RandomWallpaperGnome3/randomwallpaper@iflow.space/jsonpath/jsonpath.js

let JSONPathParser = function () {

	/**
	 * Access a simple json path expression of an object.
	 * Returns the accessed value or null if the access was not possible.
	 *
	 * @param inputObject the object to access
	 * @param inputString the json path expression
	 * @returns {*}
	 */
	this.access = function(inputObject, inputString) {
		if (inputObject === null || inputObject === undefined) {
			return null;
		}

		if (inputString.length === 0) {
			return inputObject;
		}

		let startDot = inputString.indexOf('.');
		if (startDot === -1) {
			startDot = inputString.length;
		}

		let keyString = inputString.slice(0, startDot);
		let inputStringTail = inputString.slice(startDot+1);

		let startParentheses = keyString.indexOf('[');

		if (startParentheses === -1) {

			if (!keyString.empty && !inputObject.hasOwnProperty(keyString)) {
				return null;
			}

			return this.access(inputObject[keyString], inputStringTail)

		} else {

			let indexString = keyString.slice(startParentheses+1, keyString.length-1);
			keyString = keyString.slice(0, startParentheses);

			if (!keyString.empty && !inputObject.hasOwnProperty(keyString)) {
				return null;
			}

			switch (indexString) {
			case "@random":
				return this.access(this.randomElement(inputObject[keyString]), inputStringTail);
				// add special keywords here
			default:
				// expecting integer
				return this.access(inputObject[keyString][parseInt(indexString)], inputStringTail);
			}

		}

	};

	/**
	 * Returns the value of a random key of a given object.
	 *
	 * @param inputObject
	 * @returns {*}
	 */
	this.randomElement = function(inputObject) {
		let keys = Object.keys(inputObject);
		let randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random()*keys.length);

		return inputObject[keys[randomIndex]];
	}

};

/*
	Tests
 */

let parser = new JSONPathParser();

let accessString = "naise";
let object = {naise: "one"};
let val;

console.log(`Accessing "${accessString}"`);
val = parser.access(object, accessString);
console.log(`Value: ${val}`);
console.log(`=================`);

accessString = "going.deep.anyArrayOrObject[1].someKey";
object = {
	naise: "one",
	going: {
		deep: {
			anyArrayOrObject: [
				{someKey: "I am 1!"},
				{someKey: "I am 2!"},
				{someKey: "I am 3!"},
				{someKey: "I am 4!"},
				{someKey: "I am 5!"},
				{someKey: "I am 6!"},
				{someKey: "I am 7!"},
				{someKey: "I am 8!"},
			]
		}
	}
};

console.log(`Accessing "${accessString}"`);
val = parser.access(object, accessString);
console.log(`Value: ${val}`);
console.log(`=================`);

accessString = "going.deep.anyArrayOrObject[@random].someKey";
object = {
	naise: "one",
	going: {
		deep: {
			anyArrayOrObject: [
				{someKey: "I am 1!"},
				{someKey: "I am 2!"},
				{someKey: "I am 3!"},
				{someKey: "I am 4!"},
				{someKey: "I am 5!"},
				{someKey: "I am 6!"},
				{someKey: "I am 7!"},
				{someKey: "I am 8!"},
			]
		}
	}
};

console.log(`Accessing "${accessString}"`);
val = parser.access(object, accessString);
console.log(`Value: ${val}`);
console.log(`=================`);