container¶

Sets the JSON container path where parsed properties are stored.

This parameter applies to JSON/CEE Structured Content Extraction Module (mmjsonparse).

Name:: container
Scope:: input
Type:: string
Default:: $!
Required?:: no
Introduced:: 6.6.0

Description¶

Specifies the JSON container (path) under which parsed elements should be placed. By default ($!), all parsed properties are merged into the root of the message properties.

You can specify a different container:

To place data in a subtree of message properties, for example container="$!json".
To use a local variable, for example container="$.parses".
To use a global variable, for example container="$/parses".

Input usage¶

action(type="mmjsonparse" container="$.parses")

See also¶

See also the main mmjsonparse module documentation.

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