chef inspec validation of the nested json file

Question

I am using chef inspec to validate in the below json file whether annotation is equal to Test.

"imdata": [
    {
        "aaaPwdStrengthProfile": {
            "attributes": {
                "annotation": "Test",
            }
        }
    }
]

Trying with the below script but getting error

describe json('C:/output.json') do
  its(['imdata','aaaPwdStrengthProfile','attributes','annotation']) { should eq 'Test' }
end

Answer 1

In the JSON file you are trying to test, imdata is an array []. The nested dictionary { .. } is the first element (0) of that array.

I created the JSON data from your question as /tmp/sample.json. So the inspec test should refer to 'imdata', 0,, like below:

describe json('/tmp/sample.json') do
  its(['imdata', 0, 'aaaPwdStrengthProfile', 'attributes', 'annotation']) { should eq 'Test' }
end