jq get attribute of nested object












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I have the following structure (full file example here):



{
{
"weather": [
{
"advertiser": "Worldwide Forecasts",
"notificationText": "Weather - Check the Weather Now - Weather",
"notificationURL": "http://www.worldwideforecasts.com/b/index.html?aff_sub=NL01R15178755321634q5X2zHqXo1976US&utm_term=weather&utm_campaign=bing&utm_content=new-weather%20-%20Weather%20-%202&utm_medium=Search_SEM&utm_source=7&nlhash=BR6et8ISl5dCdAHF&requestId=NL01R15178755321634q5X2zHqXo1976US",
"uuid": "9f27d258-f9d5-4b19-9f70-291eb9cbab51",
"creativeSetId": "2799cbab-1fa1-4f15-bbc9-c92381dbfc57"
},
{
"advertiser": "Worldwide Forecasts",
"notificationText": "Weather - Check the Weather Now - Weather",
"notificationURL": "http://www.worldwideforecasts.com/b/index.html?aff_sub=NL01R15178755321634q5X2zHqXo1976US&utm_term=weather&utm_campaign=bing&utm_content=new-weather%20-%20Weather%20-%202&utm_medium=Search_SEM&utm_source=7&nlhash=BR6et8ISl5dCdAHF&requestId=NL01R15178755321634q5X2zHqXo1976US",
"uuid": "9f27d258-f9d5-4b19-9f70-291eb9cbab51",
"creativeSetId": "2799cbab-1fa1-4f15-bbc9-c92381dbfc57"
}
]
}
}


With several categories like the weather example.



I want to use jq to get a list of all values for notificationURL so that I'm left with a list of the URLs for all advertisers.



I was initially thinking I could do something like:



cat file.json | jq ...notificationURL


But this doesn't work.



Can anyone assist with the correct way to do this?










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    I have the following structure (full file example here):



    {
    {
    "weather": [
    {
    "advertiser": "Worldwide Forecasts",
    "notificationText": "Weather - Check the Weather Now - Weather",
    "notificationURL": "http://www.worldwideforecasts.com/b/index.html?aff_sub=NL01R15178755321634q5X2zHqXo1976US&utm_term=weather&utm_campaign=bing&utm_content=new-weather%20-%20Weather%20-%202&utm_medium=Search_SEM&utm_source=7&nlhash=BR6et8ISl5dCdAHF&requestId=NL01R15178755321634q5X2zHqXo1976US",
    "uuid": "9f27d258-f9d5-4b19-9f70-291eb9cbab51",
    "creativeSetId": "2799cbab-1fa1-4f15-bbc9-c92381dbfc57"
    },
    {
    "advertiser": "Worldwide Forecasts",
    "notificationText": "Weather - Check the Weather Now - Weather",
    "notificationURL": "http://www.worldwideforecasts.com/b/index.html?aff_sub=NL01R15178755321634q5X2zHqXo1976US&utm_term=weather&utm_campaign=bing&utm_content=new-weather%20-%20Weather%20-%202&utm_medium=Search_SEM&utm_source=7&nlhash=BR6et8ISl5dCdAHF&requestId=NL01R15178755321634q5X2zHqXo1976US",
    "uuid": "9f27d258-f9d5-4b19-9f70-291eb9cbab51",
    "creativeSetId": "2799cbab-1fa1-4f15-bbc9-c92381dbfc57"
    }
    ]
    }
    }


    With several categories like the weather example.



    I want to use jq to get a list of all values for notificationURL so that I'm left with a list of the URLs for all advertisers.



    I was initially thinking I could do something like:



    cat file.json | jq ...notificationURL


    But this doesn't work.



