I’m trying to simply part of a macro that returns a potentially large array of JSON objects. Is there a way to find the index of a specific object based on the value of one of the key pairs, other than looping through all the indexes and checking the values? Here’s how I’m doing it now, but is ther…

Hi @Evan_Mangiamele you can do this directly using a JavaScript for Automation (JXA) action. This allows you to use the native .find() method to grab the specific object immediately based on the key value. Search JSON array by value using JXA.kmmacros (4.2 KB) ▶ Macro SS ▶ JXA code

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Getting Index of JSON Object based on value

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JuanWayri January 20, 2026, 8:25pm 4

I'm glad, just remember to restrict the variables included in the JXA script (it is including "All" variables by default).

Getting Index of JSON Object based on value

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