Support for JSONPath / JSON Pointer / jq

[mbtools]

JSONPath could be a nice addition (https://restfulapi.net/json-jsonpath/):

Def:

  methods jsonpath
    importing
      iv_path type string
    returning
      value(ro_json) type if_asjon.

Example:

  lo_json->jsonpath( '$..attributes' ).

Anyone up for a JS or PHP to ABAP port?
https://code.google.com/archive/p/jsonpath/downloads

[sbcgua]

Nice idea. Worth checking. Just some of commands will not be support e.g. reference from non root.

The .. is also a bit unclear - what if multiple nodes contain the attrs ? Is it the first one to select ?

[mbtools]

.. returns all matching attributes. '$..attributes[0]` would give you the first.

[sbcgua]

https://github.com/stedolan/jq/wiki/For-JSONPath-users

[mbtools]

Jq would be an option, too. Looks like a package of C with dependencies, though.

[sbcgua]

That was just for reference. Collecting some more data about the subject. jq is definitely widespread and popular. Maybe implement it's syntax instead. Just maybe.

[sbcgua]

Also Json pointer

[larshp]

also stumbled upon https://jmespath.org

[sbcgua]

also JSON Pointer, which seems to be a part of JSON schema: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-handrews-relative-json-pointer-01