Merge pull request #7 from kovacshuni/arrays

Changing form [] to () because of Nagios issues. Fixes.

README.md

@@ -89,10 +89,14 @@ optional arguments:
                         (key,UnitOfMeasure,Min,Max).
   -s, --ssl             HTTPS mode.
   -f SEPARATOR, --field_separator SEPARATOR
-                        Json Field separator, defaults to "."
+                        Json Field separator, defaults to "." ; Select element
+                        in an array with "(" ")"
   -d, --debug           Debug mode.
 ```
 
+Access a specific JSON field by following this syntax: `alpha.beta.gamma(3).theta.omega(0)`
+Dots are field separators (changeable), parantheses are for entering arrays.
+
 More info about Nagios Range format and Units of Measure can be found at [https://nagios-plugins.org/doc/guidelines.html](https://nagios-plugins.org/doc/guidelines.html).
 
 ### Docker Info Example Plugin

check_http_json.py

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class JsonHelper:
 	def __init__(self, json_data, separator):
 		self.data = json_data
 		self.separator = separator
+		self.arrayOpener = '('
+		self.arrayCloser = ')'
 
 	def getSubElement(self, key, data):
 		separatorIndex = key.find(self.separator)
@@ -56,9 +58,12 @@ def getSubElement(self, key, data):
 			return (None, 'not_found')
 
 	def getSubArrayElement(self, key, data):
-		subElemKey = key[:key.find('[')]
-		index = int(key[key.find('[') + 1:key.find(']')])
-		remainingKey = key[key.find('].') + 2:]
+		subElemKey = key[:key.find(self.arrayOpener)]
+		index = int(key[key.find(self.arrayOpener) + 1:key.find(self.arrayCloser)])
+		remainingKey = key[key.find(self.arrayCloser + self.separator) + 2:]
+		if key.find(self.arrayCloser + self.separator) == -1:
+			remainingKey = key[key.find(self.arrayCloser) + 1:]
+
 		if subElemKey in data:
 			if index < len(data[subElemKey]):
 				return self.get(remainingKey, data[subElemKey][index])
@@ -81,16 +86,16 @@ def get(self, key, temp_data=''):
 		if len(key) <= 0:
 			return data
 
-		if key.find(self.separator) != -1 and key.find('[') != -1 :
-			if key.find(self.separator) < key.find('[') :
+		if key.find(self.separator) != -1 and key.find(self.arrayOpener) != -1 :
+			if key.find(self.separator) < key.find(self.arrayOpener) :
 				return self.getSubElement(key, data)
 			else:
 				return self.getSubArrayElement(key, data)
 		else:
 			if key.find(self.separator) != -1 : 
 				return self.getSubElement(key, data)
 			else:
-				if key.find('[') != -1 :
+				if key.find(self.arrayOpener) != -1 :
 					return self.getSubArrayElement(key, data)
 				else:
 					if key in data:
@@ -196,7 +201,7 @@ def parseArgs():
 		More information about Range format and units of measure for nagios can be found at https://nagios-plugins.org/doc/guidelines.html\
 		Additional formats for this parameter are: (key), (key,UnitOfMeasure), (key,UnitOfMeasure,Min,Max).')
 	parser.add_argument('-s', '--ssl', action='store_true', help='HTTPS mode.')
-	parser.add_argument('-f', '--field_separator', dest='separator', help='Json Field separator, defaults to "."')
+	parser.add_argument('-f', '--field_separator', dest='separator', help='Json Field separator, defaults to "." ; Select element in an array with "(" ")"')
 	parser.add_argument('-d', '--debug', action='store_true', help='Debug mode.')
 
 	return parser.parse_args()