Kong / Kong/insomnia

[Feature Request] Use jq for JSON filters

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Description

JSON filters on Insomnia are pretty useful, but there's some cases that aren't (nicely) covered by it. I have to regularly interact with APIs that return arrays of big JSON objects (40+ properties) of which I usually need a small subset of fields. JSON path allows you to do `$.results[*]["asd","id"]` but that prints an array with no keys which is confusing when the types of the fields are similar.

[jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/) is really powerfull JSON processor which can transform just about any JSON input to any output you can imagine (while being really really fast). The query `.results[] | {asd, id}` would produce an array of objects with the proper keys, instead of simply the values.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or implementation entry points are named. Start by locating Insomnia's JSON filter handling and reviewing how the existing JSONPath behavior is tested; done should mean jq-style expressions can transform API response JSON into keyed objects as described, with coverage for the example query.

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Assessment

Tech stack
json
Domain
api
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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