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Edit JSON contents as strings to guarantee the formatting will be intact.

API uses object-path notation to set values on any (for now, only already-existing) paths in JSON.

It’s powering the update-versions CLI.

The function set() is imported like this:

It’s a function which takes three input arguments:

Input argument	Type	Obligatory	Description
	`str` Type: String Obligatory: yes
`str`	String	yes	JSON file contents

	`path` Type: String Obligatory: yes
`path`	String	yes	Desired EXISTING path in the object, must follow `object-path` notation

	`valToInsert` Type: Whatever Obligatory: yes
`valToInsert`	Whatever	yes	What to insert at the given path

You can’t create new paths, only amend existing-ones.

Function returns an amended string.

The function del() is imported like this:

It’s a function which takes two input arguments:

Input argument	Type	Obligatory	Description
	`str` Type: String Obligatory: yes
`str`	String	yes	JSON file contents

	`path` Type: String Obligatory: yes
`path`	String	yes	Desired path in the object to delete, must follow `object-path` notation

Function returns an amended string.

You can import version: