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6 JSON::Path::Evaluator - A module that recursively evaluates JSONPath
7 expressions with native support for Javascript-style filters
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10 version 1.0.3
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13 use JSON::MaybeXS qw/decode_json/; # Or whatever JSON thing you like. I won't judge.
14 use JSON::Path::Evaluator qw/evaluate_jsonpath/;
15 my $obj = decode_json(q(
17 { "store": {
18 "book": [
19 { "category": "reference",
20 "author": "Nigel Rees",
21 "title": "Sayings of the Century",
22 "price": 8.95
23 },
24 { "category": "fiction",
25 "author": "Evelyn Waugh",
26 "title": "Sword of Honour",
27 "price": 12.99
28 },
29 { "category": "fiction",
30 "author": "Herman Melville",
31 "title": "Moby Dick",
32 "isbn": "0-553-21311-3",
33 "price": 8.99
34 },
35 { "category": "fiction",
36 "author": "J. R. R. Tolkien",
37 "title": "The Lord of the Rings",
38 "isbn": "0-395-19395-8",
39 "price": 22.99
40 }
41 ],
42 "bicycle": {
43 "color": "red",
44 "price": 19.95
45 }
46 }
47 }
48 ));
49 my @fiction = evaluate_jsonpath( $obj, q{$..book[?(@.category == "fiction")]});
51 # @fiction = (
52 # { category => "fiction",
53 # author => "Evelyn Waugh",
54 # title => "Sword of Honour",
55 # price => 12.99
56 # },
57 # { category => "fiction",
58 # author => "Herman Melville",
59 # title => "Moby Dick",
60 # isbn => "0-553-21311-3",
61 # price => 8.99
62 # },
63 # { category => "fiction",
64 # author => "J. R. R. Tolkien",
65 # title => "The Lord of the Rings",
66 # isbn => "0-395-19395-8",
67 # price => 22.99
68 # }
69 # );
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72 new
73 Constructor for the object-oriented interface to this module. Arguments
74 may be specified in a hash or a hashref.
75 Args:
77 root
79 Required. JSONPath expressions will be evaluated with respect to
80 this. Must be a hashref or an arrayref.
81 expression
83 JSONPath expression to evaluate
84 want_ref
86 Set this to true if you want a reference to the thing the JSONPath
87 expression matches, rather than the value of said thing. Useful if
88 you want to use this to modify hashrefs / arrayrefs in place.
89 script_engine
91 Defaults to "PseudoJS", which is my clever name for a subset of
92 Javascript-like operators for Boolean expressions. See "Filtering
93 with PseudoJS". You may also specify "perl" here, in which case the
94 filter will be treated as Perl code. See "Filtering with Perl".
95 evaluate_jsonpath
97 Evaluate a JSONPath expression on the given object. CLASS METHOD.
98 Args:
100 $json_object
102 JSON object for which the expression will be evaluated. If this is
103 a scalar, it will be treated as a JSON string and parsed into the
104 appropriate Perl data structure first.
105 $expression
107 JSONPath expression to evaluate on the object.
108 %args
110 Misc. arguments to this method. Currently the only supported
111 argument is 'want_ref' - set this to true in order to return a
112 reference to the matched portion of the object, rather than the
113 value of that matched portion.
114 evaluate
116 Evaluate a JSONPath expression on the object passed to the constructor.
117 OBJECT METHOD.
118 Args:
120 $expression
122 JSONPath expression to evaluate on the object.
123 %args
125 Misc. arguments to this method.
126 Supported keys:
128 want_ref
130 Set this to true in order to return a reference to the matched
131 portion of the object, rather than the value of the matched
132 portion.
133 want_path
135 Set this to true in order to return the canonical path(s) to
136 the elements matching the expression.
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139 This code implements the JSONPath specification at JSONPath
140 specification <http://goessner.net/articles/JsonPath/>.
141 JSONPath is a tool, similar to XPath for XML, that allows one to
143 construct queries to pick out parts of a JSON structure.
144 JSONPath Expressions
146 From the spec: "JSONPath expressions always refer to a JSON structure
147 in the same way as XPath expression are used in combination with an XML
148 document. Since a JSON structure is usually anonymous and doesn't
149 necessarily have a "root member object" JSONPath assumes the abstract
150 name $ assigned to the outer level object."
151 Note that in JSONPath square brackets operate on the object or array
153 addressed by the previous path fragment. Indices always start by 0.
154 Operators
156 $ the root object/element
157 @ the current object/element
159 . or []
161 child operator
162 .. recursive descent. JSONPath borrows this syntax from E4X.
164 * wildcard. All objects/elements regardless their names.
166 [] subscript operator. XPath uses it to iterate over element
168 collections and for predicates. In Javascript and JSON it is the
169 native array operator.
170 [,] Union operator in XPath results in a combination of node sets.
172 JSONPath allows alternate names or array indices as a set.
173 [start:end:step]
175 array slice operator borrowed from ES4.
176 ?() applies a filter (script) expression. See Filtering.
178 () script expression, using the underlying script engine. Handled the
180 same as "?()".
181 Filtering
183 Filters are the most powerful feature of JSONPath. They allow the
184 caller to retrieve data conditionally, similar to Perl's "grep"
185 operator.
186 Filters are specified using the '?(' token, terminated by ')'. Anything
188 in between these two tokens is treated as a filter expression. Filter
189 expressions must return a boolean value.
190 Filtering with PseudoJS
192 By default, this module uses a limited subset of Javascript expressions
194 to evaluate filters. Using this script engine, specify the filter in
195 the form "<LHS> <operator> <RHS>", or "<LHS>". This latter case will be
196 evaluated as "<LHS> is true".
197 <LHS> must be a valid JSONPath expression. <RHS> must be a scalar
199 value; comparison of two JSONPath expressions is not supported at this
200 time.
201 Example:
203 Using the JSON in SYNOPSIS above and the JSONPath expression
205 "$..book[?(@.category == "fiction")]", the filter expression
206 "@.category == "fiction"" will match all values having a value of
207 "fiction" for the key "category".
208 Regular expressions are supported using the "=~" operator, for example:
210 "$..book[?(@.category =~ /Fiction/i)]". This is an extension of the
211 Goessner specification <http://goessner.net/articles/JsonPath/>
212 introduced by Jayway JsonPath <https://github.com/json-path/JsonPath>.
213 Other Jayway operators are not currently supported.
214 Filtering with Perl
216 When the script engine is set to "perl", filter Using the JSON in
217 SYNOPSIS above and the JSONPath expression "$..book[?(@.category ==
218 "fiction")]",
219 This is understandably dangerous. Although steps have been taken (Perl
221 expressions are evaluated using Safe and a limited set of permitted
222 opcodes) to reduce the risk, callers should be aware of the risk when
223 using filters.
224 When filtering in Perl, there are some differences between the JSONPath
226 spec and this implementation.
227 • JSONPath uses the token '$' to refer to the root node. As this is
229 not valid Perl, this should be replaced with '$root' in a filter
230 expression.
231 • JSONPath uses the token '@' to refer to the current node. This is
233 also not valid Perl. Use '$_' instead.
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236 Kit Peters <popefelix@gmail.com>
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239 This software is copyright (c) 2022 by Kit Peters.
240 This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
242 the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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245 Hey! The above document had some coding errors, which are explained
246 below:
247 Around line 860:
249 Expected text after =item, not a bullet
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