jsonpath-rust-bindings

This package contains Python bindings for jsonpath-rust library by besok.

The details regarding the JsonPath itself can be found here.

Installation

pip install jsonpath-rust-bindings

Usage

from jsonpath_rust_bindings import Finder

sample = {
    "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},
    },
    "expensive": 10,
}

queries = [
    '$.store.book[*].author',
    '$..book[?(@.isbn)]',
    '$.store.*',
    '$..author',
    '$.store..price',
    '$..book[2]',
    # '$..book[-2]',
    '$..book[0,1]',
    '$..book[:2]',
    '$..book[1:2]',
    '$..book[-2:]',
    '$..book[2:]',
    '$.store.book[?(@.price<10)]',
    '$..book[?(@.price<=$.expensive)]',
    "$..book[?(@.author ~= '.*Rees')].price",
    '$..*',
]

f = Finder(sample)

for query in queries:
    print(query, f.find(query), '\n')

# You will see a bunch of found items like
# $..book[?(@.author ~= '.*Rees')].price [JsonPathResult(data=8.95, path=Some("$.['store'].['book'][0].['price']"), is_new_value=False)]

JsonPathResult has the following attributes:

• data: the found value
• path: the path to the found value
• is_new_value: whether the value is a new value or a copy of the original value

JsonPathResult can't be constructed from Python; it is only returned by Finder.find().

Caveats

The current implementation is cloning the original PyObject data when converting it to the serde Value. It happens each time you're creating a new Finder instance. Try to reuse the same Finder instance for querying if it's possible.

Also, It has yet another consequence demonstrated in the following example:

>>> original_object_i_want_to_mutate = {'a': {'b': 'sample b'}}
>>> from jsonpath_rust_bindings import Finder
>>> f = Finder(original_object_i_want_to_mutate)
>>> b_dict = f.find('$.a')[0].data
>>> b_dict
{'b': 'sample b'}
>>> b_dict['new'] = 42
>>> original_object_i_want_to_mutate
{'a': {'b': 'sample b'}}