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Tutorial
========
Please refer to `RFC 6902 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902>`_ for the exact
patch syntax.
Creating a Patch
----------------
Patches can be created in two ways. One way is to explicitly create a
``JsonPatch`` object from a list of operations. For convenience, the method
``JsonPatch.from_string()`` accepts a string, parses it and constructs the
patch object from it.
.. code-block:: python
>>> import jsonpatch
>>> patch = jsonpatch.JsonPatch([
{'op': 'add', 'path': '/foo', 'value': 'bar'},
{'op': 'add', 'path': '/baz', 'value': [1, 2, 3]},
{'op': 'remove', 'path': '/baz/1'},
{'op': 'test', 'path': '/baz', 'value': [1, 3]},
{'op': 'replace', 'path': '/baz/0', 'value': 42},
{'op': 'remove', 'path': '/baz/1'},
])
# or equivalently
>>> patch = jsonpatch.JsonPatch.from_string('[{"op": "add", ....}]')
Another way is to *diff* two objects.
.. code-block:: python
>>> src = {'foo': 'bar', 'numbers': [1, 3, 4, 8]}
>>> dst = {'baz': 'qux', 'numbers': [1, 4, 7]}
>>> patch = jsonpatch.JsonPatch.from_diff(src, dst)
# or equivalently
>>> patch = jsonpatch.make_patch(src, dst)
Applying a Patch
----------------
A patch is always applied to an object.
.. code-block:: python
>>> doc = {}
>>> result = patch.apply(doc)
{'foo': 'bar', 'baz': [42]}
The ``apply`` method returns a new object as a result. If ``in_place=True`` the
object is modified in place.
If a patch is only used once, it is not necessary to create a patch object
explicitly.
.. code-block:: python
>>> obj = {'foo': 'bar'}
# from a patch string
>>> patch = '[{"op": "add", "path": "/baz", "value": "qux"}]'
>>> res = jsonpatch.apply_patch(obj, patch)
# or from a list
>>> patch = [{'op': 'add', 'path': '/baz', 'value': 'qux'}]
>>> res = jsonpatch.apply_patch(obj, patch)
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