returns the value of a json property

jsonval.sh

#!/bin/bash

function jsonval() {
    # extract the value of a json property.
    # if avoiding jq as dependency makes sense.
    # https://gist.github.com/cjus/1047794
    prop="$1";json="$2"
    temp=`echo $json \
        | sed 's/\\\\\//\//g' | sed 's/[{}]//g' \
        | awk -v k="text" '{n=split($0,a,",");
            for (i=1; i<=n; i++) print a[i]}' \
        | sed 's/\"\:\"/\|/g' | sed 's/[\,]/ /g' | sed 's/\"//g' \
        | grep -w $prop`
    echo ${temp##*|}
}

echo "$(jsonval 'some_key' $some_json)"