{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-} module Example where import Control.Monad (unless) import Data.Aeson import qualified Data.Aeson.Pointer as P main :: IO () main = do -- JSON Pointers must either be empty or start with a /. pntr1 <- case P.unescape "/foo/0" of Left _ -> error "Failed to construct JSON Pointer." Right pntr -> return pntr -- We can also write JSON Pointers in Haskell. let pntr2 = P.Pointer [P.Token "/"] -- When we do this we don't have to escape / or ~ characters -- (as ~1 and ~0 respectively) like we do in an escaped JSON -- Pointer string. unless (P.unescape "/~1" == Right pntr2) (error "ohno!") print (P.resolve pntr1 document) print (P.resolve pntr2 document) where document :: Value document = object [ "foo" .= [String "bar", String "baz"] , "/" .= String "quux" ]