JSON Query

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A lightweight, flexible, and expandable JSON query language

A small, flexible, and extensible JSON query language

About

• A lightweight query language for efficiently exploring and transforming JSON data, offering concise syntax and high extensibility
• A small 4.0kB engine, with a lightweight structure of around 2.0 kB when the parser and stringify functions are excluded
• Built-in 50+ functions and operators support complex data manipulation such as filtering, sorting, and mapping
• Uses an Intermediate JSON format to allow conversion back and forth between text queries and JSON queries
• Supports extension with user-defined functions and operators
• Provides a CLI (Command Line Interface) to automate file-based JSON processing
• Runs in Node.js and npm environments, and a Python implementation (jsonquery-python) is also provided separately

See also

• jq
• json

Favorite site

• Github - jsonquerylang/jsonquery
• JSON Query - A small, flexible, and extensible JSON query language | GeekNews