JSONPath template is composed of JSONPath expressions enclosed by {}. And we add three functions in addition to the original JSONPath syntax:
$ operator is optional since the expression always starts from the root object by default."" to quote text inside JSONPath expressions.range operator to iterate lists.-index + listLength >= 0.The result object is printed as its String() function.
Given the input:
{
  "kind": "List",
  "items":[
    {
      "kind":"None",
      "metadata":{"name":"127.0.0.1"},
      "status":{
        "capacity":{"cpu":"4"},
        "addresses":[{"type": "LegacyHostIP", "address":"127.0.0.1"}]
      }
    },
    {
      "kind":"None",
      "metadata":{"name":"127.0.0.2"},
      "status":{
        "capacity":{"cpu":"8"},
        "addresses":[
          {"type": "LegacyHostIP", "address":"127.0.0.2"},
          {"type": "another", "address":"127.0.0.3"}
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "users":[
    {
      "name": "myself",
      "user": {}
    },
    {
      "name": "e2e",
      "user": {"username": "admin", "password": "secret"}
    }
  ]
}| Function | Description | Example | Result | 
|---|---|---|---|
| text | the plain text | kind is {.kind} | kind is List | 
| @ | the current object | {@} | the same as input | 
| . or [] | child operator | {.kind} or {[‘kind’]} | List | 
| .. | recursive descent | {..name} | 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.2 myself e2e | 
| * | wildcard. Get all objects | {.items[*].metadata.name} | [127.0.0.1 127.0.0.2] | 
| [start:end :step] | subscript operator | {.users[0].name} | myself | 
| [,] | union operator | {.items[*][‘metadata.name’, ‘status.capacity’]} | 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.2 map[cpu:4] map[cpu:8] | 
| ?() | filter | {.users[?(@.name==“e2e”)].user.password} | secret | 
| range, end | iterate list | {range .items[*]}[{.metadata.name}, {.status.capacity}] {end} | [127.0.0.1, map[cpu:4]] [127.0.0.2, map[cpu:8]] | 
| “ | quote interpreted string | {range .items[*]}{.metadata.name}{’\t’}{end} | 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.2 | 
Below are some examples using jsonpath:
$ kubectl get pods -o json
$ kubectl get pods -o=jsonpath='{@}'
$ kubectl get pods -o=jsonpath='{.items[0]}'
$ kubectl get pods -o=jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}'
$ kubectl get pods -o=jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.name}{"\t"}{.status.startTime}{"\n"}{end}'