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instance method

JSON::ParserError#json_path

json_path

ext/json/lib/json/common.rb View on GitHub ↗

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/ext/json/lib/json/common.rb, line 153
def json_path
  return @json_path if String === @json_path

  if Array === @json_path
    path = build_json_path(@json_path)
    @json_path = path unless frozen?
    return path
  end
end

Returns a best effort JSONPath string representing where in the document the parser encountered an error:

Example

begin
  JSON.parse('{"articles": [ { "title": invalid } ]}')
rescue JSON::ParserError => error
  error.json_path # => "$.articles[0].title"
end