    Can anyone assist with the correct way to do this?










    share|improve this question

























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      I have the following structure (full file example here):



      {
      {
      "weather": [
      {
      "advertiser": "Worldwide Forecasts",
      "notificationText": "Weather - Check the Weather Now - Weather",
      "notificationURL": "http://www.worldwideforecasts.com/b/index.html?aff_sub=NL01R15178755321634q5X2zHqXo1976US&utm_term=weather&utm_campaign=bing&utm_content=new-weather%20-%20Weather%20-%202&utm_medium=Search_SEM&utm_source=7&nlhash=BR6et8ISl5dCdAHF&requestId=NL01R15178755321634q5X2zHqXo1976US",
      "uuid": "9f27d258-f9d5-4b19-9f70-291eb9cbab51",
      "creativeSetId": "2799cbab-1fa1-4f15-bbc9-c92381dbfc57"
      },
      {
      "advertiser": "Worldwide Forecasts",
      "notificationText": "Weather - Check the Weather Now - Weather",
      "notificationURL": "http://www.worldwideforecasts.com/b/index.html?aff_sub=NL01R15178755321634q5X2zHqXo1976US&utm_term=weather&utm_campaign=bing&utm_content=new-weather%20-%20Weather%20-%202&utm_medium=Search_SEM&utm_source=7&nlhash=BR6et8ISl5dCdAHF&requestId=NL01R15178755321634q5X2zHqXo1976US",
      "uuid": "9f27d258-f9d5-4b19-9f70-291eb9cbab51",
      "creativeSetId": "2799cbab-1fa1-4f15-bbc9-c92381dbfc57"
      }
      ]
      }
      }


      With several categories like the weather example.



      I want to use jq to get a list of all values for notificationURL so that I'm left with a list of the URLs for all advertisers.



      I was initially thinking I could do something like:



      cat file.json | jq ...notificationURL


      But this doesn't work.



      Can anyone assist with the correct way to do this?










      share|improve this question













      I have the following structure (full file example here):



      {
      {
      "weather": [
      {
      "advertiser": "Worldwide Forecasts",
      "notificationText": "Weather - Check the Weather Now - Weather",
      "notificationURL": "http://www.worldwideforecasts.com/b/index.html?aff_sub=NL01R15178755321634q5X2zHqXo1976US&utm_term=weather&utm_campaign=bing&utm_content=new-weather%20-%20Weather%20-%202&utm_medium=Search_SEM&utm_source=7&nlhash=BR6et8ISl5dCdAHF&requestId=NL01R15178755321634q5X2zHqXo1976US",
      "uuid": "9f27d258-f9d5-4b19-9f70-291eb9cbab51",
      "creativeSetId": "2799cbab-1fa1-4f15-bbc9-c92381dbfc57"
      },
      {
      "advertiser": "Worldwide Forecasts",
      "notificationText": "Weather - Check the Weather Now - Weather",
      "notificationURL": "http://www.worldwideforecasts.com/b/index.html?aff_sub=NL01R15178755321634q5X2zHqXo1976US&utm_term=weather&utm_campaign=bing&utm_content=new-weather%20-%20Weather%20-%202&utm_medium=Search_SEM&utm_source=7&nlhash=BR6et8ISl5dCdAHF&requestId=NL01R15178755321634q5X2zHqXo1976US",
      "uuid": "9f27d258-f9d5-4b19-9f70-291eb9cbab51",
      "creativeSetId": "2799cbab-1fa1-4f15-bbc9-c92381dbfc57"
      }
      ]
      }
      }


      With several categories like the weather example.



      I want to use jq to get a list of all values for notificationURL so that I'm left with a list of the URLs for all advertisers.



      I was initially thinking I could do something like:



      cat file.json | jq ...notificationURL


      But this doesn't work.



      Can anyone assist with the correct way to do this?







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          You have two basic options here (with your full file):



          jq '.categories.notificationURL' bundle.json
          jq '.categories | ..notificationURL' bundle.json


          In the first, you apply the operation twice in succession, and in the second you compose two separate filters together with the pipe operator. I find using extra pipes a lot easier to work with and debug, but these are both identical for your purpose.



