This is a Python implementation of JSON Query, a small, flexible, and expandable JSON query language.
Try it out on the online playground: https://jsonquerylang.org
Install via PyPi: https://pypi.org/project/jsonquerylang/
pip install jsonquerylang
from jsonquerylang import jsonquery from pprint import pprint data = { "friends": [ {"name": "Chris", "age": 23, "city": "New York"}, {"name": "Emily", "age": 19, "city": "Atlanta"}, {"name": "Joe", "age": 32, "city": "New York"}, {"name": "Kevin", "age": 19, "city": "Atlanta"}, {"name": "Michelle", "age": 27, "city": "Los Angeles"}, {"name": "Robert", "age": 45, "city": "Manhattan"}, {"name": "Sarah", "age": 31, "city": "New York"} ] } # Get the array containing the friends from the object, filter the friends that live in New York, # sort them by age, and pick just the name and age out of the objects. output = jsonquery(data, """ .friends | filter(.city == "New York") | sort(.age) | pick(.name, .age) """) pprint(output) # [{'age': 23, 'name': 'Chris'}, # {'age': 31, 'name': 'Sarah'}, # {'age': 32, 'name': 'Joe'}] # The same query can be written using the JSON format instead of the text format. # Note that the functions `parse` and `stringify` can be used # to convert from text format to JSON format and vice versa. pprint(jsonquery(data, [ "pipe", ["get", "friends"], ["filter", ["eq", ["get", "city"], "New York"]], ["sort", ["get", "age"]], ["pick", ["get", "name"], ["get", "age"]] ])) # [{'age': 23, 'name': 'Chris'}, # {'age': 31, 'name': 'Sarah'}, # {'age': 32, 'name': 'Joe'}]
The JSON Query syntax is described on the following page: https://github.com/jsonquerylang/jsonquery?tab=readme-ov-file#syntax.
Compile and evaluate a JSON query.
Syntax:
jsonquery(data, query [, options])
Where:
data
is a JSON object or arrayquery
is a JSON query or string containing a text queryoptions
is an optional object which can have the following options:
functions
an object with custom functions, see section Custom functions.operators
a list with custom operators, see section Custom operators.Example:
from pprint import pprint from jsonquerylang import jsonquery data = [ {"name": "Chris", "age": 23, "scores": [7.2, 5, 8.0]}, {"name": "Joe", "age": 32, "scores": [6.1, 8.1]}, {"name": "Emily", "age": 19}, ] query = ["sort", ["get", "age"], "desc"] output = jsonquery(data, query) pprint(output) # [{'age': 32, 'name': 'Joe', 'scores': [6.1, 8.1]}, # {'age': 23, 'name': 'Chris', 'scores': [7.2, 5, 8.0]}, # {'age': 19, 'name': 'Emily'}]
Compile a JSON Query. Returns a function which can execute the query repeatedly for different inputs.
Syntax:
compile(query [, options])
Where:
query
is a JSON query or string containing a text queryoptions
is an optional object which can have the following options:
functions
an object with custom functions, see section Custom functions.The function returns a lambda function which can be executed by passing JSON data as first argument.
Example:
from pprint import pprint from jsonquerylang import compile data = [ {"name": "Chris", "age": 23, "scores": [7.2, 5, 8.0]}, {"name": "Joe", "age": 32, "scores": [6.1, 8.1]}, {"name": "Emily", "age": 19}, ] query = ["sort", ["get", "age"], "desc"] queryMe = compile(query) output = queryMe(data) pprint(output) # [{'age': 32, 'name': 'Joe', 'scores': [6.1, 8.1]}, # {'age': 23, 'name': 'Chris', 'scores': [7.2, 5, 8.0]}, # {'age': 19, 'name': 'Emily'}]
Parse a string containing a JSON Query into JSON.
