jsonpatch all elements in array

Question

The below post led me to evaluate using jsonpatch for json to json transformation:

The project can be found here:

I am currently trying to change the name of all elements in an array and am not seeing how this is possible. My current attempt is:

var transformations = [{ op: 'move', from:'/hits/1/_id', path: '/hits/1/pizza'}];

This swaps out the first element but how do I do a "*" card type operation? Something like:

var transformations = [{ op: 'move', from:'/hits/*/_id', path: '/hits/*/pizza'}];

I could see possibly calling the transformation N times for each element but that seems like a hack.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 17 '13 at 00:54

Ended up using an approach where I wrapped the call to apply in a loop:

 for(i=0;i<json.hits.length;i++) {
    var transformations = [{ op: 'move', from:'/hits/'+i+'/_id', path:'/hits/'+i+'/pizza'}];
    var result = jsonpatch.apply(json,transformations);             
 }

Maybe jsonpatch could use a wildcard feature?

jsonpatch all elements in array

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