Tutorial

Please refer to RFC 6901 for the exact pointer syntax. jsonpointer has two interfaces. The resolve_pointer method is basically a deep get.

>>> from jsonpointer import resolve_pointer
>>> obj = {"foo": {"anArray": [ {"prop": 44}], "another prop": {"baz": "A string" }}}

>>> resolve_pointer(obj, '') == obj
True

>>> resolve_pointer(obj, '/foo') == obj['foo']
True

>>> resolve_pointer(obj, '/foo/another prop') == obj['foo']['another prop']
True

>>> resolve_pointer(obj, '/foo/another prop/baz') == obj['foo']['another prop']['baz']
True

>>> resolve_pointer(obj, '/foo/anArray/0') == obj['foo']['anArray'][0]
True

>>> resolve_pointer(obj, '/some/path', None) == None
True

The set_pointer method allows modifying a portion of an object using JSON pointer notation:

>>> from jsonpointer import set_pointer
>>> obj = {"foo": {"anArray": [ {"prop": 44}], "another prop": {"baz": "A string" }}}

>>> set_pointer(obj, '/foo/anArray/0/prop', 55)
{'foo': {'another prop': {'baz': 'A string'}, 'anArray': [{'prop': 55}]}}

>>> obj
{'foo': {'another prop': {'baz': 'A string'}, 'anArray': [{'prop': 55}]}}

By default set_pointer modifies the original object. Pass inplace=False to create a copy and modify the copy instead:

>>> from jsonpointer import set_pointer
>>> obj = {"foo": {"anArray": [ {"prop": 44}], "another prop": {"baz": "A string" }}}

>>> set_pointer(obj, '/foo/anArray/0/prop', 55, inplace=False)
{'foo': {'another prop': {'baz': 'A string'}, 'anArray': [{'prop': 55}]}}

>>> obj
{'foo': {'another prop': {'baz': 'A string'}, 'anArray': [{'prop': 44}]}}

The JsonPointer class wraps a (string) path and can be used to access the same path on several objects.

>>> import jsonpointer

>>> pointer = jsonpointer.JsonPointer('/foo/1')

>>> obj1 = {'foo': ['a', 'b', 'c']}
>>> pointer.resolve(obj1)
'b'

>>> obj2 = {'foo': {'0': 1, '1': 10, '2': 100}}
>>> pointer.resolve(obj2)
10