Json Query API

POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/json-query/execute

Extract a value from JSON via a dotted path. Supports array indexes like "users[0].email".

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Request body

application/json

json

string required

JSON input.
path

string required

Dotted path (e.g. "user.addresses[0].city").

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "json": {
    "a": {
      "b": 2
    }
  },
  "path": "a.b"
}

curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/json-query/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "json": "{\"a\":{\"b\":2}}",
    "path": "a.b"
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/json-query/execute', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', Authorization: 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"json":"{\"a\":{\"b\":2}}","path":"a.b"}),
});
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/json-query/execute",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={"json":"{\"a\":{\"b\":2}}","path":"a.b"},
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/json-query/execute');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Content-Type: application/json', 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"json":"{\"a\":{\"b\":2}}","path":"a.b"}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

Also an MCP tool

Call json_query from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. Same arguments, same output.

https://mcp.findutils.com

MCP reference

Rate limit: 60 a minute, per IP
Auth: API key
REST id: json-query
MCP name: json_query
Category: Data
Machine-readable: openapi.json · markdown.md

Request body

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