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dchester / jsonpath

Query and manipulate JavaScript objects with JSONPath expressions. Robust JSONPath engine for Node.js.
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output of stringify function not compatible with query function #161

Open joelleortiz opened 3 years ago

joelleortiz commented 3 years ago

When using stringify, the path expression output is not directly compatible for use in the query function to get data from objects.

stringify output: $.response.items["*"]["iso-1234"]
query input: $.response.items[*]['iso-1234']

stringify output: $.items["*"]["\"te\\st\""]
query input: $.items[*]['\"te\\st\"']

i suspect it's because of the JSON.stringify step for string literals:

https://github.com/dchester/jsonpath/blob/c1dd8ec74034fb0375233abb5fdbec51ac317b4b/lib/index.js#L179

Are the two functions (stringify and query) meant to be used together in this way? Or is there any other way to generate a path expression from an array of element paths that can be directly used to query data later?

beckyconning commented 2 years ago

Struggling with the same issue of [*] becoming ["*"].