Add jq.string_to_json

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/jq.pyx b/jq.pyx
index 55408b4..2fabf60 100644
--- a/jq.pyx
+++ b/jq.pyx
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import json
+
 cdef extern from "jv.h":
     ctypedef struct jv:
         pass
@@ -55,6 +57,10 @@ def string_to_string(char* program, char* input):
     return "".join(results)
 
 
+def string_to_json(char* program, char* input):
+    return json.loads(string_to_string(program, input))
+
+
 cdef process(jq_state *jq, jv value):
     cdef int jq_flags = 0