json-query 0.1.1

# json-query

This rust crate provides programmatic access to [jq] 1.6 via its C api.

By leveraging [jq] we can extract and transform data from a json string
using jq's filtering dsl.

```rust
use json_query;
// ...

let res = json_query::run(".name", r#"{"name": "test"}"#);
assert_eq!(res, Ok("\"test\"".to_string()));
```

The return values from the run method are json strings, and as such will need
to be parsed if you want to work with the actual data types being represented.
As such, you may want to pair this crate with [serde_json] or similar.

For example, here we want to extract the numbers from a set of objects:

```rust
use json_query;
use serde_json::{self, json};

// ...

let data = json!({
    "movies": [
        { "title": "Coraline", "year": 2009 },
        { "title": "ParaNorman", "year": 2012 },
        { "title": "Boxtrolls", "year": 2014 },
        { "title": "Kubo and the Two Strings", "year": 2016 },
        { "title": "Missing Link", "year": 2019 }
    ]
});

let query = "[.movies[].year]";
// program output as a json string...
let output = json_query::run(query, &data.to_string()).unwrap();
// ... parse via serde
let parsed: Vec<i64> = serde_json::from_str(&output).unwrap();

assert_eq!(vec![2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019], parsed);
```

Barely any of the options or flags available from the [jq] cli are exposed
currently.
Literally all that is provided is the ability to execute a _jq program_ on a blob
of json.
Please pardon my dust as I sort out the details.

## Linking to libjq

When the `bundled` feature is enabled (on by default) `libjq` is provided and
linked statically by [jq-sys] and [jq-src]
which require having autotools and gcc in `PATH` to build.

If you disable the `bundled` feature, you will need to ensure your crate
links to `libjq` in order for the bindings to work.
For this you may need to add a `build.rs` script if you don't have one already.

[jq]: https://github.com/stedolan/jq
[serde_json]: https://github.com/serde-rs/json
[jq-sys]: https://github.com/onelson/jq-sys
[jq-src]: https://github.com/onelson/jq-src

# Changelog

## v0.1.1 (2019-01-14)

* Added extra links to cargo manifest.
* Added some basic docs.
* Added a `bundled` feature to opt in or out of using the bundled source.

## v0.1.0 (2019-01-13)

Initial release.