Sublime text 3 plugin to get JSON path

Question

I am after a plugin or technique in sublime text 3 to get what I will call the fully qualified path of the json element that is selected in the editor window.

Somethink like: http://jsonpath.com/

I want to get a result somewhere that I can copy, I just want to use this for documentation, not programmatically. It does not need to be the https://github.com/jayway/JsonPath standard, just something that produces a readable/meaningful path to an element.

Pre

Are you looking to get a full path to the current cursor location in the json file, or are you looking to get results based on an object query from an input panel? JsonTree has some code that you might be able to rework into a solution. Maybe create two additional arrays in parallel with keys & trimkeys, one that contains regions & another that contains the object's path. – Columbarium

I am after the "full path to the current cursor location in the json file". Will have a look at your suggestion, thanks. – Pre

@Pre did you ever find a solution? – Homogenesis

@sakurashinken, I switched to Visual Studio Code, which I prefer now anyway, and also use this extension: JSONPath StatusBar – Pre

Answer 1

For those who came here looking for ST3 implementation of jsonpath, there's an awesome Pretty JSON plugin.

It has jQ integration, which does the same same thing as jsonpath. jQ has different syntax, but it's much more convenient to have this functionality available inside ST3 than to switch to browser.

Kerry

jq should be installed manually; for Linux use command sudo apt-get install jq – Sixfold

This is working on Windows, too. Simply download jq.exe and save to a directory in path. – Lagasse

It's been already 2 years since there's a JQ plugin for Sublime. It's even more convenient than PrettyJSON. – Kerry

Answer 2

I was searching for the same and ended up creating a plugin myself: https://github.com/akirk/StatusBarJsonPath

Kicker

Update: you can now get it via packagecontrol.io/packages/Status%20Bar%20JsonPath – Kicker