Fabian Lee : Software Engineer

Python: JSONPath to extract vCenter information using govc

March 10, 2019
Categories: Python, Virtualization

In a previous post, I described how to install and use the ‘govc‘ tool – which is a command line tool for working with VMware vCenter. When you do a listing on a virtual machine “govc ls -l -json <vmpath>”, you are returned back a very detailed JSON data structure that contains all the information … Python: JSONPath to extract vCenter information using govc

Python: Querying JSON files with JSONPath using jsonpath_rw_ext

March 10, 2019
Categories: Python

There are many tools that utilize json, and when it is relatively simple you can use standard modules or even custom coding to pull out the desired portions. But once these data structures reach a certain level of complexity you really should consider a Python module that implements JSONPath (analogous to xPath for XML). The … Python: Querying JSON files with JSONPath using jsonpath_rw_ext