npm install JSONPath
var jsonpath = require('JSONPath');
jsonpath.eval(obj, path);
Or more concisely:
var jsonpath = require('JSONPath').eval;
jsonpath(obj, path);
Given the following JSON, taken from http://goessner.net/articles/JsonPath/ :
{ "store": {
"book": [
{ "category": "reference",
"author": "Nigel Rees",
"title": "Sayings of the Century",
"price": 8.95
},
{ "category": "fiction",
"author": "Evelyn Waugh",
"title": "Sword of Honour",
"price": 12.99
},
{ "category": "fiction",
"author": "Herman Melville",
"title": "Moby Dick",
"isbn": "0-553-21311-3",
"price": 8.99
},
{ "category": "fiction",
"author": "J. R. R. Tolkien",
"title": "The Lord of the Rings",
"isbn": "0-395-19395-8",
"price": 22.99
}
],
"bicycle": {
"color": "red",
"price": 19.95
}
}
}
| XPath | JSONPath | Result |
|---|---|---|
| /store/book/author | $.store.book[*].author | the authors of all books in the store |
| //author | $..author | all authors |
| /store/* | $.store.* | all things in store, which are some books and a red bicycle. |
| /store//price | $.store..price | the price of everything in the store. |
| //book[3] | $..book[2] | the third book |
| //book[last()] | $..book[(@.length-1)] | the last book in order. |
| $..book[-1:] |
//book[position()<3]|
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