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Gabs

Gabs is a small utility for dealing with dynamic or unknown JSON structures in golang. It's pretty much just a helpful wrapper around the golang json.Marshal/json.Unmarshal behaviour and map[string]interface{} objects. It does nothing spectacular except for being fabulous.

https://godoc.org/github.com/Jeffail/gabs

Install

go get github.com/Jeffail/gabs

Use

Parsing and searching JSON

jsonParsed, err := gabs.ParseJSON([]byte(`{
	"outter":{
		"inner":{
			"value1":10,
			"value2":22
		},
		"alsoInner":{
			"value1":20,
			"array1":[
				30, 40
			]
		}
	}
}`))

var value float64
var ok bool

value, ok = jsonParsed.Path("outter.inner.value1").Data().(float64)
// value == 10.0, ok == true

value, ok = jsonParsed.Search("outter", "inner", "value1").Data().(float64)
// value == 10.0, ok == true

gObj, err := jsonParsed.JSONPointer("/outter/alsoInner/array1/1")
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}
value, ok = gObj.Data().(float64)
// value == 40.0, ok == true

value, ok = jsonParsed.Path("does.not.exist").Data().(float64)
// value == 0.0, ok == false

exists := jsonParsed.Exists("outter", "inner", "value1")
// exists == true

exists := jsonParsed.ExistsP("does.not.exist")
// exists == false

Iterating objects

jsonParsed, _ := gabs.ParseJSON([]byte(`{"object":{ "first": 1, "second": 2, "third": 3 }}`))

// S is shorthand for Search
children, _ := jsonParsed.S("object").ChildrenMap()
for key, child := range children {
	fmt.Printf("key: %v, value: %v\n", key, child.Data().(string))
}

Iterating arrays

jsonParsed, err := gabs.ParseJSON([]byte(`{"array":[ "first", "second", "third" ]}`))
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}

// S is shorthand for Search
children, err := jsonParsed.S("array").Children()
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}

for _, child := range children {
	fmt.Println(child.Data().(string))
}

Will print:

first
second
third

Children() will return all children of an array in order. This also works on objects, however, the children will be returned in a random order.

Searching through arrays

If your JSON structure contains arrays you can still search the fields of the objects within the array, this returns a JSON array containing the results for each element.

jsonParsed, err := gabs.ParseJSON([]byte(`{"array":[ {"value":1}, {"value":2}, {"value":3} ]}`))
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}
fmt.Println(jsonParsed.Path("array.value").String())

Will print:

[1,2,3]

Generating JSON

jsonObj := gabs.New()
// or gabs.Consume(jsonObject) to work on an existing map[string]interface{}

jsonObj.Set(10, "outter", "inner", "value")
jsonObj.SetP(20, "outter.inner.value2")
jsonObj.Set(30, "outter", "inner2", "value3")

fmt.Println(jsonObj.String())

Will print:

{"outter":{"inner":{"value":10,"value2":20},"inner2":{"value3":30}}}

To pretty-print:

fmt.Println(jsonObj.StringIndent("", "  "))

Will print:

{
  "outter": {
    "inner": {
      "value": 10,
      "value2": 20
    },
    "inner2": {
      "value3": 30
    }
  }
}

Generating Arrays

jsonObj := gabs.New()

jsonObj.Array("foo", "array")
// Or .ArrayP("foo.array")

jsonObj.ArrayAppend(10, "foo", "array")
jsonObj.ArrayAppend(20, "foo", "array")
jsonObj.ArrayAppend(30, "foo", "array")

fmt.Println(jsonObj.String())

Will print:

{"foo":{"array":[10,20,30]}}

Working with arrays by index:

jsonObj := gabs.New()

// Create an array with the length of 3
jsonObj.ArrayOfSize(3, "foo")

jsonObj.S("foo").SetIndex("test1", 0)
jsonObj.S("foo").SetIndex("test2", 1)

// Create an embedded array with the length of 3
jsonObj.S("foo").ArrayOfSizeI(3, 2)

jsonObj.S("foo").Index(2).SetIndex(1, 0)
jsonObj.S("foo").Index(2).SetIndex(2, 1)
jsonObj.S("foo").Index(2).SetIndex(3, 2)

fmt.Println(jsonObj.String())

Will print:

{"foo":["test1","test2",[1,2,3]]}

Converting back to JSON

This is the easiest part:

jsonParsedObj, _ := gabs.ParseJSON([]byte(`{
	"outter":{
		"values":{
			"first":10,
			"second":11
		}
	},
	"outter2":"hello world"
}`))

jsonOutput := jsonParsedObj.String()
// Becomes `{"outter":{"values":{"first":10,"second":11}},"outter2":"hello world"}`

