.. {'op': 'add', 'path': '/baz', 'value': [1, 2, 3]}, ... {'op': 'remove', 'path': '/baz/1'}, ... {'op': 'test', 'path': '/baz', 'value': [1, 3]}, ... {'op': 'replace', 'path': '/baz/0', 'value': 42}, ... {'op': 'remove', 'path': '/baz/1'}, ... ]) >>> doc = {} >>> result = patch.apply(doc) >>> expected = {'foo': 'bar', 'baz': [42]} >>> result == expected True JsonPatch object is iterable, so you could easily access to each patch statement in loop: >>> lpatch = list(patch) >>> expected = {'op': 'add', 'path': '/foo', 'value': 'bar'} >>> lpatch[0] == expected True >>> lpatch == patch.patch True Also JsonPatch could be converted directly to :class:`bool` if it contains any operation statements: >>> bool(patch) True >>> bool(JsonPatch([])) False This behavior is very handy with :func:`make_patch` to write more readable code: >>> old = {'foo': 'bar', 'numbers': [1, 3, 4, 8]} >>> new = {'baz': 'qux', 'numbers': [1, 4, 7]} >>> patch = make_patch(old, new) >>> if patch: ... # document have changed, do something useful ... patch.apply(old) #doctest: +ELLIPSIS {...} c