JSON

JSON is an injection-safe data format, since it does not allow referencing external entities.

  • contrast this with XML, which does allow referencing external entities.

In order for a Javascript object to be serializable as JSON, it must be sanitized of the following values:

  • undefined
  • nested objects
  • non-UTF-8 values

JSON Pointer

A JSON Pointer describes a slash-separated path to traverse the keys in the objects in the document. Therefore, /properties/street_address means:

  1. find the value of the key properties
  2. within that object, find the value of the key street_address

The URI https://example.com/schemas/address#/properties/street_address identifies the highlighted subschema in the following schema.

{
  "$id": "https://example.com/schemas/address",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "street_address":
      { "type": "string" }
  }
}

Children
  1. JSON Patch

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