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gjson is a JSON parsing library, you can query JSON like OOP.

str := `{"people":{"name":{"first":"bob"}}}`
first := Get(str, "people.name.first")
assert.Equal(t, first.String(), "bob")

You can even perform arithmetic operations with JSON.

str := `{"people":[{"bob":{"age":10}},{"alice":{"age":10}}]}`
age := gjson.GetWithArithmetic(str, "people[0].bob.age + people[1].alice.age")
assert.Equal(t, age.Int(), 20)

Installing:

go get github.com/crossoverJie/gjson

Query Syntax

  • Use dot . to indicate object nesting relationships.
  • Use [index] indicate an array.

str := `
{
"name": "bob",
"age": 20,
"skill": {
    "lang": [
        {
            "go": {
                "feature": [
                    "goroutine",
                    "channel",
                    "simple",
                    true
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}
}`

name := gjson.Get(str, "name")
assert.Equal(t, name.String(), "bob")

age := gjson.Get(str, "age")
assert.Equal(t, age.Int(), 20)

assert.Equal(t, gjson.Get(str,"skill.lang[0].go.feature[0]").String(), "goroutine")
assert.Equal(t, gjson.Get(str,"skill.lang[0].go.feature[1]").String(), "channel")
assert.Equal(t, gjson.Get(str,"skill.lang[0].go.feature[2]").String(), "simple")
assert.Equal(t, gjson.Get(str,"skill.lang[0].go.feature[3]").Bool(), true)

The tow syntax work together to obtain complex nested JSON data.

Arithmetic Syntax

gjson supports + - * / () arithmetic operations.

str := `{"name":"bob", "age":10,"magic":10.1, "score":{"math":[1,2]}}`
result := gjson.GetWithArithmetic(str, "(age+age)*age+magic")
assert.Equal(t, result.Float(), 210.1)
result = gjson.GetWithArithmetic(str, "(age+age)*age")
assert.Equal(t, result.Int(), 200)

result = gjson.GetWithArithmetic(str, "(age+age) * age + score.math[0]")
assert.Equal(t, result.Int(), 201)

result = gjson.GetWithArithmetic(str, "(age+age) * age - score.math[0]")
assert.Equal(t, result.Int(), 199)

Attention:

  • Only int/float are supported.
  • When other types(string/bool/null..) exist, the empty Result will be returned.
  • When int and float are caculated, float will be returned.

Result

Both Get()/GetWithArithmetic will return Result type.

It provides the following methods to help us obtain data more easily.

func (r Result) String() string
func (r Result) Bool() bool
func (r Result) Int() int
func (r Result) Float() float64
func (r Result) Map() map[string]interface{}
func (r Result) Array() *[]interface{}
func (r Result) Exists() bool

You can tell what they mean from their names.

Other APIs

Decode

It can convert JSON strings to interface{}.

func TestJson(t *testing.T) {
	str := `{
   "glossary": {
       "title": "example glossary",
		"age":1,
		"long":99.99,
		"GlossDiv": {
           "title": "S",
			"GlossList": {
               "GlossEntry": {
                   "ID": "SGML",
					"SortAs": "SGML",
					"GlossTerm": "Standard Generalized Markup Language",
					"Acronym": "SGML",
					"Abbrev": "ISO 8879:1986",
					"GlossDef": {
                       "para": "A meta-markup language, used to create markup languages such as DocBook.",
						"GlossSeeAlso": ["GML", "XML", true, null]
                   },
					"GlossSee": "markup"
               }
           }
       }
   }
}`
	decode, err := gjson.Decode(str)
	assert.Nil(t, err)
	fmt.Println(decode)
	v := decode.(map[string]interface{})
	glossary := v["glossary"].(map[string]interface{})
	assert.Equal(t, glossary["title"], "example glossary")
	assert.Equal(t, glossary["age"], 1)
	assert.Equal(t, glossary["long"], 99.99)
	glossDiv := glossary["GlossDiv"].(map[string]interface{})
	assert.Equal(t, glossDiv["title"], "S")
	glossList := glossDiv["GlossList"].(map[string]interface{})
	glossEntry := glossList["GlossEntry"].(map[string]interface{})
	assert.Equal(t, glossEntry["ID"], "SGML")
	assert.Equal(t, glossEntry["SortAs"], "SGML")
	assert.Equal(t, glossEntry["GlossTerm"], "Standard Generalized Markup Language")
	assert.Equal(t, glossEntry["Acronym"], "SGML")
	assert.Equal(t, glossEntry["Abbrev"], "ISO 8879:1986")
	glossDef := glossEntry["GlossDef"].(map[string]interface{})
	assert.Equal(t, glossDef["para"], "A meta-markup language, used to create markup languages such as DocBook.")
	glossSeeAlso := glossDef["GlossSeeAlso"].(*[]interface{})
	assert.Equal(t, (*glossSeeAlso)[0], "GML")
	assert.Equal(t, (*glossSeeAlso)[1], "XML")
	assert.Equal(t, (*glossSeeAlso)[2], true)
	assert.Equal(t, (*glossSeeAlso)[3], "")
	assert.Equal(t, glossEntry["GlossSee"], "markup")
}

Features

  • Support syntax: gjson.Get("glossary.title")
  • Support arithmetic operators: gjson.Get("glossary.age+long")
  • Resolve to struct

Acknowledgements

gjson

gscript

GitHub

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