insert a json file into json - json

Question

I'd like to know a quick way to insert a json to json.
$ cat source.json
{
"AWSEBDockerrunVersion": 2,
"containerDefinitions": [
{
"environment": [
{
"name": "SERVICE_MANIFEST",
"value": ""
},
{
"name": "SERVICE_PORT",
"value": "4321"
}
]
}
]
}
The SERVICE_MANIFEST is content of another json file
$ cat service_manifest.json
{
"connections": {
"port": "1234"
},
"name": "foo"
}
I try to make it with jq command
cat service_manifest.json |jq --arg SERVICE_MANIFEST - < source.json
But seems it doesn't work
Any ideas? The final result still should be a valid json file
{
"AWSEBDockerrunVersion": 2,
"containerDefinitions": [
{
"environment": [
{
"name": "SERVICE_MANIFEST",
"value": {
"connections": {
"port": "1234"
},
"name": "foo"
}
},
...
]
}
],
...
}
Updates.
Thanks, here is the command I run from your sample.
$ jq --slurpfile sm service_manifest.json '.containerDefinitions[].environment[] |= (select(.name=="SERVICE_MANIFEST").value=$sm)' source.json
But the result is an array, not list.
{
"AWSEBDockerrunVersion": 2,
"containerDefinitions": [
{
"environment": [
{
"name": "SERVICE_MANIFEST",
"value": [
{
"connections": {
"port": "1234"
},
"name": "foo"
}
]
},
{
"name": "SERVICE_PORT",
"value": "4321"
}
]
}
]
}

Answer 1

You can try this jq command:
jq --slurpfile sm SERVICE_MANIFEST '.containerDefinitions[].environment[] |= (select(.name=="SERVICE_MANIFEST").value=$sm[])' file
--slurpfile assigns the content of the file to the variable sm
The filter replaces the array .containerDefinitions[].environment[] with the content of the file only on the element having SERVICE_MANIFEST as name.

Answer 2

A simple solution would use --argfile and avoid select:
< source.json jq --argfile sm service_manifest.json '
.containerDefinitions[0].environment[0].value = $sm '
Or if you want only to update the object(s) with .name == "SERVICE_MANIFEST" you could use the filter:
.containerDefinitions[].environment
|= map(if .name == "SERVICE_MANIFEST"
then .value = $sm
else . end)
Variations
There is no need for any "--arg"-style parameter at all, as illustrated by the following:
jq -s '.[1] as $sm
| .[0] | .containerDefinitions[0].environment[0].value = $sm
' source.json service_manifest.json