          . generic iteration always applies to the single input value of this iteration, so it has to be the first element in an expression and is a syntax error anywhere else, but applied to a specific value to its left-hand side is fine anywhere.



          The very fact that you can write abc at all, rather than only ., is not well-described in the jq documentation, but you can. You can think of . as applying to the identity filter ., although I think it is actually a special case.





          In this exact case you can shrink it down to:



          jq '..notificationURL' bundle.json


          which applies the iterator operation thrice in a row, since there's only the one key "categories" in the top-level object.






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            You have two basic options here (with your full file):



            jq '.categories.notificationURL' bundle.json
            jq '.categories | ..notificationURL' bundle.json


            In the first, you apply the operation twice in succession, and in the second you compose two separate filters together with the pipe operator. I find using extra pipes a lot easier to work with and debug, but these are both identical for your purpose.



            . generic iteration always applies to the single input value of this iteration, so it has to be the first element in an expression and is a syntax error anywhere else, but applied to a specific value to its left-hand side is fine anywhere.



            The very fact that you can write abc at all, rather than only ., is not well-described in the jq documentation, but you can. You can think of . as applying to the identity filter ., although I think it is actually a special case.





            In this exact case you can shrink it down to:



            jq '..notificationURL' bundle.json


            which applies the iterator operation thrice in a row, since there's only the one key "categories" in the top-level object.






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              You have two basic options here (with your full file):



              jq '.categories.notificationURL' bundle.json
              jq '.categories | ..notificationURL' bundle.json


              In the first, you apply the operation twice in succession, and in the second you compose two separate filters together with the pipe operator. I find using extra pipes a lot easier to work with and debug, but these are both identical for your purpose.



              . generic iteration always applies to the single input value of this iteration, so it has to be the first element in an expression and is a syntax error anywhere else, but applied to a specific value to its left-hand side is fine anywhere.



              The very fact that you can write abc at all, rather than only ., is not well-described in the jq documentation, but you can. You can think of . as applying to the identity filter ., although I think it is actually a special case.





              In this exact case you can shrink it down to:



              jq '..notificationURL' bundle.json


              which applies the iterator operation thrice in a row, since there's only the one key "categories" in the top-level object.






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                You have two basic options here (with your full file):



                jq '.categories.notificationURL' bundle.json
                jq '.categories | ..notificationURL' bundle.json


                In the first, you apply the operation twice in succession, and in the second you compose two separate filters together with the pipe operator. I find using extra pipes a lot easier to work with and debug, but these are both identical for your purpose.



                . generic iteration always applies to the single input value of this iteration, so it has to be the first element in an expression and is a syntax error anywhere else, but applied to a specific value to its left-hand side is fine anywhere.



                The very fact that you can write abc at all, rather than only ., is not well-described in the jq documentation, but you can. You can think of . as applying to the identity filter ., although I think it is actually a special case.





                In this exact case you can shrink it down to:



                jq '..notificationURL' bundle.json


                which applies the iterator operation thrice in a row, since there's only the one key "categories" in the top-level object.






                share|improve this answer












                You have two basic options here (with your full file):



                jq '.categories.notificationURL' bundle.json
                jq '.categories | ..notificationURL' bundle.json


                In the first, you apply the operation twice in succession, and in the second you compose two separate filters together with the pipe operator. I find using extra pipes a lot easier to work with and debug, but these are both identical for your purpose.



                . generic iteration always applies to the single input value of this iteration, so it has to be the first element in an expression and is a syntax error anywhere else, but applied to a specific value to its left-hand side is fine anywhere.



                The very fact that you can write abc at all, rather than only ., is not well-described in the jq documentation, but you can. You can think of . as applying to the identity filter ., although I think it is actually a special case.





                In this exact case you can shrink it down to:



                jq '..notificationURL' bundle.json


                which applies the iterator operation thrice in a row, since there's only the one key "categories" in the top-level object.







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