Setting Jenkins build name from package.json version value - json

Question

I want to include the value of the "version" parameter in package.json as part of the Jenkins build name.
I'm using the Jenkins Build Name Setter plugin - https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Build+Name+Setter+Plugin
So far I've tried to use PROPFILE syntax in the "Build name macro template" step:
${PROPFILE,file="./mainline/projectDirectory/package.json",property="\"version\""}
This successfully creates a build, but includes the quotes and comma surrounding the value of the version property in package.json, for example:
"0.0.1",
I want just the value inside returned, so it reads
0.0.1
How can I do this? Is there a different plugin that would work better for parsing package.json and getting it into the template, or should I resort to some sort of regex for removing the characters I don't want?
UPDATE:
I tried using token transforms based on reading the Token Macro Plugin documentation, but it's not working:
${PROPFILE%\"\,#\",file="./mainline/projectDirectory/package.json",property="\"version\""}
still just returns
However, using only one escaped character and only one of # or % works. No other combinations I tried work.
${PROPFILE%\,,file="./mainline/projectDirectory/package.json",property="\"version\""}
which returns "0.0.1" (comma removed)
${PROPFILE#\"%\"\,,file="./mainline/projectDirectory/package.json",property="\"version\""}
which returns "0.0.1", (no characters removed)
UPDATE:
Tried to use the new Jenkins Token Macro plugin's JSON macro with no luck.
Jenkins Build Name Setter set to update the build name with Macro:
${JSON,file="./mainline/pathToFiles/package.json",path="version"}-${P4_CHANGELIST}
Jenkins build logs for this job show:
10:57:55 Evaluated macro: 'Error processing tokens: Error while parsing action 'Text/ZeroOrMore/FirstOf/Token/DelimitedToken/DelimitedToken_Action3' at input position (line 1, pos 74):
10:57:55 ${JSON,file="./mainline/pathToFiles/package.json",path="version"}-334319
10:57:55 ^
10:57:55
10:57:55 java.io.IOException: Unable to serialize org.jenkinsci.plugins.tokenmacro.impl.JsonFileMacro$ReadJSON#2707de37'

Answer 1

I implemented a new macro JSON, which takes a file and a path (which is the key hierarchy in the JSON for the value you want) in token-macro-2.1. You can only use a single transform per macro usage.

Answer 2

Try the token transformations # and % (see Token-Makro-Plugin):
${PROPFILE#"%",file="./mainline/projectDirectory/package.json",property="\"version\""}

Answer 3

(This will only help if you are using pipelines. But for what it's worth,..)
What works for me is a combination of readJSON from the Pipeline Utility Steps plugin and directly setting currentBuild.displayName, thusly:
script {
// readJSON from "Pipeline Utility Steps"
def packageJson = readJSON file: 'package.json'
def version = packageJson.version
echo "Setting build version: ${packageJson.version}"
currentBuild.displayName = env.BUILD_NUMBER + " - " + packageJson.version
// currentBuild.description = "other cool stuff"
}
Omitting error handling etc obvs.