And to serialize a specific segment is as simple as:

jsonParsedObj := gabs.ParseJSON([]byte(`{
	"outter":{
		"values":{
			"first":10,
			"second":11
		}
	},
	"outter2":"hello world"
}`))

jsonOutput := jsonParsedObj.Search("outter").String()
// Becomes `{"values":{"first":10,"second":11}}`

Merge two containers

You can merge a JSON structure into an existing one, where collisions will be converted into a JSON array.

jsonParsed1, _ := ParseJSON([]byte(`{"outter": {"value1": "one"}}`))
jsonParsed2, _ := ParseJSON([]byte(`{"outter": {"inner": {"value3": "three"}}, "outter2": {"value2": "two"}}`))

jsonParsed1.Merge(jsonParsed2)
// Becomes `{"outter":{"inner":{"value3":"three"},"value1":"one"},"outter2":{"value2":"two"}}`

Arrays are merged:

jsonParsed1, _ := ParseJSON([]byte(`{"array": ["one"]}`))
jsonParsed2, _ := ParseJSON([]byte(`{"array": ["two"]}`))

jsonParsed1.Merge(jsonParsed2)
// Becomes `{"array":["one", "two"]}`

Parsing Numbers

Gabs uses the json package under the bonnet, which by default will parse all number values into float64. If you need to parse Int values then you should use a json.Decoder (https://golang.org/pkg/encoding/json/#Decoder):

sample := []byte(`{"test":{"int":10, "float":6.66}}`)
dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(sample))
dec.UseNumber()

val, err := gabs.ParseJSONDecoder(dec)
if err != nil {
    t.Errorf("Failed to parse: %v", err)
    return
}

intValue, err := val.Path("test.int").Data().(json.Number).Int64()

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Documentation ¶

Overview ¶

Package gabs implements a simplified wrapper around creating and parsing unknown or dynamic JSON.

Index ¶

Variables
type Container
type EncodeOpt
- func EncodeOptHTMLEscape(doEscape bool) EncodeOpt
- func EncodeOptIndent(prefix string, indent string) EncodeOpt

Constants ¶

This section is empty.

Variables ¶

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var (
	// ErrOutOfBounds indicates an index was out of bounds.
	ErrOutOfBounds = errors.New("out of bounds")

	// ErrNotObjOrArray is returned when a target is not an object or array type
	// but needs to be for the intended operation.
	ErrNotObjOrArray = errors.New("not an object or array")

	// ErrNotObj is returned when a target is not an object but needs to be for
	// the intended operation.
	ErrNotObj = errors.New("not an object")

	// ErrNotArray is returned when a target is not an array but needs to be for
	// the intended operation.
	ErrNotArray = errors.New("not an array")

	// ErrPathCollision is returned when creating a path failed because an
	// element collided with an existing value.
	ErrPathCollision = errors.New("encountered value collision whilst building path")

	// ErrInvalidInputObj is returned when the input value was not a
	// map[string]interface{}.
	ErrInvalidInputObj = errors.New("invalid input object")

	// ErrInvalidInputText is returned when the input data could not be parsed.
	ErrInvalidInputText = errors.New("input text could not be parsed")

	// ErrInvalidPath is returned when the filepath was not valid.
	ErrInvalidPath = errors.New("invalid file path")

	// ErrInvalidBuffer is returned when the input buffer contained an invalid
	// JSON string.
	ErrInvalidBuffer = errors.New("input buffer contained invalid JSON")
)

Functions ¶

This section is empty.

Types ¶

type Container ¶

type Container struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

Container references a specific element within a JSON structure.

func Consume ¶

func Consume(root interface{}) (*Container, error)

Consume an already unmarshalled JSON object (or a new map[string]interface{}) into a *Container.

func New ¶

func New() *Container

New creates a new gabs JSON object.

func ParseJSON ¶

func ParseJSON(sample []byte) (*Container, error)

ParseJSON unmarshals a JSON byte slice into a *Container.

func ParseJSONBuffer ¶

func ParseJSONBuffer(buffer io.Reader) (*Container, error)

ParseJSONBuffer reads a buffer and unmarshals the contents into a *Container.

func ParseJSONDecoder ¶

func ParseJSONDecoder(decoder *json.Decoder) (*Container, error)

ParseJSONDecoder applies a json.Decoder to a *Container.

func ParseJSONFile ¶

func ParseJSONFile(path string) (*Container, error)

ParseJSONFile reads a file and unmarshals the contents into a *Container.

func (*Container) Array ¶

func (g *Container) Array(path ...string) (*Container, error)

Array creates a new JSON array at a path. Returns an error if the path contains a collision with a non object type.

