Windows - JQ - Make library optional so it doesnt break Windows pip installs (#1009)

Dockerfile

@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ RUN pip install --target=/dependencies -r /requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --target=/dependencies playwright~=1.26 \
     || echo "WARN: Failed to install Playwright. The application can still run, but the Playwright option will be disabled."
 
+
+RUN pip install --target=/dependencies jq~=1.3 \
+    || echo "WARN: Failed to install JQ. The application can still run, but the Jq: filter option will be disabled."
+
+
 # Final image stage
 FROM python:3.8-slim
 

README.md

@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ See the wiki for more information https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io
 
 
 ## Filters
-XPath, JSONPath, jq, and CSS support comes baked in! You can be as specific as you need, use XPath exported from various XPath element query creation tools.
 
+XPath, JSONPath, jq, and CSS support comes baked in! You can be as specific as you need, use XPath exported from various XPath element query creation tools. 
 (We support LXML `re:test`, `re:math` and `re:replace`.)
 
 ## Notifications
@@ -163,7 +163,11 @@ This will re-parse the JSON and apply formatting to the text, making it super ea
 
 For more complex parsing, filtering, and modifying of JSON data, jq is recommended due to the built-in operators and functions. Refer to the [documentation](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/) for more information on jq.
 
-The example below adds the price in dollars to each item in the JSON data, and then filters to only show items that are greater than 10.
+Notes:
+- `jq` must be added manually separately from the installation of changedetection.io (simply run `pip3 install jq`)
+- `jq` is not available on Windows or must be manually compiled (No "wheel" package available on pypi)
+
+- The example below adds the price in dollars to each item in the JSON data, and then filters to only show items that are greater than 10.
 
