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JSONValue
The %JSONValue%jsonpath% token returns the JSON value from the specified JSON path).
The token has Pretty and Compact variants (by appending either to the token name), as well as a Strict variant (appending Strict) (for example %JSONValueStrictCompact%jsonpath%). The order of the variants does not matter, but you cannot have both Compact and Pretty (See the JSON user manual section).
- JSONValue (equivalent to JSONValueCompact)
- JSONValueCompact
- JSONValuePretty
- JSONValueStrictCompact
- JSONValueStrictPretty
Strict mode affects how the result will be returned. In Strict mode, the result will be a strict JSON objects - strings will be double quoted and appropriately escaped. In Non-Strict mode, string results will be returned as the decoded and de-quoted string. Other types of results will be the same regardless of the Strict mode (containers are always be strictly JSON objects) (See the JSON user manual section).
Example
If a Keyboard Maestro variable J contains the JSON object:
{"a":9, "b":"bravo", "c":null, "d":[11,"two",33]}
Then these would be the results:
| Token | Result | Comment |
|---|---|---|
%JSONValue%J.a% | 9 | (Variants have no affect) |
%JSONValue%J.b% | bravo | (Compact/Pretty variant has no affect) |
%JSONValueStrict%J.b% | "bravo" | (Compact/Pretty variant has no affect) |
%JSONValue%J.c% | null | (Variants have no affect) |
%JSONValue%J.d% | [11,"two",33] | (Same as JSONValueCompact, Strict variant has no affect) |
%JSONValuePretty%J.d% | [\n\t11,\n\t"two",\n\t33\n] | (\t is some form of indenting) |
%JSONValue%J.d[2]% | two | (Compact/Pretty variant has no affect) |
%JSONValueStrict%J.d[2]% | "two" | (Compact/Pretty variant has no affect) |
%JSONValueStrict%J.d[0]% | 3 | (Variants have no affect) |
See Also
See the JSON user manual section for more details on JSON.