func (*Container) ArrayAppend ¶

func (g *Container) ArrayAppend(value interface{}, path ...string) error

ArrayAppend attempts to append a value onto a JSON array at a path. If the target is not a JSON array then it will be converted into one, with its original contents set to the first element of the array.

func (*Container) ArrayAppendP ¶

func (g *Container) ArrayAppendP(value interface{}, path string) error

ArrayAppendP attempts to append a value onto a JSON array at a path using dot notation. If the target is not a JSON array then it will be converted into one, with its original contents set to the first element of the array.

func (*Container) ArrayCount ¶

func (g *Container) ArrayCount(path ...string) (int, error)

ArrayCount counts the number of elements in a JSON array at a path.

func (*Container) ArrayCountP ¶

func (g *Container) ArrayCountP(path string) (int, error)

ArrayCountP counts the number of elements in a JSON array at a path using dot notation.

func (*Container) ArrayElement ¶

func (g *Container) ArrayElement(index int, path ...string) (*Container, error)

ArrayElement attempts to access an element by an index from a JSON array at a path.

func (*Container) ArrayElementP ¶

func (g *Container) ArrayElementP(index int, path string) (*Container, error)

ArrayElementP attempts to access an element by an index from a JSON array at a path using dot notation.

func (*Container) ArrayI ¶

func (g *Container) ArrayI(index int) (*Container, error)

ArrayI creates a new JSON array within an array at an index. Returns an error if the element is not an array or the index is out of bounds.

func (*Container) ArrayOfSize ¶

func (g *Container) ArrayOfSize(size int, path ...string) (*Container, error)

ArrayOfSize creates a new JSON array of a particular size at a path. Returns an error if the path contains a collision with a non object type.

func (*Container) ArrayOfSizeI ¶

func (g *Container) ArrayOfSizeI(size, index int) (*Container, error)

ArrayOfSizeI create a new JSON array of a particular size within an array at an index. Returns an error if the element is not an array or the index is out of bounds.

func (*Container) ArrayOfSizeP ¶

func (g *Container) ArrayOfSizeP(size int, path string) (*Container, error)

ArrayOfSizeP creates a new JSON array of a particular size at a path using dot notation. Returns an error if the path contains a collision with a non object type.

func (*Container) ArrayP ¶

func (g *Container) ArrayP(path string) (*Container, error)

ArrayP creates a new JSON array at a path using dot notation. Returns an error if the path contains a collision with a non object type.

func (*Container) ArrayRemove ¶

func (g *Container) ArrayRemove(index int, path ...string) error

ArrayRemove attempts to remove an element identified by an index from a JSON array at a path.

func (*Container) ArrayRemoveP ¶

func (g *Container) ArrayRemoveP(index int, path string) error

ArrayRemoveP attempts to remove an element identified by an index from a JSON array at a path using dot notation.

func (*Container) Bytes ¶

func (g *Container) Bytes() []byte

Bytes marshals an element to a JSON []byte blob.

func (*Container) BytesIndent ¶

func (g *Container) BytesIndent(prefix string, indent string) []byte

BytesIndent marshals an element to a JSON []byte blob formatted with a prefix and indent string.

func (*Container) Children ¶

func (g *Container) Children() ([]*Container, error)

Children returns a slice of all children of an array element. This also works for objects, however, the children returned for an object will be in a random order and you lose the names of the returned objects this way.

func (*Container) ChildrenMap ¶

func (g *Container) ChildrenMap() (map[string]*Container, error)

ChildrenMap returns a map of all the children of an object element.

func (*Container) Data ¶

func (g *Container) Data() interface{}

Data returns the underlying interface{} of the target element in the JSON structure.

func (*Container) Delete ¶

func (g *Container) Delete(path ...string) error

Delete an element at a path, an error is returned if the element does not exist.

func (*Container) DeleteP ¶

func (g *Container) DeleteP(path string) error

DeleteP deletes an element at a path using dot notation, an error is returned if the element does not exist.

func (*Container) EncodeJSON ¶

func (g *Container) EncodeJSON(encodeOpts ...EncodeOpt) []byte

EncodeJSON marshals an element to a JSON formatted []byte using a variant list of modifier functions for the encoder being used. Functions for modifying the output are prefixed with EncodeOpt, e.g. EncodeOptHTMLEscape.

func (*Container) Exists ¶

func (g *Container) Exists(hierarchy ...string) bool

Exists checks whether a path exists.

func (*Container) ExistsP ¶

func (g *Container) ExistsP(path string) bool

ExistsP checks whether a dot notation path exists.

func (*Container) Index ¶

func (g *Container) Index(index int) *Container

Index attempts to find and return an element within a JSON array by an index.

func (*Container) JSONPointer ¶

func (g *Container) JSONPointer(path string) (*Container, error)

JSONPointer parses a JSON pointer path (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901) and either returns a *gabs.Container containing the result or an error if the referenced item could not be found.

func (*Container) Merge ¶

func (g *Container) Merge(source *Container) error

Merge a source object into an existing destination object. When a collision is found within the merged structures (both a source and destination object contain the same non-object keys) the result will be an array containing both values, where values that are already arrays will be expanded into the resulting array.

