Syntax & Cheat Sheet

JSONPath Syntax Guide.

Learn how to navigate, query, and extract data from JSON payloads with JSONPath expressions.

JSONPath Operators Reference

Operator	Expression	Meaning
$	$	The root object / element.
.	$.store.book	Dot child operator.
..	$..author	Recursive descent (all descendant author keys).
*	$.store.book[*]	Wildcard for all child elements or properties.
[n]	$.users[0]	Array index (0-based).
[?()]	$[?(@.price > 20)]	Filter expression on array items.

Interactive Testing

You can practice and test your JSONPath expressions in real-time on any sample data in our JSONPath Tester.

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