]
string.length	length(): int
String.prototype.charAt()	charAt(index: int): str
String.prototype.substring()	substring(indexStart: int, indexEnd: Optional[int]): str

In the above table, the type aliases (Any, List, Optional and Tuple) are defined by the typing module from the Python Standard Library.

Grammar and parser

The ANTLR v4 grammar for JSONPath is available at jsonpath2/parser/JSONPath.g4.

Installing ANTLR v4

Adapted from https://github.com/antlr/antlr4/blob/master/doc/getting-started.md.

cd /usr/local/lib
curl -O http://www.antlr.org/download/antlr-4.7.1-complete.jar

export CLASSPATH=".:/usr/local/lib/antlr-4.7.1-complete.jar:$CLASSPATH"

alias antlr4='java -Xmx500M -cp "/usr/local/lib/antlr-4.7.1-complete.jar:$CLASSPATH" org.antlr.v4.Tool'
alias grun='java org.antlr.v4.gui.TestRig'

Building the parser for the grammar

Adapted from https://github.com/antlr/antlr4/blob/master/doc/python-target.md.

antlr4 -Dlanguage=Python3 -o . -lib . jsonpath2/parser/JSONPath.g4