How to loop through json file

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I have a below json file and I want to get the hostId, only if the name contains some specific value. I want to use shell script to achieve this.

{
  "items" : [ {
    "name" : "first-block-e70a2fe8fd0531ad1f87de49f03537a6",
    "type" : "STORE",
    "hostRef" : {
      "hostId" : "166219e3-be5c-46d0-b4c7-33543a29ce32"
    },
    "roleState" : "STARTED",
    "healthSummary" : "GOOD",

    },
  {
   "name" : "second-block-c21a1ae8dd2831cd1b87de49f98274e8",
    "type" : "STORE",
    "hostRef" : {
      "hostId" : "176429e3-be5c-46d0-b4c7-33543a29ad63"
    },
    "roleState" : "STARTED",
    "healthSummary" : "GOOD",
  }

  {
   "name" : "first-block-a85d2fe6fd0482ad1f54de49f45174a0",
    "type" : "STORE",
    "hostRef" : {
      "hostId" : "176429e3-ae1d-46d0-b4c7-66123a24fa82"
    },
    "roleState" : "STARTED",
    "healthSummary" : "GOOD",
  }

}

For example: if the name contains something with 'first-block' then I should get the hosdId as 

166219e3-be5c-46d0-b4c7-33543a29ce32
176429e3-ae1d-46d0-b4c7-66123a24fa82

How can I iterate through the json file? What regex should I use to filter the element that contains some specific value in name and get the hostid?

Best Answer

A very simple sample using python:

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
import json

def print_first(data):
    for item in data["items"]:
        if item["name"].startswith("first"):
            print item["hostRef"]["hostId"]

def main(argv):
    for json_file in argv:
        with open(json_file) as data_file:
            data = json.load(data_file)
            print_first(data)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main(sys.argv[1:])

That is with your sample data re-formatted as:

{
    "items" : [
        {
            "name" : "first-block-e70a2fe8fd0531ad1f87de49f03537a6",
            "type" : "STORE",
            "hostRef" : {
                "hostId" : "166219e3-be5c-46d0-b4c7-33543a29ce32"
            },
            "roleState" : "STARTED",
            "healthSummary" : "GOOD"

        },
        {
            "name" : "second-block-c21a1ae8dd2831cd1b87de49f98274e8",
            "type" : "STORE",
            "hostRef" : {
                "hostId" : "176429e3-be5c-46d0-b4c7-33543a29ad63"
            },
            "roleState" : "STARTED",
            "healthSummary" : "GOOD"
        },
        {
            "name" : "first-block-a85d2fe6fd0482ad1f54de49f45174a0",
            "type" : "STORE",
            "hostRef" : {
                "hostId" : "176429e3-ae1d-46d0-b4c7-66123a24fa82"
            },
            "roleState" : "STARTED",
            "healthSummary" : "GOOD"
        }
    ]
}
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