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RFC 9535 JSONPath in Go

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The jsonpath package provides RFC 9535 JSONPath functionality in Go.

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JSONPath Expressions

A brief overview of RFC 9535 JSONPath syntax:

Syntax Element Description
$ root node identifier
@ current node identifier (valid only within filter selectors)
[<selectors>] child segment: selects zero or more children of a node
.name shorthand for ['name']
.* shorthand for [*]
..[<selectors>] descendant segment: selects zero or more descendants of a node
..name shorthand for ..['name']
..* shorthand for ..[*]
'name' name selector: selects a named child of an object
* wildcard selector: selects all children of a node
3 index selector: selects an indexed child of an array (from 0)
0:100:5 array slice selector: start:end:step for arrays
?<logical-expr> filter selector: selects particular children using a logical expression
length(@.foo) function extension: invokes a function in a filter expression

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