Fixed #676: JSON Paths containing array properties with a `]` not parsed correctly

HISTORY.md

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ https://github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor
   styling can be applied for default and non-default values. Thanks @AdamVig.
 - Fixed #667: resolving JSON Schema examples and descriptions did not always
   work for referenced schemas. Thanks @AdamVig.
+- Fixed #676: JSON Paths containing array properties with a `]` not parsed
+  correctly.
 
 
 ## 2019-03-14, version 5.31.1

src/js/polyfills.js

@@ -43,3 +43,10 @@ if (!Array.prototype.find) {
     }
   }
 }
+
+// Polyfill for String.trim
+if (!String.prototype.trim) {
+  String.prototype.trim = function () {
+    return this.replace(/^[\s\uFEFF\xA0]+|[\s\uFEFF\xA0]+$/g, '');
+  };
+}

src/js/util.js

@@ -742,43 +742,75 @@ exports.isChildOf = function (elem, parent) {
  * @return {Array}
  */
 exports.parsePath = function parsePath(jsonPath) {
-  var prop, remainder;
+  var path = [];
+  var i = 0;
 
-  if (jsonPath.length === 0) {
+  function parseProperty () {
-    return [];
+    var prop = ''
-  }
+    while (jsonPath[i] !== undefined && /[\w$]/.test(jsonPath[i])) {
-
+      prop += jsonPath[i];
-  // find a match like '.prop'
+      i++;
-  var match = jsonPath.match(/^\.([\w$]+)/);
-  if (match) {
-    prop = match[1];
-    remainder = jsonPath.substr(prop.length + 1);
-  }
-  else if (jsonPath[0] === '[') {
-    // find a match like
-    var end = jsonPath.indexOf(']');
-    if (end === -1) {
-      throw new SyntaxError('Character ] expected in path');
-    }
-    if (end === 1) {
-      throw new SyntaxError('Index expected after [');
     }
 
-    var value = jsonPath.substring(1, end);
+    if (prop === '') {
-    if (value[0] === '\'') {
+      throw new Error('Invalid JSON path: property name expected at index ' + i);
-      // ajv produces string prop names with single quotes, so we need
-      // to reformat them into valid double-quoted JSON strings
-      value = '\"' + value.substring(1, value.length - 1) + '\"';
     }
 
-    prop = value === '*' ? value : JSON.parse(value); // parse string and number
+    return prop;
-    remainder = jsonPath.substr(end + 1);
-  }
-  else {
-    throw new SyntaxError('Failed to parse path');
   }
 
-  return [prop].concat(parsePath(remainder))
+  function parseIndex (end) {
+    var name = ''
+    while (jsonPath[i] !== undefined && jsonPath[i] !== end) {
+      name += jsonPath[i];
+      i++;
+    }
+
+    if (jsonPath[i] !== end) {
+      throw new Error('Invalid JSON path: unexpected end, character ' + end + ' expected')
+    }
+
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  while (jsonPath[i] !== undefined) {
+    if (jsonPath[i] === '.') {
+      i++;
+      path.push(parseProperty());
+    }
+    else if (i > 0 && jsonPath[i] === '[') {
+      i++;
+
+      if (jsonPath[i] === '\'' || jsonPath[i] === '"') {
+        var end = jsonPath[i]
+        i++;
+
+        path.push(parseIndex(end));
+
+        if (jsonPath[i] !== end) {
+          throw new Error('Invalid JSON path: closing quote \' expected at index ' + i)
+        }
+        i++;
+      }
+      else {
+        var index = parseIndex(']').trim()
+        if (index.length === 0) {
+          throw new Error('Invalid JSON path: array value expected at index ' + i)
+        }
+        path.push(index);
+      }
+
+      if (jsonPath[i] !== ']') {
+        throw new Error('Invalid JSON path: closing bracket ] expected at index ' + i)
+      }
+      i++;
+    }
+    else {
+      throw new Error('Invalid JSON path: unexpected character "' + jsonPath[i] + '" at index ' + i);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return path;
 };
 
 /**

test/util.test.js

@@ -105,16 +105,19 @@ describe('util', function () {
       assert.deepEqual(util.parsePath('.foo[2].bar'), ['foo', 2, 'bar']);
       assert.deepEqual(util.parsePath('.foo["prop with spaces"]'), ['foo', 'prop with spaces']);
       assert.deepEqual(util.parsePath('.foo[\'prop with single quotes as outputted by ajv library\']'), ['foo', 'prop with single quotes as outputted by ajv library']);
+      assert.deepEqual(util.parsePath('.foo["prop with . dot"]'), ['foo', 'prop with . dot']);
+      assert.deepEqual(util.parsePath('.foo["prop with ] character"]'), ['foo', 'prop with ] character']);
       assert.deepEqual(util.parsePath('.foo[*].bar'), ['foo', '*', 'bar']);
     });
 
     it ('should throw an exception in case of an invalid path', function () {
-      assert.throws(function () {util.parsePath('.')}, /Error/);
+      assert.throws(function () {util.parsePath('.')}, /Invalid JSON path: property name expected at index 1/);
-      assert.throws(function () {util.parsePath('[')}, /Error/);
+      assert.throws(function () {util.parsePath('[')}, /Invalid JSON path: unexpected character "\[" at index 0/);
-      assert.throws(function () {util.parsePath('[]')}, /Error/);
+      assert.throws(function () {util.parsePath('[]')}, /Invalid JSON path: unexpected character "\[" at index 0/);
-      assert.throws(function () {util.parsePath('.[]')}, /Error/);
+      assert.throws(function () {util.parsePath('.foo[  ]')}, /Invalid JSON path: array value expected at index 7/);
-      assert.throws(function () {util.parsePath('["23]')}, /Error/);
+      assert.throws(function () {util.parsePath('.[]')}, /Invalid JSON path: property name expected at index 1/);
-      assert.throws(function () {util.parsePath('.foo bar')}, /Error/);
+      assert.throws(function () {util.parsePath('["23]')}, /Invalid JSON path: unexpected character "\[" at index 0/);
+      assert.throws(function () {util.parsePath('.foo bar')}, /Invalid JSON path: unexpected character " " at index 4/);
     });
 
   });