Xpath like query for nested python dictionaries

Question

Is there a way to define a XPath type query for nested python dictionaries.

Something like this:

foo = {
  \'spam\':\'eggs\',
  \'morefoo\': {
               


        

Answer 1

There is the newer jsonpath-rw library supporting a JSONPATH syntax but for python dictionaries and arrays, as you wished.

So your 1st example becomes:

from jsonpath_rw import parse

print( parse('$.morefoo.morebar').find(foo) )

And the 2nd:

print( parse("$.morefoo[0].morebar.bacon").find(foo) )

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PS: An alternative simpler library also supporting dictionaries is python-json-pointer with a more XPath-like syntax.