Add transform_json method

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/jq.pyx b/jq.pyx
index 1e1670a..6c4ea4c 100644
--- a/jq.pyx
+++ b/jq.pyx
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ class _Program(object):
         
     def transform_string(self, input):
         return _Result(_string_to_strings(self._program, input))
+        
+    def transform_json(self, input):
+        return _Result(_string_to_strings(self._program, json.dumps(input)))
 
 
 class _Result(object):
diff --git a/tests/jq_tests.py b/tests/jq_tests.py
index 348727c..6e9066b 100644
--- a/tests/jq_tests.py
+++ b/tests/jq_tests.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from jq import jq
 
 
 @istest
-def dot_operator_does_nothing():
+def dot_operator_does_nothing_to_string_input():
     assert_equal(
         "42",
         str(jq(".").transform_string("42"))
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ def dot_operator_does_nothing():
 
 
 @istest
+def dot_operator_does_nothing_to_json_input():
+    assert_equal(
+        '"42"',
+        str(jq(".").transform_json("42"))
+    )
+
+
+@istest
 def can_add_one_to_each_element_of_an_array():
     assert_equal(
         "[2,3,4]",