The jsonpatch module

Apply JSON-Patches (RFC 6902)

class jsonpatch.AddOperation(operation, pointer_cls=<class 'jsonpointer.JsonPointer'>)

Adds an object property or an array element.

class jsonpatch.CopyOperation(operation, pointer_cls=<class 'jsonpointer.JsonPointer'>)

Copies an object property or an array element to a new location

exception jsonpatch.InvalidJsonPatch

Raised if an invalid JSON Patch is created

exception jsonpatch.JsonPatchConflict

Raised if patch could not be applied due to conflict situation such as: - attempt to add object key when it already exists; - attempt to operate with nonexistence object key; - attempt to insert value to array at position beyond its size; - etc.

exception jsonpatch.JsonPatchException

Base Json Patch exception

exception jsonpatch.JsonPatchTestFailed

A Test operation failed

class jsonpatch.MoveOperation(operation, pointer_cls=<class 'jsonpointer.JsonPointer'>)

Moves an object property or an array element to a new location.

class jsonpatch.PatchOperation(operation, pointer_cls=<class 'jsonpointer.JsonPointer'>)

A single operation inside a JSON Patch.

apply(obj)

Abstract method that applies a patch operation to the specified object.

class jsonpatch.RemoveOperation(operation, pointer_cls=<class 'jsonpointer.JsonPointer'>)

Removes an object property or an array element.

class jsonpatch.ReplaceOperation(operation, pointer_cls=<class 'jsonpointer.JsonPointer'>)

Replaces an object property or an array element by a new value.

class jsonpatch.TestOperation(operation, pointer_cls=<class 'jsonpointer.JsonPointer'>)

Test value by specified location.

jsonpatch.apply_patch(doc, patch, in_place=False, pointer_cls=<class 'jsonpointer.JsonPointer'>)

Apply list of patches to specified json document.

Parameters:
  • doc (dict) – Document object.
  • patch (list or str) – JSON patch as list of dicts or raw JSON-encoded string.
  • in_place (bool) – While True patch will modify target document. By default patch will be applied to document copy.
  • pointer_cls (Type[JsonPointer]) – JSON pointer class to use.
Returns:

Patched document object.
Return type:

dict

 
>>> doc = {'foo': 'bar'}
>>> patch = [{'op': 'add', 'path': '/baz', 'value': 'qux'}]
>>> other = apply_patch(doc, patch)
>>> doc is not other
True
>>> other == {'foo': 'bar', 'baz': 'qux'}
True
>>> patch = [{'op': 'add', 'path': '/baz', 'value': 'qux'}]
>>> apply_patch(doc, patch, in_place=True) == {'foo': 'bar', 'baz': 'qux'}
True
>>> doc == other
True
jsonpatch.make_patch(src, dst, pointer_cls=<class 'jsonpointer.JsonPointer'>)

Generates patch by comparing two document objects. Actually is a proxy to JsonPatch.from_diff() method.

Parameters:
  • src (dict) – Data source document object.
  • dst (dict) – Data source document object.
  • pointer_cls (Type[JsonPointer]) – JSON pointer class to use.
 
>>> src = {'foo': 'bar', 'numbers': [1, 3, 4, 8]}
>>> dst = {'baz': 'qux', 'numbers': [1, 4, 7]}
>>> patch = make_patch(src, dst)
>>> new = patch.apply(src)
>>> new == dst
True
jsonpatch.multidict(ordered_pairs)

Convert duplicate keys values to lists.