jsonutil

Documentation

Overview

Package jsonutil contains various utilities for dealing with json data.

Package jsonutil contains various utilities for dealing with json data.

Index

• func Indent(jsonStr string) string
• func Marshal(obj interface{}) (result string, err error)
• func Remarshal(obj interface{}, remarshalledObj interface{}) (err error)
• func UnmarshalFile(filePath string, dest interface{}) (err error)

Examples

• Indent
• Marshal
• Remarshal

Functions

func Indent

func Indent(jsonStr string) string

Indent indents a json string.

Example

type Road struct {
	Name   string
	Number int
}
roads := []Road{
	{"Diamond Fork", 29},
	{"Sheep Creek", 51},
}

b, err := Marshal(roads)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}

out := Indent(b)
fmt.Println(out)

Output:

[
  {
    "Name": "Diamond Fork",
    "Number": 29
  },
  {
    "Name": "Sheep Creek",
    "Number": 51
  }
]

func Marshal

func Marshal(obj interface{}) (result string, err error)

Marshal marshals an object to a json string. Returns empty string if marshal fails.

Example

type ColorGroup struct {
	ID     int
	Name   string
	Colors []string
}
group := ColorGroup{
	ID:     1,
	Name:   "Reds",
	Colors: []string{"Crimson", "Red", "Ruby", "Maroon"},
}
b, err := Marshal(group)
if err != nil {
	fmt.Println("error:", err)
}
fmt.Println(b)

Output:

{"ID":1,"Name":"Reds","Colors":["Crimson","Red","Ruby","Maroon"]}

func Remarshal

func Remarshal(obj interface{}, remarshalledObj interface{}) (err error)

Remarshal marshals an object to Json then parses it back to another object. This is useful for example when we want to go from map[string]interface{} to a more specific struct type or if we want a deep copy of the object.

Example

type ColorGroup struct {
	ID     int
	Name   string
	Colors []string
}
group := ColorGroup{
	ID:     1,
	Name:   "Reds",
	Colors: []string{"Crimson", "Red", "Ruby", "Maroon"},
}

var newGroup ColorGroup

err := Remarshal(group, &newGroup)
if err != nil {
	fmt.Println("error:", err)
}

out, err := Marshal(newGroup)
if err != nil {
	fmt.Println("error:", err)
}

fmt.Println(out)

Output:

{"ID":1,"Name":"Reds","Colors":["Crimson","Red","Ruby","Maroon"]}

func UnmarshalFile

func UnmarshalFile(filePath string, dest interface{}) (err error)

UnmarshalFile reads the content of a file then Unmarshals the content to an object.