package jsonpath import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "strconv" "strings" ) func Eval(path string, b []byte) (string, error) { var object interface{} err := json.Unmarshal(b, &object) if err != nil { // Try to unmarshall it into an array instead return "", err } return walk(path, object) } func walk(path string, object interface{}) (string, error) { keys := strings.Split(path, ".") currentKey := keys[0] // if there's more than one key, then walk deeper if len(keys) > 1 { switch value := extractValue(currentKey, object).(type) { case map[string]interface{}: return walk(strings.Replace(path, fmt.Sprintf("%s.", currentKey), "", 1), value) case interface{}: return fmt.Sprintf("%v", value), nil default: return "", fmt.Errorf("couldn't walk through '%s' because type was '%T', but expected 'map[string]interface{}'", currentKey, value) } } // if there's only one key and the target key is that key, then return its value return fmt.Sprintf("%v", extractValue(currentKey, object)), nil } func extractValue(currentKey string, value interface{}) interface{} { // Check if the current key ends with [#] if strings.HasSuffix(currentKey, "]") && strings.Contains(currentKey, "[") { tmp := strings.SplitN(currentKey, "[", 3) arrayIndex, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.Replace(tmp[1], "]", "", 1)) if err != nil { return value } currentKey := tmp[0] // if currentKey contains only an index (i.e. [0] or 0) if len(currentKey) == 0 { array := value.([]interface{}) if len(array) > arrayIndex { if len(tmp) > 2 { // Nested array? Go deeper. return extractValue(fmt.Sprintf("%s[%s", currentKey, tmp[2]), array[arrayIndex]) } return array[arrayIndex] } return nil } // if currentKey contains both a key and an index (i.e. data[0]) array := value.(map[string]interface{})[currentKey].([]interface{}) if len(array) > arrayIndex { if len(tmp) > 2 { // Nested array? Go deeper. return extractValue(fmt.Sprintf("[%s", tmp[2]), array[arrayIndex]) } return array[arrayIndex] } return nil } return value.(map[string]interface{})[currentKey] }