 #### Sample input data from API
 ```

changedetectionio/__init__.py

@@ -636,20 +636,27 @@ def changedetection_app(config=None, datastore_o=None):
             # Only works reliably with Playwright
             visualselector_enabled = os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL', False) and default['fetch_backend'] == 'html_webdriver'
 
+            # JQ is difficult to install on windows and must be manually added (outside requirements.txt)
+            jq_support = True
+            try:
+                import jq
+            except ModuleNotFoundError:
+                jq_support = False
 
             output = render_template("edit.html",
-                                     uuid=uuid,
-                                     watch=datastore.data['watching'][uuid],
-                                     form=form,
-                                     has_empty_checktime=using_default_check_time,
-                                     has_default_notification_urls=True if len(datastore.data['settings']['application']['notification_urls']) else False,
-                                     using_global_webdriver_wait=default['webdriver_delay'] is None,
                                      current_base_url=datastore.data['settings']['application']['base_url'],
                                      emailprefix=os.getenv('NOTIFICATION_MAIL_BUTTON_PREFIX', False),
+                                     form=form,
+                                     has_default_notification_urls=True if len(datastore.data['settings']['application']['notification_urls']) else False,
+                                     has_empty_checktime=using_default_check_time,
+                                     jq_support=jq_support,
+                                     playwright_enabled=os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL', False),
                                      settings_application=datastore.data['settings']['application'],
+                                     using_global_webdriver_wait=default['webdriver_delay'] is None,
+                                     uuid=uuid,
                                      visualselector_data_is_ready=visualselector_data_is_ready,
                                      visualselector_enabled=visualselector_enabled,
-                                     playwright_enabled=os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL', False)
+                                     watch=datastore.data['watching'][uuid],
                                      )
 
         return output

changedetectionio/forms.py

@@ -303,12 +303,16 @@ class ValidateCSSJSONXPATHInput(object):
 
                 # Re #265 - maybe in the future fetch the page and offer a
                 # warning/notice that its possible the rule doesnt yet match anything?
-
-            if 'jq:' in line:
                 if not self.allow_json:
                     raise ValidationError("jq not permitted in this field!")
 
-                import jq
+            if 'jq:' in line:
+                try:
+                    import jq
+                except ModuleNotFoundError:
+                    # `jq` requires full compilation in windows and so isn't generally available
+                    raise ValidationError("jq not support not found")
+
                 input = line.replace('jq:', '')
 
                 try:

changedetectionio/html_tools.py

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-import json
-from typing import List
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-from jsonpath_ng.ext import parse
-import jq
-import re
 from inscriptis import get_text
 from inscriptis.model.config import ParserConfig
+from jsonpath_ng.ext import parse
+from typing import List
+import json
+import re
 
 class FilterNotFoundInResponse(ValueError):
     def __init__(self, msg):
@@ -85,9 +84,18 @@ def _parse_json(json_data, json_filter):
         jsonpath_expression = parse(json_filter.replace('json:', ''))
         match = jsonpath_expression.find(json_data)
         return _get_stripped_text_from_json_match(match)
+
     if 'jq:' in json_filter:
+
+        try:
+            import jq
+        except ModuleNotFoundError:
+            # `jq` requires full compilation in windows and so isn't generally available
+            raise Exception("jq not support not found")
+
         jq_expression = jq.compile(json_filter.replace('jq:', ''))
         match = jq_expression.input(json_data).all()
+
         return _get_stripped_text_from_json_match(match)
 
 def _get_stripped_text_from_json_match(match):

changedetectionio/run_all_tests.sh

@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ export BASE_URL="https://really-unique-domain.io"
 pytest tests/test_notification.py
 
 
+## JQ + JSON: filter test
+# jq is not available on windows and we should just test it when the package is installed
+# this will re-test with jq support
+pip3 install jq~=1.3
+pytest tests/test_jsonpath_jq_selector.py
+
+
 # Now for the selenium and playwright/browserless fetchers
 # Note - this is not UI functional tests - just checking that each one can fetch the content
 

changedetectionio/templates/edit.html

@@ -184,10 +184,14 @@ User-Agent: wonderbra 1.0") }}
                         <span class="pure-form-message-inline">
                     <ul>
                         <li>CSS - Limit text to this CSS rule, only text matching this CSS rule is included.</li>
-                        <li>JSON - Limit text to this JSON rule, using either <a href="https://pypi.org/project/jsonpath-ng/" target="new">JSONPath</a> or <a href="https://stedolan.github.io/jq/" target="new">jq</a>.
+                        <li>JSON - Limit text to this JSON rule, using either <a href="https://pypi.org/project/jsonpath-ng/" target="new">JSONPath</a> or <a href="https://stedolan.github.io/jq/" target="new">jq</a> (if installed).
                             <ul>
                                 <li>JSONPath: Prefix with <code>json:</code>, use <code>json:$</code> to force re-formatting if required,  <a href="https://jsonpath.com/" target="new">test your JSONPath here</a>.</li>
+                                {% if jq_support %}
                                 <li>jq: Prefix with <code>jq:</code> and <a href="https://jqplay.org/" target="new">test your jq here</a>. Using <a href="https://stedolan.github.io/jq/" target="new">jq</a> allows for complex filtering and processing of JSON data with built-in functions, regex, filtering, and more. See examples and documentation <a href="https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/" target="new">here</a>.</li>
+                                {% else %}
+                                <li>jq support not installed</li>
+                                {% endif %}
                             </ul>
                         </li>
                         <li>XPath - Limit text to this XPath rule, simply start with a forward-slash,
@@ -198,7 +202,7 @@ User-Agent: wonderbra 1.0") }}
                             </ul>
                             </li>
                     </ul>
-                    Please be sure that you thoroughly understand how to write CSS, JSONPath, XPath, or jq selector rules before filing an issue on GitHub! <a
+                    Please be sure that you thoroughly understand how to write CSS, JSONPath, XPath{% if jq_support %}, or jq selector{%endif%} rules before filing an issue on GitHub! <a
                                 href="https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/wiki/CSS-Selector-help">here for more CSS selector help</a>.<br/>
                 </span>
                     </div>

changedetectionio/tests/test_jsonpath_jq_selector.py

@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ import time
 from flask import url_for, escape
 from . util import live_server_setup
 import pytest
+jq_support = True
 
+try:
+    import jq
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    jq_support = False
 
 def test_setup(live_server):
     live_server_setup(live_server)
@@ -40,13 +45,14 @@ and it can also be repeated
     assert text == "23.5"
 
     # also check for jq
-    text = html_tools.extract_json_as_string(content, "jq:.offers.price")
+    if jq_support:
-    assert text == "23.5"
+        text = html_tools.extract_json_as_string(content, "jq:.offers.price")
+        assert text == "23.5"
 
-    text = html_tools.extract_json_as_string('{"id":5}', "json:$.id")
+        text = html_tools.extract_json_as_string('{"id":5}', "jq:.id")
-    assert text == "5"
+        assert text == "5"
 
-    text = html_tools.extract_json_as_string('{"id":5}', "jq:.id")
+    text = html_tools.extract_json_as_string('{"id":5}', "json:$.id")
     assert text == "5"
 
     # When nothing at all is found, it should throw JSONNOTFound
@@ -54,8 +60,9 @@ and it can also be repeated
     with pytest.raises(html_tools.JSONNotFound) as e_info:
         html_tools.extract_json_as_string('COMPLETE GIBBERISH, NO JSON!', "json:$.id")
 
-    with pytest.raises(html_tools.JSONNotFound) as e_info:
+    if jq_support:
-        html_tools.extract_json_as_string('COMPLETE GIBBERISH, NO JSON!', "jq:.id")
+        with pytest.raises(html_tools.JSONNotFound) as e_info:
+            html_tools.extract_json_as_string('COMPLETE GIBBERISH, NO JSON!', "jq:.id")
 
 def set_original_ext_response():
     data = """
@@ -271,7 +278,8 @@ def test_check_jsonpath_filter(client, live_server):
     check_json_filter('json:boss.name', client, live_server)
 
 def test_check_jq_filter(client, live_server):
-    check_json_filter('jq:.boss.name', client, live_server)
+    if jq_support:
+        check_json_filter('jq:.boss.name', client, live_server)
 
 def check_json_filter_bool_val(json_filter, client, live_server):
     set_original_response()
@@ -329,7 +337,8 @@ def test_check_jsonpath_filter_bool_val(client, live_server):
     check_json_filter_bool_val("json:$['available']", client, live_server)
 
 def test_check_jq_filter_bool_val(client, live_server):
-    check_json_filter_bool_val("jq:.available", client, live_server)
+    if jq_support:
+        check_json_filter_bool_val("jq:.available", client, live_server)
 
 # Re #265 - Extended JSON selector test
 # Stuff to consider here
@@ -408,4 +417,5 @@ def test_check_jsonpath_ext_filter(client, live_server):
     check_json_ext_filter('json:$[?(@.status==Sold)]', client, live_server)
 
 def test_check_jq_ext_filter(client, live_server):
-    check_json_ext_filter('jq:.[] | select(.status | contains("Sold"))', client, live_server)
+    if jq_support:
+        check_json_ext_filter('jq:.[] | select(.status | contains("Sold"))', client, live_server)

requirements.txt

@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ chardet > 2.3.0
 
 wtforms ~= 3.0
 jsonpath-ng ~= 1.5.3
-jq ~= 1.3.0
+
+# jq not available on Windows so must be installed manually
 
 # Notification library
 apprise ~= 1.1.0