Codescovery JsonServices

Useful library to convert a json object to json paths. Also provides the ability to override the value from a json path.

Pre requisites

Your project must be running under .Net Core 3.1 or higher.

How to use

Dependency Injection

   public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
           ...
            services.AddJsonServices();
           ...
        }

Factory

var jsonService = JsonServiceFactory.Create();

Result

Take as example the following json:

  {
     "person":{
        "name":"FirstName",
        "age":30,
        "childs":[
           {
              "name":"child1",
              "age":16
           },
           {
              "name":"child2",
              "age":18
           }
        ],
        "likedFruits":[
           "apple",
           "banana"
        ]
     }
  }

The following code:

  var service = JsonServiceFactory.Create();
  var jsonPath = service.ConvertToJsonPath(json);
  var paths = jsonPath.GetJsonPaths();

Will return an IDictiorary<string,string> like this:

{
  "person":"{'name':'FirstName','age':30,'childs':[{'name':'child1','age':16},{'name':'child2','age':18}],'likedFruits':['apple','banana']}",
  "person.name":"FirstName",
  "person.age":"30",
  "person.childs":"[{'name':'child1','age':16},{'name':'child2','age':18}]",
  "person.childs[0].name":"child1",
  "person.childs[0].age":"16",
  "person.childs[1].name":"child2",
  "person.childs[1].age":"18",
  "person.likedfruits":"['apple','banana']",
  "person.likedfruits[0]":"apple",
  "person.likedfruits[1]":"banana"
}

Overriding Values

This library has the ability to override json values based on paths. Take this 2 jsons as examples.

JSON1

  {
     "person":{
        "name":"FirstName",
        "age":30,
        "childs":[
           {
              "name":"child1",
              "age":16
           },
           {
              "name":"child2",
              "age":18
           }
        ],
        "likedFruits":[
           "apple",
           "banana"
        ]
     }
  }

JSON2

{
   "person":{
      "name":"FirstName and LastName",
      "age":34,
      "likedFruits":[
         "pineapple",
         "avocado",
         "strawberry"
      ]
   }
}

If you use the following code:

  var service = JsonServiceFactory.Create();
  var result = service.OverrideJsonValuesFromPath(json2, json1, writeIdented: true);

It will return:

  {
     "person":{
        "name":"FirstName and LastName",
        "age":34,
        "childs":[
           {
              "name":"child1",
              "age":16
           },
           {
              "name":"child2",
              "age":18
           }
        ],
        "likedFruits":[
           "pineapple",
           "avocado",
           "strawberry"
        ]
     }
  }