json.path.delete
json.path.delete() Function
• Introduced in version 1.5.5
Return a JSON Array or JSON Object with deleted elements. These deletions are specified through the path parameter. Additional information on how to specify the path is availabe here.
Usage
json.path.delete(json, path)Parameters
json- The json element to delete the value from.path- The path of the values.
Examples
Suppose we have the following nested json:
[h:troll = json.set("{}", "name", "Troll", "HP", 75, "Attacks", json.append("Claw", "Bite"))]
[h:orc = json.set("{}", "name", "Orc", "HP", 13, "Attacks", json.append("Sword", "Punch"))]
[h:monsters = json.set("{}", "Troll", troll, "Orc", orc)]To delete the "Punch" attack of the Orc, we could write
[r: json.path.delete(monsters, "Orc.Attacks.[1]")]or, alternatively,
[r: json.path.delete(monsters, "Orc.Attacks[?(@ == 'Punch')]")]Either statement return the json without the "Punch",
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