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Programming language: Go
License: MIT License
Tags: Query Language    
Latest version: v1.0.5

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JSON Slice

What is it?

JSON Slice is a Go package which allows to execute fast jsonpath queries without unmarshalling the whole data.

Sometimes you need to get a single value from incoming json using jsonpath, for example to route data accordingly or so. To do that you must unmarshall the whole data into interface{} struct and then apply some jsonpath library to it, only to get just a tiny little value. What a waste of resourses! Well, now there's jsonslice.

Simply call jsonslice.Get on your raw json data to slice out just the part you need. The []byte received can then be unmarshalled into a struct or used as it is.

Getting started

1. install

$ go get github.com/bhmj/jsonslice

2. use it

import "github.com/bhmj/jsonslice"
import "fmt"

func main() {
    var data = []byte(`
    { "sku": [ 
        { "id": 1, "name": "Bicycle", "price": 160, "extras": [ "flashlight", "pump" ] },
        { "id": 2, "name": "Scooter", "price": 280, "extras": [ "helmet", "gloves", "spare wheel" ] }
      ]
    } `)

    a, _ := jsonslice.Get(data, "$.sku[0].price")
    b, _ := jsonslice.Get(data, "$.sku[1].extras.count()")
    c, _ := jsonslice.Get(data, "$.sku[?(@.price > 200)].name")
    d, _ := jsonslice.Get(data, "$.sku[?(@.extras.count() < 3)].name")

    fmt.Println(string(a)) // 160
    fmt.Println(string(b)) // 3
    fmt.Println(string(c)) // ["Scooter"]
    fmt.Println(string(d)) // ["Bicycle"]
}

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Package functions

jsonslice.Get(data []byte, jsonpath string) ([]byte, error)

  • get a slice from raw json data specified by jsonpath

Specs

See Stefan Gössner's article for original specs and examples.

Syntax features

  1. Classic dot notation ($.simple_key) is limited to alphanumeric characters. For more complex cases use $['complex key!'] or $.'complex key!'.

  2. A single index reference returns an element, not an array; a slice reference always returns array:

    > echo '[{"id":1}, {"id":2}]' | ./jsonslice '$[0].id' 
    1
    
    > echo '[{"id":1}, {"id":2}]' | ./jsonslice '$[0:1].id'
    [1]
    
  3. Indexing or slicing on root node is supported (assuming json is an array and not an object):

    ./jsonslice '$[0].author' sample1.json
    

Expressions

Overview

  $                   -- root node (can be either object or array)
  .node               -- dot-notated child
  .'some node'        -- dot-notated child (syntax extension)
  ['node']            -- bracket-notated child
  ['foo','bar']       -- bracket-notated children (aggregation)
  [5]                 -- array index
  [-5]                -- negative index means "from the end"
  [1:9]               -- array slice
  [1:9:2]             -- array slice (+step)
  .*  .[*]  .[:]      -- wildcard
  ..key               -- deepscan

Functions

  $.obj.length()      -- number of elements in an array or string length, depending on the obj type
  $.obj.count()       -- same as above
  $.val.size()        -- value size in bytes (as is)

Slices

  $.arr[start:end:step]
  $.arr[start:end]

Selects elements from start (inclusive) to end (exclusive), stepping by step. If step is omitted or zero, then 1 is implied. Out-of-bounds values are reduced to the nearest bound.

If step is positive:

  • empty start treated as the first element inclusive
  • empty end treated as the last element inclusive
  • start should be less then end, otherwise result will be empty

If step is negative:

  • empty start treated as last element inclusive
  • empty end treated as the first element inclusive
  • start should be greater then end, otherwise result will be empty

Filters

  [?(<expression>)]  -- filter expression. Applicable to arrays only
  @                  -- the root of the current element of the array. Used only within a filter.
  @.val              -- a field of the current element of the array.

Filter operators

Operator Description
== Equal toUse single or double quotes for string expressions.[?(@.color=='red')] or [?(@.color=="red")]
!= Not equal to[?(@.author != "Herman Melville")]
> Greater than[?(@.price > 10)]
>= Greater than or equal to
< Less than
<= Less than or equal to
=~ Match a regexp[?(@.name =~ /sword.*/i]
!~ or !=~ Don't match a regexp[?(@.name !~ /sword.*/i]
&& Logical AND[?(@.price < 10 && @isbn)]
`\ \

Examples

Assuming sample0.json and sample1.json in the example directory:

cat sample0.json | ./jsonslice '$.store.book[0]'
cat sample0.json | ./jsonslice '$.store.book[0].title'
cat sample0.json | ./jsonslice '$.store.book[0:-1]'
cat sample1.json | ./jsonslice '$[1].author'
cat sample0.json | ./jsonslice '$.store.book[?(@.price > 10)]'
cat sample0.json | ./jsonslice '$.store.book[?(@.price > $.expensive)]'

Much more examples can be found in jsonslice_test.go

Benchmarks (Core i5-7500)

