Now, you can add elements to and existing dictionary by giving an input dictionary (content).

quillotm
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volia/jsoneditor.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  
     # Data variables
     content_data = json.loads(content)
+
     data = {}
  
     # Load file if necessary
  
  
@@ -24,10 +25,18 @@
     # Walk through the json path
     pointer = data
     for i, way in enumerate(jsonpath):
+        # End of the json path
         if i == len(jsonpath) - 1:
+
             if not force and way in pointer:
                 raise Exception(f"In your json file, {way} already exists in the path {jsonpath}. Add --force option.")
-            pointer[way] = content_data
+            else:
+                # If dictionary in both cases, copy from content to pointer
+                if type(pointer[way]) is dict and type(content_data) is dict:
+                    for key in content_data:
+                        pointer[way][key] = content_data[key]
+                else:
+                    pointer[way] = content_data
         else:
             if way not in pointer:
                 pointer[way] = {}
...	...	@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
14	14
15	15	# Data variables
16	16	content_data = json.loads(content)
	17	+
17	18	data = {}
18	19
19	20	# Load file if necessary
20	21
21	22
...	...	@@ -24,10 +25,18 @@
24	25	# Walk through the json path
25	26	pointer = data
26	27	for i, way in enumerate(jsonpath):
	28	+ # End of the json path
27	29	if i == len(jsonpath) - 1:
	30	+
28	31	if not force and way in pointer:
29	32	raise Exception(f"In your json file, {way} already exists in the path {jsonpath}. Add --force option.")
30		- pointer[way] = content_data
	33	+ else:
	34	+ # If dictionary in both cases, copy from content to pointer
	35	+ if type(pointer[way]) is dict and type(content_data) is dict:
	36	+ for key in content_data:
	37	+ pointer[way][key] = content_data[key]
	38	+ else:
	39	+ pointer[way] = content_data
31	40	else:
32	41	if way not in pointer:
33	42	pointer[way] = {}