JSONxs

JSONxs is a Python library that uses a path expression string to get and set values in JSON and Python datastructures. It's slightly similar to JSONPath, but supports only simpler expressions and allows modifications.

JSONxs is safe to use with untrusted input.

Examples

Given the folowing datastructure:

::

d = {
  'feed': {
    'id': 'my_feed',
    'url': 'http://example.com/feed.rss',
    'tags': ['devel', 'example', 'python'],
    'short.desc': 'A feed',
  }
}

We can get, set and delete values from the stucture.

::

jsonxs(d, 'feed.id')                                  # Get the 'id' field: 'my_feed'
jsonxs(d, 'feed.tags')                                # Get the list of tags.
jsonxs(d, 'feed.tags[-1]')                            # Get the last item in the 'tags' list: 'python'
jsonxs(d, 'feed.short\.desc')                         # Escape special char
jsonxs(d, 'feed.long\.desc', default='N/A')           # Return default when key not found
jsonxs(d, 'feed.id', ACTION_SET, 'your_feed')         # Set feed id to 'your_feed'
jsonxs(d, 'feed.tags[-1]', ACTION_SET, 'javascript')  # Replace 'python' with 'javascript'
jsonxs(d, 'feed.tags[0]', ACTION_DEL)                 # Delete the first tag
jsonxs(d, 'feed.url', ACTION_DEL)                     # Delete the 'url' key from a dict
jsonxs(d, 'feed.tags', ACTION_APPEND, 'programming')  # Append 'programming' to tags
jsonxs(d, 'feed.tags[1]', ACTION_INSERT, 'tech')      # Insert 'tech' at pos 1 in tags
jsonxs(d, 'feed.author', ACTION_SET, 'Ferry Boender') # Create new key/string value in dict 
jsonxs(d, 'feed.details', ACTION_MKDICT)              # Create new key/dict value in dict
jsonxs(d, 'feed.details', ACTION_MKLIST)              # Create new key/list value in dict

Installation and usage

To install:

::

pip install jsonxs

To use:

::

import jsonxs

data = {'foo': 1}
jsonxs.jsonxs(data, 'bar', jsonxs.ACTION_SET, 2)
print data  # {'foo': 1, 'bar': 2}

Development

To run the tests:

::

$ python jsonxs/jsonxs.py -v

License

JSONxs is licensed under the MIT license:

Copyright (c) 2015 Ferry Boender (ferry.boender@gmail.com)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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