JSON-SQL Enhanced - Modern Edition

A powerful, modern fork of json-sql with comprehensive MongoDB operators and multi-dialect support

🚀 What's New in This Fork

This is a comprehensive modernization and enhancement of the original json-sql library, featuring:

✨ Modern JavaScript & Tooling

• Node.js 18+ support with modern ES features
• Zero dependencies - removed underscore.js, using native JavaScript
• Modern development workflow with Prettier, XO, ESLint
• Ava test framework replacing Mocha/Chai
• Git hooks with Husky, lint-staged, and commitlint
• 2-space indentation throughout codebase

🔥 Enhanced MongoDB Operators

• $regex with $options support for case-insensitive pattern matching
• $size for array length queries
• $exists for field existence checks
• $elemMatch for complex array element matching
• Field-level $not for negation
• Complex $and/$or with nested logical operations

🗄️ Multi-Dialect Optimization

• PostgreSQL: Native ~, ~* operators, ILIKE, JSONB functions
• MySQL: REGEXP operator, JSON functions, case-insensitive handling
• SQL Server: Pattern approximation, OPENJSON for arrays
• SQLite: Progressive fallback (LIKE → GLOB → REGEXP), JSON1 support

🐛 GitHub Issues Fixed

• #57: Empty objects {} convert to NULL
• #56: Buffer support with automatic hex conversion
• #55: BSON ObjectId support with toHexString() method

📦 Installation

npm install json-sql-enhanced

🎯 Quick Start

const jsonSql = require('json-sql-enhanced')();

// Basic query
const result = jsonSql.build({
  type: 'select',
  table: 'users',
  condition: {
    name: { $regex: 'John', $options: 'i' },
    age: { $gt: 18 },
    emails: { $size: { $gt: 0 } },
  },
});

console.log(result.query);
// Output: select * from "users" where "name" ILIKE $p1 and "age" > $p2 and JSON_LENGTH("emails") > $p3

console.log(result.values);
// Output: { p1: '%John%', p2: 18, p3: 0 }

🔍 MongoDB Operators

$regex with $options

// Case-insensitive pattern matching
{ fullName: { $regex: 'John', $options: 'i' } }
// → PostgreSQL: "fullName" ILIKE '%John%'
// → MySQL: LOWER("fullName") LIKE LOWER('%John%')
// → SQLite: "fullName" LIKE '%John%' COLLATE NOCASE

// Pattern optimization
{ name: { $regex: '^John' } }     // → "name" LIKE 'John%'
{ name: { $regex: 'Smith$' } }    // → "name" LIKE '%Smith'
{ name: { $regex: '^John$' } }    // → "name" = 'John'

$elemMatch for Arrays

// Complex array element matching
{
  emails: {
    $elemMatch: {
      value: { $regex: '@company\\.com$', $options: 'i' },
      type: 'work'
    }
  }
}
// → PostgreSQL: EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM jsonb_array_elements("emails") elem WHERE ...)
// → MySQL: JSON_SEARCH("emails", 'one', '%@company.com%') IS NOT NULL
// → SQLite: EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM json_each("emails") WHERE ...)

$size for Array Length

{
  tags: {
    $size: 3;
  }
} // → JSON_LENGTH("tags") = 3
{
  emails: {
    $size: {
      $gt: 0;
    }
  }
} // → JSON_LENGTH("emails") > 0

$exists for Field Presence

{
  email: {
    $exists: true;
  }
} // → "email" IS NOT NULL
{
  phone: {
    $exists: false;
  }
} // → "phone" IS NULL

Complex Logical Operations

{
  $and: [
    { age: { $gte: 18 } },
    {
      $or: [{ status: 'active' }, { emails: { $size: { $gt: 0 } } }],
    },
  ];
}

🌐 Multi-Dialect Support

// PostgreSQL optimizations
const pgSql = require('json-sql-enhanced')({ dialect: 'postgresql' });

// MySQL optimizations
const mysqlSql = require('json-sql-enhanced')({ dialect: 'mysql' });

// SQLite optimizations
const sqliteSql = require('json-sql-enhanced')({ dialect: 'sqlite' });

// SQL Server support
const mssqlSql = require('json-sql-enhanced')({ dialect: 'mssql' });

🔄 Migration from Original json-sql

This fork is 100% backward compatible. Simply replace your import:

// Before
const jsonSql = require('json-sql')();

// After
const jsonSql = require('json-sql-enhanced')();

// All existing code works unchanged!

🧪 Example Queries

All these complex MongoDB-style queries are supported:

// Case-insensitive regex with options
{ fullName: { $regex: 'John', $options: 'i' } }

// Array element matching with nested conditions
{
  emails: {
    $elemMatch: {
      value: { $regex: 'john@example\\.com', $options: 'i' }
    }
  }
}

// Complex logical operations
{
  $or: [
    { emails: { $exists: false } },
    { emails: { $size: 0 } }
  ]
}

// Negation with nested operators
{
  $not: {
    emails: {
      $elemMatch: { type: { $regex: '^WORK$', $options: 'i' } }
    }
  }
}

// Multiple conditions with $and
{
  $and: [
    {
      emails: {
        $elemMatch: { value: { $regex: '@example\\.com', $options: 'i' } }
      }
    },
    {
      emails: { $elemMatch: { value: { $regex: '^john', $options: 'i' } } }
    }
  ]
}

🛠️ Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run tests
npm test

# Format code
npm run format

# Lint code
npm run lint

# Fix linting issues
npm run lint:fix

📋 Requirements

• Node.js 18+
• Modern JavaScript environment

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'feat: add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Original json-sql library by 2do2go
• MongoDB query syntax inspiration
• Modern JavaScript community for best practices

📚 Documentation

For detailed documentation, examples, and API reference, see the docs directory:

• MongoDB Operators Guide
• Multi-Dialect Support
• GitHub Issues Fixed
• Changelog

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