Syntax:
parse(textQuery, [, options])
Where:
textQuery
: A query in text formatoptions
: An optional object which can have the following properties:
functions
an object with custom functions, see section Custom functions.operators
a list with custom operators, see section Custom operatorsExample:
from pprint import pprint from jsonquerylang import parse text_query = '.friends | filter(.city == "new York") | sort(.age) | pick(.name, .age)' json_query = parse(text_query) pprint(json_query) # ['pipe', # ['get', 'friends'], # ['filter', ['eq', ['get', 'city'], 'New York']], # ['sort', ['get', 'age']], # ['pick', ['get', 'name'], ['get', 'age']]]
Stringify a JSON Query into a readable, human friendly text format.
Syntax:
stringify(query [, options])
Where:
query
is a JSON Queryoptions
is an optional object that can have the following properties:
operators
a list with custom operators, see section Custom operators.indentation
a string containing the desired indentation, defaults to two spaces: " "
.max_line_length
a number with the maximum line length, used for wrapping contents. Default value: 40
.Example:
from jsonquerylang import stringify jsonQuery = [ "pipe", ["get", "friends"], ["filter", ["eq", ["get", "city"], "New York"]], ["sort", ["get", "age"]], ["pick", ["get", "name"], ["get", "age"]], ] textQuery = stringify(jsonQuery) print(textQuery) # '.friends | filter(.city == "new York") | sort(.age) | pick(.name, .age)'
The functions jsonquery
, compile
, and parse
accept custom functions. Custom functions are passed as an object with the key being the function name, and the value being a factory function.
Here is a minimal example which adds a function times
to JSON Query:
from jsonquerylang import jsonquery, JsonQueryOptions def fn_times(value): return lambda array: list(map(lambda item: item * value, array)) data = [2, 3, 8] query = 'times(2)' options: JsonQueryOptions = {"functions": {"times": fn_times}} print(jsonquery(data, query, options)) # [4, 6, 16]
In the example above, the argument value
is static. When the parameters are not static, the function compile
can be used to compile them. For example, the function filter is implemented as follows:
from jsonquerylang import compile, JsonQueryOptions def truthy(value): return value not in [False, 0, None] def fn_filter(predicate): _predicate = compile(predicate) return lambda data: list(filter(lambda item: truthy(_predicate(item)), data)) options: JsonQueryOptions = {"functions": {"filter": fn_filter}}
You can have a look at the source code of the functions in /jsonquerylang/functions.py
for more examples.
The functions jsonquery
, parse
, and stringify
accept custom operators. Custom operators are passed as a list with operators definitions. In practice, often both a custom operator and a corresponding custom function are configured. Each custom operator is an object with:
name
and op
to specify the function name and operator name, for example { "name": "add", "op": "+", ... }
at
, before
, or after
, specifying the precedence compared to an existing operator.left_associative
can be set to True
to allow using a chain of multiple operators without parenthesis, like a and b and c
. Without this, an exception will be thrown, which can be solved by using parenthesis like (a and b) and c
.vararg
can be set to True
when the function supports a variable number of arguments, like and(a, b, c, ...)
. In that case, a chain of operators like a and b and c
will be parsed into the JSON Format ["and", a, b, c, ...]
. Operators that do not support variable arguments, like 1 + 2 + 3
, will be parsed into a nested JSON Format like ["add", ["add", 1, 2], 3]
.Here is a minimal example configuring a custom operator ~=
and a corresponding function aboutEq
:
from jsonquerylang import jsonquery, compile, JsonQueryOptions def about_eq(a, b): epsilon = 0.001 a_compiled = compile(a, options) b_compiled = compile(b, options) return lambda data: abs(a_compiled(data) - b_compiled(data)) < epsilon options: JsonQueryOptions = { "functions": {"aboutEq": about_eq}, "operators": [{"name": "aboutEq", "op": "~=", "at": "=="}], } scores = [ {"name": "Joe", "score": 2.0001, "previousScore": 1.9999}, {"name": "Sarah", "score": 3, "previousScore": 1.5}, ] query = "filter(.score ~= .previousScore)" unchanged_scores = jsonquery(scores, query, options) print(unchanged_scores) # [{'name': 'Joe', 'score': 2.0001, 'previousScore': 1.9999}]
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