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+JSON Pointer for Python
+=======================
+
+This module provides JSON Pointer support for Python datastructures, as
+well as JSON strings.
+
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+Given::
+
+    json_s = """
+    {
+        "foo": {
+            "bar": [ "element0", "element1" ],
+            "inner object": {
+            "baz": "qux"
+        }
+    }
+    """
+
+Import it::
+
+    from jsonpoint import jsonpoint
+
+Examples::
+
+    >>> jsonpoint('/foo/inner%20object', json_s)
+    {'baz': 'qux'}
+
+    >>> jsonpoint('/foo/inner%20object/baz', json_s)
+    'qux'
+
+    >>> jsonpoint('/foo/bar/0', json_s)
+    'element0'
+
+
+See Also
+--------
+
+http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-pbryan-zyp-json-pointer-01.txt
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