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Reputation: 12203

Loop through JSON object using jq

This is what my JSON array of objects looks like:

[
    {
        "Description": "Description 1",
        "OutputKey": "OutputKey 1",
        "OutputValue": "OutputValue 1"
    },
    {
        "Description": "Description 2",
        "OutputKey": "OutputKey 2",
        "OutputValue": "OutputValue 2"
    },
    {
        "Description": "Description 3",
        "OutputKey": "OutputKey 3",
        "OutputValue": "OutputValue 3"
    },
    {
        "Description": "Description 4",
        "OutputKey": "OutputKey 4",
        "OutputValue": "OutputValue 4"
    },
    {
        "Description": "Description 5",
        "OutputKey": "OutputKey 5",
        "OutputValue": "OutputValue 5"
    },
    {
        "Description": "Description 6",
        "OutputKey": "OutputKey 6",
        "OutputValue": "OutputValue 6"
    }
]

How do i iterate over this using jq so that i can use the values of OutputKey and OutputValue in other commands?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 11540

Answers (2)

Charles Duffy
Charles Duffy

Reputation: 295281

Assuming your content is coming from in.json:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
case $BASH_VERSION in (""|[123].*) echo "Bash 4.0 or newer required" >&2; exit 1;; esac

declare -A values=( ) descriptions=( )

while IFS= read -r description &&
      IFS= read -r key &&
      IFS= read -r value; do
  values[$key]=$value
  descriptions[$key]=$description
  echo "Read key $key, with value $value and description $description" >&2
done < <(jq -r '.[] | (.Description, .OutputKey, .OutputValue)' <in.json)

Given your input, this emits the following to stderr:

Read key OutputKey 1, with value OutputValue 1 and description Description 1
Read key OutputKey 2, with value OutputValue 2 and description Description 2
Read key OutputKey 3, with value OutputValue 3 and description Description 3
Read key OutputKey 4, with value OutputValue 4 and description Description 4
Read key OutputKey 5, with value OutputValue 5 and description Description 5
Read key OutputKey 6, with value OutputValue 6 and description Description 6

Moreover, after this code is run, you can then execute:

key_to_look_up="OutputKey 1"
echo "${values[$key_to_look_up]}"
echo "${descriptions[$key_to_look_up]}"

...and get as output:

OutputValue 1
Description 1

Upvotes: 13

peak
peak

Reputation: 116640

  1. I'm afraid your question isn't very clear. If you want to produce the values for consumption by some tool or application other than jq, then it would be helpful to know what that tool expects. If you want to use the values in jq itself, then you could use map or reduce; alternatively, you could use a filter having the form: .[] | ... or [.[] ...], where the ... is some jq code that accesses the values of interest, e.g.

    [.[] | [.OutputKey, .OutputValue] ]

  2. If you want to perform some reduction operation, then you will probably want to use the form: reduce .[] as $x (_; _)

  3. There are other alternatives, depending on what it is you are trying to do.

Upvotes: 1

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