I have JSON with references to other parts in that JSON file.

json:

{
    "target": "['first']['second']",
    "first": {
        second: 'hi'
    }
}

I want to access that reference from JS. Right now, I execute the following:

referenceToObject(json, reference){
    return (new Function(
        'json', 'return json' + reference
    ))(json);
}

That function basically executes like this:

return json['one']['two'];

I'm not sure if that is completely working, it's part of a larger codebase, but that is the idea.

Is there a better way to extract the JSON reference? I'm able to change every bit of this code, as well as the JSON because we are reworking the front- and the backend. So, if you have ideas to improve the JSON instead of the Javascript that would also be great.

I have JSON with references to other parts in that JSON file.

// the function I would like to be reviewed
function referenceToObject(json, reference){
    return (new Function(
            'json', 'return json' + reference
    ))(json);
}

// json
var example = {
    "target": "['first']['second']",
    "first": {
        second: 'hi'
    }
};

// execution
console.log(referenceToObject(example, example.target));

That function basically executes like this:

return json['one']['two'];

Is there a better way to extract the JSON reference? I'm able to change every bit of this code, as well as the JSON because we are reworking the front- and the backend. So, if you have ideas to improve the JSON instead of the Javascript that would also be great.