JQ

JQ is a DSL for querying javascript object. APIs are very similar to jQuery. If you know jQuery, you can use this library immediately.

Instalation

via npm:

1$ npm install JQ

Browser Support

To compile JQ to a single file runnable for client-side use simply execute:

1$ make JQ.js

Sample

1var JQ = require('JQ').JQ;
2
3var family = {
4  father_name: 'bob',
5  mother_name: 'kathy',
6  children: [
7    { 
8      name: 'john',
9      age: 3
10    },
11    {
12      name: 'alice',
13      age: 2
14    },
15    {
16      name: 'mike',
17      age: 1
18    }
19  ]
20};
21
22var $family = JQ(family);
23$family("name === 'john' || age === 1").get(0); // -> { name: 'john', age: 3 }
24$family("name === 'john' || age === 1").get(1); // -> { name: 'make', age: 1 }
25