Jshort
Python shorthand for json. inspired by q
This package allows json load, dump from and to file with few code.
Installation
pip install jshort
Usage
# This is an instance
import j
# Loads json from file, stores it in data property
h = j(input_path='/tmp/data.json')
# Get data
h.data
#{
# "foo": "bar"
#}
# Display colored content
print(h)
# or
h.prt()
# {
# "oh": "dayum!"
# }
# The same, in short
# For data
j(i='/tmp/data.json').d
# Print
j(i='/tmp/data.json').prt()
# Write json
j(output_path='/tmp/out.json', data={"foo": "bar"})
# Also write data in a shorter way and change print content setting indentation to 2
j(o='/tmp/out.json', d={"hey": "jude"}, indent=2).prt()
# {
# "hey": "jude"
# }
# Traversing json documents using https://pypi.org/project/jsonpath-ng/
j(d=my_dict).path('key')
# Shorter and with more filtering
j(d=my_dict).p('sub.*')
# Or fintering on an array and from a file
j(i='/tmp/data.json').p('key[1]')
Have a look at https://pypi.org/project/jsonpath-ng/ for more about json traversing.
If only one result is returned from filtering, the path method returns only the result otherwise it is a list of results.
Json as object
It is possible to manipulate json in j instance as a python object. Try the following:
o = j(d={'a': {'b': 1}}).obj
#raw data
o.data_
#{'a': {'b': 1}}
#pretty print it
print(o)
#dumps with syntax coloration the json content
o.c
#None
o.a
#{'b': 1}
o.a.b
#1
o.a['test'] = 1
print(o.d_)
#{'a': {'b': 1}, 'test': 1}
Enjoy.