TiddlyWiki5/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/howtos/Reading data from JSON tiddlers.tid

created: 20220427174702859
modified: 20220611104737314
tags: [[JSON in TiddlyWiki]] Learning
title: Reading data from JSON tiddlers
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See [[JSON in TiddlyWiki]] for an overview of using JSON in TiddlyWiki.

!! Filter Operators for Accessing JSON Data

The following filter operators allow values to be read from JSON data:

* <<.olink jsonget>> to retrieve the values of a property in JSON data
* <<.olink jsontype>> to retrieve the type of a JSON value
* <<.olink jsonindexes>> to retrieve the names of the fields of a JSON object, or the indexes of a JSON array
* <<.olink jsonextract>> to retrieve a JSON value as a string of JSON

!! Text References for Accessing JSON Data

[[Text references|TextReference]] are a simple shortcut syntax to look up the value of a named property. For example, if a [[DictionaryTiddler|DictionaryTiddlers]] called `MonthDays` contains:

```
oct:31
nov:30
dec:31
```

... then `{{MonthDays##nov}}` will resolve to the value `30`.

The same is true if `MonthDays` is a [[JSONTiddler|JSONTiddlers]] with the following content:

```
{"oct":31,"nov":30,"dec":31}
```