JSON Patch diff API

Computes the minimal RFC6902 JSON Patch that transforms one document into another (add/remove/replace), so you can store or transmit changes instead of whole docs. Answers 'What patch turns doc A into doc B?', 'How do I diff two JSON documents into RFC6902 ops?'.

Price$0.02per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/data-transform/json-patch-diff

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit120/minute

Cache0s public

data-transformjson-patchrfc6902diffdeltajsonwrangle

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/data-transform/json-patch-diff

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "from": {
    "a": 1,
    "b": 2,
    "c": 3
  },
  "to": {
    "a": 1,
    "b": 20,
    "d": 4
  }
}

Example response

{
  "patch": [
    {
      "op": "replace",
      "path": "/b",
      "value": 20
    },
    {
      "op": "remove",
      "path": "/c"
    },
    {
      "op": "add",
      "path": "/d",
      "value": 4
    }
  ],
  "opCount": 3
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "from",
    "to"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "from": {
      "type": "object",
      "examples": [
        {
          "a": 1,
          "b": 2,
          "c": 3
        }
      ]
    },
    "to": {
      "type": "object",
      "examples": [
        {
          "a": 1,
          "b": 20,
          "d": 4
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}