Description
The following queries provide results that do not match those of other implementations of JSONPath
(compare https://cburgmer.github.io/json-path-comparison/):
-
$[1:10]
Input:["first", "second", "third"]Expected output:
["second", "third"]Error:
sed: bad regex '\[(([0-9]+|"[^"]+")[],]){9999}(.*)': Invalid contents of {} No JSON object could be decoded -
$[-1:]
Input:["first", "second", "third"]Expected output:
["third"]Actual output:
["first", "second", "third"] -
$[1:]
Input:["first", "second", "third", "forth", "fifth"]Expected output:
["second", "third", "forth", "fifth"]Error:
sed: bad regex '\[(([0-9]+|"[^"]+")[],]){9999}(.*)': Invalid contents of {} No JSON object could be decoded -
$[0:3:2]
Input:["first", "second", "third", "forth", "fifth"]Expected output:
["first", "third"]Actual output:
["first", "second", "third", "forth", "fifth"] -
$[0:3:1]
Input:["first", "second", "third", "forth", "fifth"]Expected output:
["first", "second", "third"]Actual output:
["first", "second", "third", "forth", "fifth"] -
$['key']
Input:{"key": "value"}Expected output:
["value"]Actual output:
{"key": "value"} -
$['key','another']
Input:{"key": "value", "another": "entry"}Expected output:
["value", "entry"]Actual output:
{"another": "entry", "key": "value"} -
$['0']
Input:{"0": "value"}Expected output:
["value"]Error:
sed: bad regex '\[(([0-9]+|"[^"]+")[],]){9999}(.*)': Invalid contents of {} No JSON object could be decoded -
$['special:"chars']
Input:{"special:\"chars": "value"}Expected output:
["value"]Error:
sed: bad regex '\[(([0-9]+|"[^"]+")[],]){9999}(.*)': Invalid contents of {} No JSON object could be decoded -
$['*']
Input:{"*": "value"}Expected output:
["value"]Actual output:
{"*": "value"} -
$.key
Input:{"key": "value"}Expected output:
["value"]Actual output:
{"key": "value"} -
$.key
Input:{"key": ["first", "second"]}Expected output:
[["first", "second"]]Actual output:
["first", "second"] -
$.key
Input:{"key": null}Expected output:
[null]Actual output:
{"key": null} -
$..key
Input:{"object": {"key": "value", "array": [{"key": "something"}, {"key": {"key": "russian dolls"}}]}, "key": "top"}Expected output:
["top", "value", "something", {"key": "russian dolls"}, "russian dolls"]Actual output:
{"key": "top", "object": {"array": [{"key": "something"}, {"key": {"key": "russian dolls"}}], "key": "value"}} -
$.store..price
Input:{"store": {"book": [{"category": "reference", "author": "Nigel Rees", "title": "Sayings of the Century", "price": 8.95}, {"category": "fiction", "author": "Evelyn Waugh", "title": "Sword of Honour", "price": 12.99}, {"category": "fiction", "author": "Herman Melville", "title": "Moby Dick", "isbn": "0-553-21311-3", "price": 8.99}, {"category": "fiction", "author": "J. R. R. Tolkien", "title": "The Lord of the Rings", "isbn": "0-395-19395-8", "price": 22.99}], "bicycle": {"color": "red", "price": 19.95}}}Expected output:
[8.95, 12.99, 8.99, 22.99, 19.95]Actual output:
{"bicycle": {"price": 19.95}, "book": [{"price": 8.95}, {"price": 12.99}, {"price": 8.99}, {"price": 22.99}]} -
$
Input:{"key": "value", "another key": {"complex": ["a", 1]}}Expected output:
[{"another key": {"complex": ["a", 1]}, "key": "value"}]Error:
sed: bad regex '\[(([0-9]+|"[^"]+")[],]){9999}(.*)': Invalid contents of {} No JSON object could be decoded -
$[*]
Input:["string", 42, {"key": "value"}, [0, 1]]Expected output:
["string", 42, {"key": "value"}, [0, 1]]Error:
Extra data: line 4 column 6 - line 12 column 1 (char 28 - 94) -
$[*]
Input:{"some": "string", "int": 42, "object": {"key": "value"}, "array": [0, 1]}Expected output:
["string", 42, {"key": "value"}, [0, 1]]Actual output:
{"array": [0, 1], "int": 42, "object": {"key": "value"}, "some": "string"} -
$.*
Input:["string", 42, {"key": "value"}, [0, 1]]Expected output:
["string", 42, {"key": "value"}, [0, 1]]Error:
Extra data: line 4 column 6 - line 12 column 1 (char 28 - 94) -
$.*
Input:{"some": "string", "int": 42, "object": {"key": "value"}, "array": [0, 1]}Expected output:
["string", 42, {"key": "value"}, [0, 1]]Actual output:
{"array": [0, 1], "int": 42, "object": {"key": "value"}, "some": "string"}
For reference, the output was generated by the program in https://github.com/cburgmer/json-path-comparison/tree/Bash_JSONPath.sh/implementations/Bash_JSONPath.sh.