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JSON query and transformation language
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# JSLT



JSLT is a complete query and transformation language for JSON.  The

language design is inspired by [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/),

[XPath](https://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116/), and

[XQuery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XQuery).



JSLT can be used as:

 * a query language to extract values from JSON (`.foo.bar[0]`),

 * a filter/check language to test JSON objects (`starts-with(.foo.bar[0], "http://")`) ,

 * a transformation language to convert between JSON formats.



An example transform:



```

{

    "time": round(parse-time(.published, "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssX") * 1000),

    "device_manufacturer": .device.manufacturer,

    "device_model": .device.model,

    "language": .device.acceptLanguage,

    "os_name": .device.osType,

    "os_version": .device.osVersion,

    "platform": .device.platformType,

    "user_properties": {

        "is_logged_in" : boolean(.actor."spt:userId")

    }

}

```



[**Demo playground**](http://www.garshol.priv.no/jslt-demo).



[**Language tutorial**](tutorial.md).



[**Function documentation**](functions.md).



[**More examples**](examples/README.md).



[**Javadoc**](http://javadoc.io/doc/com.schibsted.spt.data/jslt).



[**API introduction**](docs/api.md).



[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/schibsted/jslt.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/schibsted/jslt)



## Quick reference



| Operation     | Explanation |

| ------------- | ------------- |

| `.`             | The context node  |

| `.`       | [Get value of key](tutorial.md#dot-accessors) `""` inside an object  |

| `.[]`          | [Get value](tutorial.md#array-indexing) `` inside an array |

| `.[ : ]`     | [Array slicing](tutorial.md#array-indexing) |

| `if ()  else ` | [If test](tutorial.md#if-expressions) to decide which value to return |

| `let  = ` | [Define a variable](tutorial.md#variables) |

| `$`             | [Refer to a variable](tutorial.md#variables) |

| `[for () ]` | [Transform an array](tutorial.md#for-expressions) |

| `{for ()  : }` | [Transform an object](tutorial.md#object-for-expressions) |

| `def (, ...) ` | [Declare a function](tutorial.md#function-declarations) |

| `// ` | Comment |

| `{  :  }`               | [Object constructor](tutorial.md#json-construction) |

| `{  : , * : . }`        | Specify one key, [copy rest of input](tutorial.md#object-matching) |

| `5 * 7 + 23.2`        | Arithmetic operations |

| `7 < 5`        | Comparators |

| `7 < 5 and .foo == "yes"` | Boolean operators |



## Using the library



To include JSLT in your project, depend on:



```



  com.schibsted.spt.data

  jslt

  0.1.14



```



At runtime JSLT depends on Jackson, and nothing else.



To transform one `JsonNode` into another, do:



```

import com.schibsted.spt.data.jslt.Parser;

import com.schibsted.spt.data.jslt.Expression;



JsonNode input = ...;

Expression jslt = Parser.compileString(transform);

JsonNode output = jslt.apply(input);

```



For more alternatives, see [the

javadoc](http://javadoc.io/doc/com.schibsted.spt.data/jslt).



## Command-line



To run transforms on the command-line, first build with `./gradlew

clean shadowJar`. Then you can run with:



```

java -cp build/libs/*.jar com.schibsted.spt.data.jslt.cli.JSLT transform.jslt input.json

```



The result is written to standard out.



## Extension functions



You can implement your own functions and add them to the language.

See [the extension function tutorial](extensions.md).



## Feedback



If you have questions about how to use JSLT, please ask the question

on StackOverflow, with the tag `jslt`.



If you have problems, feature requests, or think you found a bug,

please open an issue.



## Status



The language design is not finished, so features may be added. The

language as it stands is not likely to change.



The entire language is implemented, and all of the function library.

Functions may be added.



The language has been used in production at Schibsted since January

2018, performing about 9 billion transforms per day, and many times

more queries.



## Building JSLT



To build JSLT as a jar file, run `./gradlew jar`.



To build a fat jar with all dependencies included, run `./gradlew

shadowJar`.



To run the tests: `./gradlew check`.



There is a `pom.xml` file, but Maven is not used for building JSLT,

and the file is not intended to work. It's only there to make Github

dependency tracking work.



## More information



Developing a language for JSON processing: [video of

talk](https://vimeo.com/289470470), [slides

only](https://www.slideshare.net/larsga/jslt-json-querying-and-transformation).



[Running the playground yourself](playground/README.md)



Anthony Sparks is working on a

[VM-based implementation in Java](https://github.com/tonysparks/jslt2)



[A paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.10754) describing (among other

things) some of the ways Schibsted uses JSLT.



[Visual Studio syntax highlighter](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jarno-rajala.jslt-lang) for JSLT.



[IntelliJ JSLT plugin](https://github.com/fuchsst/jslt-intellij-plugin).



[Apache Camel JSLT component](https://camel.apache.org/components/latest/jslt-component.html).



JSLT is also integrated in [Apache NiFi](https://nifi.apache.org/) [as a processor](https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/components/org.apache.nifi/nifi-jslt-nar/1.20.0/org.apache.nifi.processors.jslt.JSLTTransformJSON/index.html).



[How Willhaben.at uses JSLT with Kafka Connect](https://tech.willhaben.at/kafka-connect-custom-single-message-transform-using-jslt-2fc57ae98395)



[IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-biz-automation/21.0.x?topic=specification-event-selectors-transformers).



[Pincette event sourcing framework uses JSLT](https://github.com/json-event-sourcing/pincette-jes).



## LICENSE



Copyright (c) 2018 Schibsted Marketplaces Products & Technology AS



Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at `http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0`



Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.



## What is missing



Things to be done:

  * Move the tests out into YAML files.

  * Write a proper spec with EBNF and everything.

  * Fix the syntax ambiguity problem with `let` and `def`.

  * Implement toString() throughout the object tree, so that it's

    possible to turn expressions back to strings.

  * Optimizer:

     * Optimize `... and boolean( ... )` by removing `boolean()`.

     * Implement parse tree traversal API.

     * Make sure entire tree is traversed (inside function decls and

       variables, for example).

     * Complete constant folding. Particularly constant folding for variables

       would be valuable.

     * Inlining of functions.

     * Eliminate unused variables.

  * Use property-based testing and fuzz testing to harden the parser.



See also [the list of ideas](ideas/).