{
  "name": "shortest_line",
  "type": "function",
  "groups": ["GeometryGroup"],
  "description": "Returns the shortest line joining geometry1 to geometry2. The resultant line will start at geometry1 and end at geometry2.",
  "arguments": [{
    "arg": "geometry1",
    "description": "geometry to find shortest line from"
  }, {
    "arg": "geometry2",
    "description": "geometry to find shortest line to"
  }],
  "examples": [{
    "expression": "geom_to_wkt(shortest_line(geom_from_wkt('LINESTRING (20 80, 98 190, 110 180, 50 75 )'),geom_from_wkt('POINT(100 100)')))",
    "returns": "'LineString(73.0769 115.384, 100 100)'"
  }],
  "tags": ["start", "resultant", "joining", "end", "shortest", "line"]
}