package jsonpatch import ( "bytes" "encoding/json" "fmt" "reflect" "strings" ) var errBadJSONDoc = fmt.Errorf("Invalid JSON Document") type JsonPatchOperation struct { Operation string `json:"op"` Path string `json:"path"` Value interface{} `json:"value,omitempty"` } func (j *JsonPatchOperation) Json() string { b, _ := json.Marshal(j) return string(b) } func (j *JsonPatchOperation) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) { var b bytes.Buffer b.WriteString("{") b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(`"op":"%s"`, j.Operation)) b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(`,"path":"%s"`, j.Path)) // Consider omitting Value for non-nullable operations. if j.Value != nil || j.Operation == "replace" || j.Operation == "add" { v, err := json.Marshal(j.Value) if err != nil { return nil, err } b.WriteString(`,"value":`) b.Write(v) } b.WriteString("}") return b.Bytes(), nil } type ByPath []JsonPatchOperation func (a ByPath) Len() int { return len(a) } func (a ByPath) Swap(i, j int) { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] } func (a ByPath) Less(i, j int) bool { return a[i].Path < a[j].Path } func NewPatch(operation, path string, value interface{}) JsonPatchOperation { return JsonPatchOperation{Operation: operation, Path: path, Value: value} } // CreatePatch creates a patch as specified in http://jsonpatch.com/ // // 'a' is original, 'b' is the modified document. Both are to be given as json encoded content. // The function will return an array of JsonPatchOperations // // An error will be returned if any of the two documents are invalid. func CreatePatch(a, b []byte) ([]JsonPatchOperation, error) { aI := map[string]interface{}{} bI := map[string]interface{}{} err := json.Unmarshal(a, &aI) if err != nil { return nil, errBadJSONDoc } err = json.Unmarshal(b, &bI) if err != nil { return nil, errBadJSONDoc } return diff(aI, bI, "", []JsonPatchOperation{}) } // Returns true if the values matches (must be json types) // The types of the values must match, otherwise it will always return false // If two map[string]interface{} are given, all elements must match. func matchesValue(av, bv interface{}) bool { if reflect.TypeOf(av) != reflect.TypeOf(bv) { return false } switch at := av.(type) { case string: bt := bv.(string) if bt == at { return true } case float64: bt := bv.(float64) if bt == at { return true } case bool: bt := bv.(bool) if bt == at { return true } case map[string]interface{}: bt := bv.(map[string]interface{}) for key := range at { if !matchesValue(at[key], bt[key]) { return false } } for key := range bt { if !matchesValue(at[key], bt[key]) { return false } } return true case []interface{}: bt := bv.([]interface{}) if len(bt) != len(at) { return false } for key := range at { if !matchesValue(at[key], bt[key]) { return false } } for key := range bt { if !matchesValue(at[key], bt[key]) { return false } } return true } return false } // From http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901#section-4 : // // Evaluation of each reference token begins by decoding any escaped // character sequence. This is performed by first transforming any // occurrence of the sequence '~1' to '/', and then transforming any // occurrence of the sequence '~0' to '~'. // TODO decode support: // var rfc6901Decoder = strings.NewReplacer("~1", "/", "~0", "~") var rfc6901Encoder = strings.NewReplacer("~", "~0", "/", "~1") func makePath(path string, newPart interface{}) string { key := rfc6901Encoder.Replace(fmt.Sprintf("%v", newPart)) if path == "" { return "/" + key } if strings.HasSuffix(path, "/") { return path + key } return path + "/" + key } // diff returns the (recursive) difference between a and b as an array of JsonPatchOperations. func diff(a, b map[string]interface{}, path string, patch []JsonPatchOperation) ([]JsonPatchOperation, error) { for key, bv := range b { p := makePath(path, key) av, ok := a[key] // value was added if !ok { patch = append(patch, NewPatch("add", p, bv)) continue } // If types have changed, replace completely if reflect.TypeOf(av) != reflect.TypeOf(bv) { patch = append(patch, NewPatch("replace", p, bv)) continue } // Types are the same, compare values var err error patch, err = handleValues(av, bv, p, patch) if err != nil { return nil, err } } // Now add all deleted values as nil for key := range a { _, found := b[key] if !found { p := makePath(path, key) patch = append(patch, NewPatch("remove", p, nil)) } } return patch, nil } func handleValues(av, bv interface{}, p string, patch []JsonPatchOperation) ([]JsonPatchOperation, error) { var err error switch at := av.(type) { case map[string]interface{}: bt := bv.(map[string]interface{}) patch, err = diff(at, bt, p, patch) if err != nil { return nil, err } case string, float64, bool: if !matchesValue(av, bv) { patch = append(patch, NewPatch("replace", p, bv)) } case []interface{}: bt, ok := bv.([]interface{}) if !ok { // array replaced by non-array patch = append(patch, NewPatch("replace", p, bv)) } else if len(at) != len(bt) { // arrays are not the same length patch = append(patch, compareArray(at, bt, p)...) } else { for i := range bt { patch, err = handleValues(at[i], bt[i], makePath(p, i), patch) if err != nil { return nil, err } } } case nil: switch bv.(type) { case nil: // Both nil, fine. default: patch = append(patch, NewPatch("add", p, bv)) } default: panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unknown type:%T ", av)) } return patch, nil } func compareArray(av, bv []interface{}, p string) []JsonPatchOperation { retval := []JsonPatchOperation{} // var err error for i, v := range av { found := false for _, v2 := range bv { if reflect.DeepEqual(v, v2) { found = true break } } if !found { retval = append(retval, NewPatch("remove", makePath(p, i), nil)) } } for i, v := range bv { found := false for _, v2 := range av { if reflect.DeepEqual(v, v2) { found = true break } } if !found { retval = append(retval, NewPatch("add", makePath(p, i), v)) } } return retval }