Package jsonpath implements Stefan Goener's JSONPath http://goessner.net/articles/JsonPath/ A jsonpath applies to any JSON decoded data using interface{} when decoded with encoding/json (http://golang.org/pkg/encoding/json/) : A jsonpath expression can be prepared to be reused multiple times : The type of the values returned by the `Read` method or `Prepare` functions depends on the jsonpath expression. No support for subexpressions and filters. Strings in brackets must use double quotes. It cannot operate on JSON decoded struct fields.