JSON Pointer Resolver

Resolve an RFC 6901 JSON Pointer against a document and report the located value.

Description

Resolve an RFC 6901 JSON Pointer against a document and report the located value.

JSON Pointer Resolver: Resolve an RFC 6901 JSON Pointer against a document and report the located value.

When to use JSON Pointer Resolver

Use this JSON operation to transform or present valid JSON while preserving the intended values and structural relationships.

Document
Document to resolve against.
Pointer
RFC 6901 pointer, empty for the document root.

How JSON Pointer Resolver works

Resolve an RFC 6901 JSON Pointer against a document and report the located value. The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.1

Found
Whether the pointer resolved.
Value JSON
JSON-encoded resolved value or null.

Limitations and assumptions

  • JSON does not represent comments, references, dates, binary values, non-finite numbers, duplicate-key meaning, or arbitrary object prototypes. Flattening requires an escaping convention, and pretty printing or minification does not validate application schemas.
  • Use finite inputs in the displayed units and preserve more precision than the final presentation requires. Independently verify safety-critical, financial, compliance, or production decisions.

Alternative or Complementary approaches

Parse and schema-validate untrusted data, document path escaping and collision rules, and round-trip transformed structures with representative edge cases.

References

  1. JSON Pointer — Wikipedia contributors

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