Hi Team,
I am working on a project with Node.js and using “jsonpath-plus”. While using the module we’re facing certain issues-
Case-1: Special character ‘#’ when used in any of the keys in a json object and we try extracting it's value using “JSONPath” as shown in sample code below, it gives error as “TypeError: Cannot read property 'indexOf' of undefined”.
Case-2: In case when we use square brackets in any key i.e. ‘[’ or ‘]’, we’re not getting any error but rather the “console.log(resultobj)” statement in the above code gives “undefined” on the output window.
Case-3: While looking for different possible solutions I came to know that we’ll not get any error if we surround ‘#’ with parentheses i.e. ‘(’ and ‘)’ as shown in code below. Is this supposed to be a solution?
Case-4: We’re facing similar problems with other characters as well which are - ‘;’ , ‘^’ , ‘.’ , ‘~’
Code that reproduces problem here
Code for Case-1:
const { JSONPath } = require('jsonpath-plus')
function test(){
let object = {
"id!": "Hello World.",
"Email$987": "Rajat",
"recordType@34": "customer!",
"Name#23": "Test customer51-128721$" // Using '#' in a key
}
const initObj = {
path: '$.Name#23', // Path with same key
json: object,
resultType: 'all',
flatten: true,
wrap: false
}
const resultobj = JSONPath(initObj)
console.log(resultobj) // Error - "TypeError: Cannot read property 'indexOf' of undefined"
}
test()
Code for Case-2:
const { JSONPath } = require('jsonpath-plus')
function test(){
let object = {
"id!": "Hello World.",
"Email$987": "Rajat",
"recordType@34": "customer!",
'Name[23]': "Test customer51-128721$" // Using square brackets in key
}
const initObj = {
path: '$.Name[23]', // Path with same key
json: object,
resultType: 'all',
flatten: true,
wrap: false
}
const resultobj = JSONPath(initObj)
console.log(resultobj) // Output - "undefined"
}
test()
Code for Case-3:
const { JSONPath } = require('jsonpath-plus')
function test(){
let object = {
"id!": "Hello World.",
"Email$987": "Rajat",
"recordType@34": "customer!",
'Name(#)23': "Test customer51-128721$" // Using parentheses around '#'
}
const initObj = {
path: '$.Name(#)23', // Path with same key
json: object,
resultType: 'all',
flatten: true,
wrap: false
}
const resultobj = JSONPath(initObj)
console.log(resultobj) // No unexpected behaviour
}
test()
Console error or logs
Case-1 : TypeError: Cannot read property 'indexOf' of undefined
Case-2: undefined
Case-3:
{
path: "$['Name(#)23']",
value: 'Test customer51-128721$',
parent: {
'id!': 'Hello World.',
'Email$987': 'Rajat',
'recordType@34': 'customer!',
'Name(#)23': 'Test customer51-128721$'
},
parentProperty: 'Name(#)23',
hasArrExpr: undefined,
pointer: '/Name(#)23'
}
Expected behavior
Case-1: It should not give any error.
Case-2: It should give an output as it is giving in Case-3.
Case-3: It is working as expected.
Case-4: It should not give any error and give output as in Case-3.
Expected result
Case-1:
{
path: "$['Name#23']",
value: 'Test customer51-128721$',
parent: {
'id!': 'Hello World.',
'Email$987': 'Rajat',
'recordType@34': 'customer!',
'Name#23': 'Test customer51-128721$'
},
parentProperty: 'Name#23',
hasArrExpr: undefined,
pointer: '/Name#23'
}
Case-2:
{
path: "$['Name[23]']",
value: 'Test customer51-128721$',
parent: {
'id!': 'Hello World.',
'Email$987': 'Rajat',
'recordType@34': 'customer!',
'Name[23]': 'Test customer51-128721$'
},
parentProperty: 'Name[23]',
hasArrExpr: undefined,
pointer: '/Name[23]'
}
Environment (IMPORTANT)
- JSONPath-Plus version: 7.0.0
Desktop**
- OS: macOS Monterey 12.4
- Node Version : 14.18.1
Additional context
Please update with any solution or possible workaround.
Hi Team,
I am working on a project with Node.js and using “jsonpath-plus”. While using the module we’re facing certain issues-
Case-1: Special character ‘#’ when used in any of the keys in a json object and we try extracting it's value using “JSONPath” as shown in sample code below, it gives error as “TypeError: Cannot read property 'indexOf' of undefined”.
Case-2: In case when we use square brackets in any key i.e. ‘[’ or ‘]’, we’re not getting any error but rather the “console.log(resultobj)” statement in the above code gives “undefined” on the output window.
Case-3: While looking for different possible solutions I came to know that we’ll not get any error if we surround ‘#’ with parentheses i.e. ‘(’ and ‘)’ as shown in code below. Is this supposed to be a solution?
Case-4: We’re facing similar problems with other characters as well which are - ‘;’ , ‘^’ , ‘.’ , ‘~’
Code that reproduces problem here
Code for Case-1:
Code for Case-2:
Code for Case-3:
Console error or logs
Case-1 : TypeError: Cannot read property 'indexOf' of undefined
Case-2: undefined
Case-3:
Expected behavior
Case-1: It should not give any error.
Case-2: It should give an output as it is giving in Case-3.
Case-3: It is working as expected.
Case-4: It should not give any error and give output as in Case-3.
Expected result
Case-1:
Case-2:
Environment (IMPORTANT)
Desktop**
Additional context
Please update with any solution or possible workaround.