data.json

{
  "type": "div",
  "props": {
    "className": "breadcrumbs breadcrumbs--wide"
  },
  "children": [
    {
      "type": "div",
      "props": {
        "className": "row expanded"
      },
      "children": [
        {
          "type": "div",
          "props": {
            "className": "columns"
          },
          "children": [
            {
              "type": "ul",
              "props": null,
              "children": [
                {
                  "type": "li",
                  "props": {
                    "className": "breadcrumbs__item"
                  },
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "type": "a",
                      "props": {
                        "style": null
                      },
                      "children": [
                        {
                          "type": "i",
                          "props": {
                            "className": "fa fa-fw fa-home"
                          },
                          "children": null
                        },
                        " Home"
                      ]
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "type": "li",
                  "props": {
                    "className": "breadcrumbs__item"
                  },
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "type": "span",
                      "props": null,
                      "children": [
                        "label"
                      ]
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

query.md

$..[?(@.type=="li")]

I basically want the first type==li item in that whole object.

The example works on http://jsonpath.com/ but Node's jsonpath returns into an endless recursion :(

    RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded

      at is_object (node_modules/jsonpath/lib/handlers.js:183:23)
      at Handlers.<anonymous> (node_modules/jsonpath/lib/handlers.js:210:18)
      at node_modules/jsonpath/lib/handlers.js:220:13
      at Array.forEach (native)
      at Handlers.<anonymous> (node_modules/jsonpath/lib/handlers.js:217:26)
      at node_modules/jsonpath/lib/handlers.js:220:13
      at Array.forEach (native)
      at Handlers.<anonymous> (node_modules/jsonpath/lib/handlers.js:217:26)