Defiant Example

HTML

<script src="http://defiantjs.com/defiant.js/dist/defiant-latest.min.js"></script>
<div id="output"></div>

JavaScript

var data = [
           {
              "name": "shoes",
              "subcategories": [
                 {
                    "name": "man's shoes",
                    "subcategories": [
                       {
                          "name": "heels"
                       },
                       {
                          "name": "loafers"
                       }
                    ]
                 },
                 {
                    "name": "woman's shoes"
                 }
              ]
           },
           {
              "name": "cars",
              "subcategories": {
                 "name": "cars1",
                 "subcategories": [
                    {
                       "name": "Sedan"
                    },
                    {
                       "name": "SUV"
                    }
                 ]
              }
           }
        ],
        res = JSON.search( data, '//subcategories[name="cars1"]/subcategories' ),
        str = '';

    for (var i=0; i<res.length; i++) {
        str += res[i].name +'<br/>';
    }

document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = str;