Extract JSON object using Bash shell? [duplicate]

Question

I have a following json file and I'm looking for a way to extract object using object path using bash shell.

For example, if I say extract('production-ap/ap-northeast-1'), then it will return me "accessKey": "OO", "accountID": "99".

I like bash shell scripting but have limited knowledge of it, please help!

Thanks

{
    "production-ap": {
        "ap-northeast-1": {
            "accessKey": "OO",
            "accountID": "99"
        },
        "ap-northeast-2": {
            "accessKey": "AB",
            "accountID": "12"
        }
    },
    "production-eu": {
        "eu-west-1": {
            "accessKey": "CD",
            "accountID": "34"
        },
        "us-east-1": {
            "accessKey": "CD",
            "accountID": "34"
        }
    },
    "production-us": {
        "us-east-1": {
            "accessKey": "EF",
            "accountID": "56"
        },
        "us-east-2": {
            "accessKey": "EF",
            "accountID": "56"
        }
    },
    "stage-ap": {
        "ap-northeast-1": {
            "accessKey": "AK",
            "accountID": "78"
        },
        "ap-northeast-2": {
            "accessKey": "AK",
            "accountID": "78"
        }
    },
    "stage-eu": {
        "eu-west-1": {
            "accessKey": "AK",
            "accountID": "55"
        },
        "eu-west-2": {
            "accessKey": "AK",
            "accountID": "55"
        }
    },
    "stage-us": {
        "us-east-1": {
            "accessKey": "AK",
            "accountID": "30"
        },
        "us-east-2": {
            "accessKey": "AK",
            "accountID": "30"
        }
    },
    "private": {
        "us-west-2": {
            "accessKey": "z2",
            "accountID": "52"
        },
        "us-west-1": {
            "accessKey": "z2",
            "accountID": "52"
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

It's going to be flaky doing this using bash. There do seem to be json parsers written as shell scripts although I'm not sure how solid they are. I'd recommend something like jq which can run as a separate program and be used in a pipe. It's a standalone executable and written in C. There's no reason it can't be shipped along with your program.