How to handle dynamic jsonPath

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cool. I like the jsoneditoronline.org web site, going to use that next time I need to share some JSON :slight_smile:

I was able to locate your numRefinementsvalue in both env’s using

object.contents.find(c => c[`@type`] === `BananaPage`)
   .mainNavigation.find(m => m[`@type`] === `ContentSlotSecondary`)
   .contents.find(c => c[`@type`] === `ContentSlotSecondary`)
   .contents.find(c => c[`@type`] === `GuidedNavigation`)
   .navigation.find(n => n.dimensionName === `Brand`)
   .numRefinements

I did notice that the path to "dimensionName" : "Brand" for env1 is
objectâ–şcontentsâ–ş0â–şmainNavigationâ–ş1â–şcontentsâ–ş0â–şcontentsâ–ş0â–şnavigationâ–ş0â–şdimensionName
which isn’t the same path as you gave, but there was only one key/value pair like that so went with that instead.

I do assume that the value for @type is a good unique identifier to use to find the item in the contents and mainNavigation arrays. If it isn’t, you may want to select by another field.

Lastly, I was able to refine the command using the Chrome Dev Tools.

I created two variables

const env1 = <<...paste env1 JSON...>>
const env2 = <<...paste env2 JSON...>>

Then, as you build up the command, Chrome shows you the results in grey as you go

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You can flick between env1 & env2 results by changing the first variable, a handy way to confirm the command works for both env’s.

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