Data:
{
"images": [
{
"creation_date": "2019-01-03T14:52:34.514699+00:00",
"default_bootscript": {
"kernel": "http://169.254.10.254/kernel/arm64/1.2.1",
"initrd": "http://169.254.42.254/initrd/initrd-Linux-arm64-v3.14.6.gz",
"architecture": "arm64",
"title": "arm64 1.2.1"
},
"arch": "arm64",
"id": "x6cevb6f-fe18-475f-4b92-x8ce51f92051",
"name": "ubuntu xenial"
},
{
"creation_date": "2019-01-03T14:52:34.514699+00:00",
"default_bootscript": {
"kernel": "http://169.254.10.254/kernel/arm64/1.2.2",
"initrd": "http://169.254.10.254/initrd/initrd-Linux-arm64-v3.14.6.gz",
"architecture": "arm64",
"title": "arm64 1.2.2"
},
"arch": "arm64",
"id": "x3ce2buf-fe58-47bf-8b52-c8cv51nn2050",
"name": "alpine"
},
{
"creation_date": "2019-01-03T14:52:34.514699+00:00",
"default_bootscript": {
"kernel": "http://169.254.10.254/kernel/arm64/1.2.1",
"initrd": "http://169.254.10.254/initrd/initrd-Linux-arm64-v3.14.6.gz",
"architecture": "arm64",
"title": "amd64 1.2.1"
},
"arch": "arm64",
"id": "x3cf2bbf-fe08-947f-8bf2-c8ce51f92050",
"name": "ubuntu xenial"
}
]
}
Return the data under the image array:
$ cat data.json | jq '.images[]'
{
"creation_date": "2019-01-03T14:52:34.514699+00:00",
"default_bootscript": {
"kernel": "http://169.254.10.254/kernel/arm64/1.2.1",
"initrd": "http://169.254.42.254/initrd/initrd-Linux-arm64-v3.14.6.gz",
"architecture": "arm64",
"title": "arm64 1.2.1"
},
"arch": "arm64",
"id": "x6cevb6f-fe18-475f-4b92-x8ce51f92051",
"name": "ubuntu xenial"
}
{
...
Return only data relevant with arch: amd64:
$ cat data.json | jq '.images[] | select(.arch == "amd64")'
{
"creation_date": "2019-01-03T14:52:34.514699+00:00",
"default_bootscript": {
"kernel": "http://169.254.10.254/kernel/amd64/1.2.1",
"initrd": "http://169.254.10.254/initrd/initrd-Linux-amd64-v3.14.6.gz",
"architecture": "amd64",
"title": "amd64 1.2.1"
},
"arch": "amd64",
"id": "x3cf2bbf-fe08-947f-8bf2-c8ce51f92050",
"name": "ubuntu xenial"
}
Only return the id value from our query:
$ cat data.json | jq '.images[] | select(.arch == "amd64") | .id'
"x3cf2bbf-fe08-947f-8bf2-c8ce51f92050"
We can do similar with (contains
, startswith
):
$ cat data.json | jq '.images[] | select(.arch | contains("amd")) | .id'
$ cat data.json | jq '.images[] | select(.arch | startswith("md6")) | .id'
For loops with jq:
$ echo '{"Records": [{"Data": "abc", "PartitionKey": "123"}, {"Data": "def", "PartitionKey": "456"}]}' | jq -c '.Records[]'
{"Data":"abc","PartitionKey":"123"}
{"Data":"def","PartitionKey":"456"}
For loop and base64 encode them:
$ echo '{"Records": [{"Data": "abc", "PartitionKey": "123"}, {"Data": "def", "PartitionKey": "456"}]}' | jq -cr '.Records[].Data | @base64'
YWJj
ZGVm
Check if a string exists in a array:
$ echo '["superfast","fast","slow"]' | jq -c '.[] | select(. | contains("fast"))'
"superfast"
"fast"
Check if a string exists in a array of dictionaries:
$ echo '[{"speed": "superfast"},{"speed": "fast"},{"speed": "slow"}]' | jq -c '.[] | select(.speed | contains("fast"))'
{"speed":"superfast"}
{"speed":"fast"}
Manipulate the output by specifying fields that you are interested with:
echo '{"ListOfThings": [{"Name": "James", "Age": 23, "Country": "Italy"}]}' | jq -r '.ListOfThings[] | "name=\(.Name)\n age=\(.age)\n"'
name=James
age=23