templating.fig6.py

import json
import _jsonnet

jsonnet_str = '''
{
  person1: {
    name: "Alice",
    welcome: "Hello " + self.name + "!",
  },
  person2: self.person1 {
    name: std.extVar("OTHER_NAME"),
  },
}
'''

json_str = _jsonnet.evaluate_snippet(
    "snippet", jsonnet_str,
    ext_vars={'OTHER_NAME': 'Bob'})

json_obj = json.loads(json_str)
for person_id, person in json_obj.iteritems():
  print '%s is %s, greeted by "%s"' % (
      person_id,
      person['name'],
      person['welcome'])