Add to existing json file using jq

Question

I have an Artifactory AQL Spec file in JSON format. The spec file is as follows:

{
  "files": [
    {
      "aql": {
        "items.find": {
          "repo": "release-repo",
          "modified": { "$before": "30d" },
          "type": { "$eq": "folder" },
          "depth": "2"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

let's say I run a gitlab api query to acquire a list of SHAs that I want to iterate through and add to this json spec file.. The list of SHAs are assigned to a variable..

"a991fef6bb9e9759d513fd4b277fe3674b44e4f4"
"5a562d34bb1d4ab4264acc2c61327651218524ad"
"d4e296c35644743e58aed35d1afb87e34d6c8823"

I would like to iterate through all these commit IDs in and add them one by one to the json so that they are in this format:

{
  "files": [
    {
      "aql": {
        "items.find": {
          "repo": "release-repo",
          "modified": { "$before": "30d" },
          "type": { "$eq": "folder" },
          "$or": [
            {
              "$and": [
                {
                  "name": {
                    "$nmatch": "*a991fef6bb9e9759d513fd4b277fe3674b44e4f4*"
                  }
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "$and": [
                {
                  "name": {
                    "$nmatch": "*5a562d34bb1d4ab4264acc2c61327651218524ad*"
                  }
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "$and": [
                {
                  "name": {
                    "$nmatch": "*d4e296c35644743e58aed35d1afb87e34d6c8823*"
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "depth": "2"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

The list of SHAs returned from the gitlab api query will be different everything and that's why I'd like this to be a dynamic entry or update every time. The number of returned SHAs will also be different... Could return 10 one day or it could return 50 on another day.

Answer 1

#!/usr/bin/env bash

template='{
  "files": [
    {
      "aql": {
        "items.find": {
          "repo": "release-repo",
          "modified": { "$before": "30d" },
          "type": { "$eq": "folder" },
          "$or": [],
          "depth": "2"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'

shas=(
  "a991fef6bb9e9759d513fd4b277fe3674b44e4f4"
  "5a562d34bb1d4ab4264acc2c61327651218524ad"
  "d4e296c35644743e58aed35d1afb87e34d6c8823"
)

jq -n \
        --argjson template "$template" \
        --arg shas_str "${shas[*]}" \
'
reduce ($shas_str | split(" ") | .[]) as $sha ($template;
  .files[0].aql["items.find"]["$or"] += [{
    "$and": [{"name": {"$nmatch": ("*" + $sha + "*")}}]
  }]
)
'

...emits as output:

{
  "files": [
    {
      "aql": {
        "items.find": {
          "repo": "release-repo",
          "modified": {
            "$before": "30d"
          },
          "type": {
            "$eq": "folder"
          },
          "$or": [
            {
              "$and": [
                {
                  "name": {
                    "$nmatch": "*a991fef6bb9e9759d513fd4b277fe3674b44e4f4*"
                  }
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "$and": [
                {
                  "name": {
                    "$nmatch": "*5a562d34bb1d4ab4264acc2c61327651218524ad*"
                  }
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "$and": [
                {
                  "name": {
                    "$nmatch": "*d4e296c35644743e58aed35d1afb87e34d6c8823*"
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "depth": "2"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}