$ go test -bench=. -benchmem -benchtime=4s
goos: linux
goarch: amd64
pkg: github.com/bhmj/jsonslice
++ usually you need to unmarshal the whole JSON to get an object by jsonpath (for reference):
Benchmark_Unmarshal-4                     500000             14712 ns/op            4368 B/op        130 allocs/op
++ and here's a jsonslice.Get:
Benchmark_Jsonslice_Get_Simple-4         2000000              3878 ns/op             128 B/op          4 allocs/op
++ Get() involves parsing a jsonpath, here it is:
Benchmark_JsonSlice_ParsePath-4         10000000               858 ns/op             160 B/op          5 allocs/op
++ in case you aggregate some non-contiguous elements, it may take a bit longer (extra mallocs involved):
Benchmark_Jsonslice_Get_Aggregated-4     1000000              5671 ns/op             417 B/op         13 allocs/op
++ usual unmarshalling a large json:
Benchmark_Unmarshal_10Mb-4                   100          50744817 ns/op             248 B/op          5 allocs/op
++ jsonslicing the same json, target element is near the start:
Benchmark_Jsonslice_Get_10Mb_First-4     3000000              1851 ns/op             128 B/op          4 allocs/op
++ jsonslicing the same json, target element is near the end: still beats Unmarshal
Benchmark_Jsonslice_Get_10Mb_Last-4          200          38286509 ns/op             133 B/op          4 allocs/op
PASS
ok      github.com/bhmj/jsonslice       83.152s

Changelog

1.0.5 (2020-09-22) -- bugfix: $..many.keys used to trigger on many without recursing deeper on keys.

1.0.4 (2020-05-07) -- bugfix: $* path generated panic.

1.0.3 (2019-12-24) -- bugfix: $[0].foo [{"foo":"\\"}] generated "unexpected end of input".

1.0.2 (2019-12-07) -- nested aggregation ($[:].['a','b']) now works as expected. TODO: add option to switch nested aggregation mode at runtime!

1.0.1 (2019-12-01) -- "not equal" regexp operator added (!=~ or !~).

1.0.0 (2019-11-29) -- deepscan operator (..) added, slice with step $[1:9:2] is now supported, syntax extensions added. GetArrayElements() removed.

0.7.6 (2019-09-11) -- bugfix: escaped backslash at the end of a string value.

0.7.5 (2019-05-21) -- Functions count(), size(), length() work in filters.

$.store.bicycle.equipment[?(@.count() == 2)] -> [["light saber", "apparel"]]

0.7.4 (2019-03-01) -- Mallocs reduced (see Benchmarks section).

0.7.3 (2019-02-27) -- GetArrayElements() added.

0.7.2 (2018-12-25) -- bugfix: closing square bracket inside a string value.

0.7.1 (2018-10-16) -- bracket notation is now supported.

$.store.book[:]['price','title'] -> [[8.95,"Sayings of the Century"],[12.99,"Sword of Honour"],[8.99,"Moby Dick"],[22.99,"The Lord of the Rings"]]

0.7.0 (2018-07-23) -- Wildcard key (*) added.

$.store.book[-1].* -> ["fiction","J. R. R. Tolkien","The Lord of the Rings","0-395-19395-8",22.99]
$.store.*[:].price -> [8.95,12.99,8.99,22.99]

0.6.3 (2018-07-16) -- Boolean/null value error fixed.

0.6.2 (2018-07-03) -- More tests added, error handling clarified.

0.6.1 (2018-06-26) -- Nested array indexing is now supported.

$.store.bicycle.equipment[1][0] -> "peg leg"

0.6.0 (2018-06-25) -- Regular expressions added.

$.store.book[?(@.title =~ /(dick)|(lord)/i)].title -> ["Moby Dick","The Lord of the Rings"]

0.5.1 (2018-06-15) -- Logical expressions added.

$.store.book[?(@.price > $.expensive && @.isbn)].title -> ["The Lord of the Rings"]

0.5.0 (2018-06-14) -- Expressions (aka filters) added.

$.store.book[?(@.price > $.expensive)].title -> ["Sword of Honour","The Lord of the Rings"]

0.4.0 (2018-05-16) -- Aggregating sub-queries added.

$.store.book[1:3].author -> ["John","William"]

0.3.0 (2018-05-05) -- MVP.

Roadmap

  • [x] length(), count(), size() functions
  • [x] filters: simple expressions
  • [x] filters: complex expressions (with logical operators)
  • [x] nested arrays support
  • [x] wildcard operator (*)
  • [x] bracket notation for multiple field queries ($['a','b'])
  • [x] deepscan operator (..)
  • [x] syntax extensions: $.'keys with spaces'.price
  • [x] flexible syntax: $[0] works on both [1,2,3] and {"0":"abc"}
  • [ ] IN (), NOT IN ()
  • [ ] Optionally unmarshal the result
  • [ ] Option to select aggregation mode (nested or plain)

Contributing

  1. Fork it!
  2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
  3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
  4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
  5. Submit a pull request :)

Licence

MIT

Author

Michael Gurov aka BHMJ


*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the jsonslice README section above are relevant to that project's source code only.