json.path.put

json.path.put() Function

• Introduced in version 1.5.5

Create or update the key with the given value at the given path of a nested JSON Object. json.path.put() is only used creating/updating name/value pairs in JSON Objects. See json.path.set() for creating/updated values in arrays. Additional information on how to specify the path is available here.

Usage

json.path.put(json, path, key, value)

Parameters

• json - The json element in which the JSON Object is nested.
• path - The path to the JSON Object.
• key - The key of the JSON Object.
• value - The value to associated with the key.

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)]

Which looks like this:

{
  "Troll":   {
    "name": "Troll",
    "HP": 75,
    "Attacks":     [
      "Claw",
      "Bite"
    ]
  },
  "Orc":   {
    "name": "Orc",
    "HP": 13,
    "Attacks":     [
      "Sword",
      "Punch"
    ]
  }
}

To add a new "AC" value to the troll, we could write

[h: monsters = json.path.put(monsters, "Troll", "AC", 12)]
<pre>[r: json.indent(json.get(monsters,"Troll"),2)]</pre>

And see this:

{
  "name": "Troll",
  "HP": 75,
  "Attacks":     [
    "Claw",
    "Bite"
  ]
  "AC": 12
}