JSONPath · lesson 6 of 13 · Selecting many

Unions

Put several selectors in one bracket, separated by commas, to collect them together — in the order written.

Examples

Example 1Several indexes

Document

{
  "store": {
    "book": [
      { "title": "Sayings of the Century", "author": "Nigel Rees",
        "category": "reference", "price": 8.95 },
      { "title": "Sword of Honour", "author": "Evelyn Waugh",
        "category": "fiction", "price": 12.99 },
      { "title": "Moby Dick", "author": "Herman Melville",
        "category": "fiction", "price": 8.99, "isbn": "0-553-21311-3" },
      { "title": "The Lord of the Rings", "author": "J. R. R. Tolkien",
        "category": "fiction", "price": 22.99, "isbn": "0-395-19395-8" }
    ],
    "bicycle": { "color": "red", "price": 19.95 }
  }
}

Query

$.store.book[0,2].title
  1. [0,2] The elements at index 0 and index 2.

Result

"Sayings of the Century"
"Moby Dick"

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Example 2Several names

Document

{
  "store": {
    "book": [
      { "title": "Sayings of the Century", "author": "Nigel Rees",
        "category": "reference", "price": 8.95 },
      { "title": "Sword of Honour", "author": "Evelyn Waugh",
        "category": "fiction", "price": 12.99 },
      { "title": "Moby Dick", "author": "Herman Melville",
        "category": "fiction", "price": 8.99, "isbn": "0-553-21311-3" },
      { "title": "The Lord of the Rings", "author": "J. R. R. Tolkien",
        "category": "fiction", "price": 22.99, "isbn": "0-395-19395-8" }
    ],
    "bicycle": { "color": "red", "price": 19.95 }
  }
}

Query

$.store.bicycle['color','price']
  1. ['color','price'] Two member names at once → "red", 19.95.

Result

"red"
19.95

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