# MutatingAdmissionPolicy — JSONPatch

> JSONPatch defines a JSON Patch. FieldDescription expressionstring expression will be evaluated by CEL to create a JSON patch. ref: expression must return an array of JSONPatch values. For example, this CEL expression returns a JSON patch to conditionally modify a value: [ JSONPatch{op: "test", path:

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JSONPatch defines a JSON Patch.

FieldDescription expressionstring expression will be evaluated by CEL to create a JSON patch. ref: expression must return an array of JSONPatch values. For example, this CEL expression returns a JSON patch to conditionally modify a value: [ JSONPatch{op: "test", path: "/spec/example", value: "Red"}, JSONPatch{op: "replace", path: "/spec/example", value: "Green"} ] To define an object for the patch value, use Object types. For example: [ JSONPatch{ op: "add", path: "/spec/selector", value: Object.spec.selector{matchLabels: {"environment": "test"}} } ] To use strings containing '/' and '~' as JSONPatch path keys, use "jsonpatch.escapeKey". For example: [ JSONPatch{ op: "add", path: "/metadata/labels/" + jsonpatch.escapeKey("example.com/environment"), value: "test" }, ] CEL expressions have access to the types needed to create JSON patches and objects: - 'JSONPatch' - CEL type of JSON Patch operations. JSONPatch has the fields 'op', 'from', 'path' and 'value'. See JSON patch for more details. The 'value' field may be set to any of: string, integer, array, map or object. If set, the 'path' and 'from' fields must be set to a JSON pointer string, where the 'jsonpatch.escapeKey()' CEL function may be used to escape path keys containing '/' and '~'. - 'Object' - CEL type of the resource object. - 'Object.\' - CEL type of object field (such as 'Object.spec') - 'Object.\.\...\ - CEL type of nested field (such as 'Object.spec.containers') CEL expressions have access to the contents of the API request, organized into CEL variables as well as some other useful variables: - 'object' - The object from the incoming request. The value is null for DELETE requests. - 'oldObject' - The existing object. The value is null for CREATE requests. - 'request' - Attributes of the API request(ref). - 'params' - Parameter resource referred to by the policy binding being evaluated. Only populated if the policy has a ParamKind. - 'namespaceObject' - The namespace object that the incoming object belongs to. The value is null for cluster-scoped resources. - 'variables' - Map of composited variables, from its name to its lazily evaluated value. For example, a variable named 'foo' can be accessed as 'variables.foo'. - 'authorizer' - A CEL Authorizer. May be used to perform authorization checks for the principal (user or service account) of the request. …

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