Feature request: Quick way to set nested JSON values

[BrandonY]

Let's say an API takes several values, like in this example call:

{
   "name": "Fred",
   "age", 27,
   "pets" : {
      "penguins": 2,
      "dogs":1
   }
}

I can reference name and age easily:

$> http PUT https://www.example.com/users/1  name=Phil age=25

But editing pets is uglier:

$>   http PUT https://www.example.com/users/1 pets:='{"penguins":2, "dogs":1}'

I'd like to do something like one of these:

$> http PUT https://www.example.com/users/1 pets.penguins=2  pets.dogs=1
$> http PUT https://www.example.com/users/1 pets="penguins=2 dogs=1"
$> http PUT https://www.example.com/users/1 pets\penguins=2 pets\dogs=1

That said, "." and "" could conceivably be part of a JSON key, so maybe that's not actually a good idea?

[matleh]

Maybe have a look at JSONPath (http://goessner.net/articles/JsonPath/) for syntax inspiration.

[sigmavirus24]

Duplicate of #78

[jkbrzt]

Closing this in favor of #78

[isidentical]

🎉 This feature is now publicly available in HTTPie for Terminal 3.0:

👉🏻 https://httpie.io/docs/cli/nested-json