json pointers not resolved in python module-CodePudding

I have created a json file that has some values in a central area and then a sub area that uses pointers to get values from the central area. I am trying to load the json using the json module from python but when I load the file it doesn't resolve the pointers to the desired values but rather acts as it they are just more text. How can I make it work to resolve pointers when they are there along with also working when there are no pointers?

Code:

import json
data = json.loads(open("test.json").read())
print(data)

#Output:
#{'ColoringLight': {'bg': '#ffffff', 'fg': '#4f4c4d', 'TokenText': '#544619', 'TokenKeyword': '#2f33ff', 'TokenPunctuation': '#dd8ced', 'TokenName': '#b6c23f', 'TokenOperator': '#f6a656', 'TokenComment': '#2cbe48', 'TokenLiteralNumber': '#ab4bbe', 'TokenLiteralString': '#f45159'}, 'syntax': {'Token.Text': {'$ref': '#/ColoringLight/TokenText'}, 'Token.Keyword': {'$ref': '#/ColoringLight/TokenKeyword'}, 'Token.Punctuation': {'$ref': '#/ColoringLight/TokenPunctuation'}, 'Token.Name.Attribute': {'$ref': '#/ColoringLight/TokenName'}, 'Token.Operator': {'$ref': '#/ColoringLight/TokenOperator'}, 'Token.Comment': {'$ref': '#/ColoringLight/TokenComment'}, 'Token.Literal.Number.Bin': {'$ref': '#/ColoringLight/TokenLiteralNumber'}, 'Token.Literal.String.Affix': {'$ref': '#/ColoringLight/TokenLiteralString'}}}

test.json:

{
    "ColoringLight":
    {
        "bg": "#ffffff",
        "fg": "#4f4c4d",
        "TokenText": "#544619",
        "TokenKeyword": "#2f33ff",
        "TokenPunctuation": "#dd8ced",
        "TokenName": "#b6c23f",
        "TokenOperator": "#f6a656",
        "TokenComment": "#2cbe48",
        "TokenLiteralNumber": "#ab4bbe",
        "TokenLiteralString": "#f45159"
    },

    

    "syntax":
    {
        "Token.Text": {"$ref": "#/ColoringLight/TokenText"},
        "Token.Keyword": {"$ref": "#/ColoringLight/TokenKeyword"},
        "Token.Punctuation": {"$ref": "#/ColoringLight/TokenPunctuation"},
        "Token.Name.Attribute": {"$ref": "#/ColoringLight/TokenName"},
        "Token.Operator": {"$ref": "#/ColoringLight/TokenOperator"},
        "Token.Comment": {"$ref": "#/ColoringLight/TokenComment"},
        "Token.Literal.Number.Bin": {"$ref": "#/ColoringLight/TokenLiteralNumber"},
        "Token.Literal.String.Affix": {"$ref": "#/ColoringLight/TokenLiteralString"}

    }
}

NOTE:

As pointed out after posting it turns out that json has no pointers built in

CodePudding user response：

JSON references are not part of the JSON specification, but an extension. You could install a library like jsonref, then you could do:

import jsonref
data = jsonref.loads(open("test.json").read())
print(data)