It is possible to merge structures will different collision behaviours with MergeFn.

func (*Container) MergeFn ¶

func (g *Container) MergeFn(source *Container, collisionFn func(destination, source interface{}) interface{}) error

MergeFn merges two objects using a provided function to resolve collisions.

The collision function receives two interface{} arguments, destination (the original object) and source (the object being merged into the destination). Which ever value is returned becomes the new value in the destination object at the location of the collision.

func (*Container) Object ¶

func (g *Container) Object(path ...string) (*Container, error)

Object creates a new JSON object at a target path. Returns an error if the path contains a collision with a non object type.

func (*Container) ObjectI ¶

func (g *Container) ObjectI(index int) (*Container, error)

ObjectI creates a new JSON object at an array index. Returns an error if the object is not an array or the index is out of bounds.

func (*Container) ObjectP ¶

func (g *Container) ObjectP(path string) (*Container, error)

ObjectP creates a new JSON object at a target path using dot notation. Returns an error if the path contains a collision with a non object type.

func (*Container) Path ¶

func (g *Container) Path(path string) *Container

Path searches the JSON structure following a path in dot notation.

func (*Container) S ¶

func (g *Container) S(hierarchy ...string) *Container

S is a shorthand alias for Search.

func (*Container) Search ¶

func (g *Container) Search(hierarchy ...string) *Container

Search attempts to find and return an object within the JSON structure by following a provided hierarchy of field names to locate the target. If the search encounters an array and has not reached the end target then it will iterate each object of the array for the target and return all of the results in a JSON array.

func (*Container) Set ¶

func (g *Container) Set(value interface{}, path ...string) (*Container, error)

Set the value of a field at a JSON path, any parts of the path that do not exist will be constructed, and if a collision occurs with a non object type whilst iterating the path an error is returned.

func (*Container) SetIndex ¶

func (g *Container) SetIndex(value interface{}, index int) (*Container, error)

SetIndex attempts to set a value of an array element based on an index.

func (*Container) SetJSONPointer ¶

func (g *Container) SetJSONPointer(value interface{}, path string) error

SetJSONPointer parses a JSON pointer path (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901) and sets the leaf to a value. Returns an error if the pointer could not be resolved due to missing fields.

func (*Container) SetP ¶

func (g *Container) SetP(value interface{}, path string) (*Container, error)

SetP sets the value of a field at a JSON path using dot notation, any parts of the path that do not exist will be constructed, and if a collision occurs with a non object type whilst iterating the path an error is returned.

func (*Container) String ¶

func (g *Container) String() string

String marshals an element to a JSON formatted string.

func (*Container) StringIndent ¶

func (g *Container) StringIndent(prefix string, indent string) string

StringIndent marshals an element to a JSON string formatted with a prefix and indent string.

type EncodeOpt ¶

type EncodeOpt func(e *json.Encoder)

EncodeOpt is a functional option for the EncodeJSON method.

func EncodeOptHTMLEscape ¶

func EncodeOptHTMLEscape(doEscape bool) EncodeOpt

EncodeOptHTMLEscape sets the encoder to escape the JSON for html.

func EncodeOptIndent ¶

func EncodeOptIndent(prefix string, indent string) EncodeOpt

EncodeOptIndent sets the encoder to indent the JSON output.

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Documentation ¶

Overview ¶

Index ¶

Constants ¶

Variables ¶

Functions ¶

Types ¶

type Container ¶

func Consume ¶

func New ¶

func ParseJSON ¶

func ParseJSONBuffer ¶

func ParseJSONDecoder ¶

func ParseJSONFile ¶

func (*Container) Array ¶

func (*Container) ArrayAppend ¶

func (*Container) ArrayAppendP ¶

func (*Container) ArrayCount ¶

func (*Container) ArrayCountP ¶

func (*Container) ArrayElement ¶

func (*Container) ArrayElementP ¶

func (*Container) ArrayI ¶

func (*Container) ArrayOfSize ¶

func (*Container) ArrayOfSizeI ¶

func (*Container) ArrayOfSizeP ¶

func (*Container) ArrayP ¶

func (*Container) ArrayRemove ¶

func (*Container) ArrayRemoveP ¶

func (*Container) Bytes ¶

func (*Container) BytesIndent ¶

func (*Container) Children ¶

func (*Container) ChildrenMap ¶

func (*Container) Data ¶

func (*Container) Delete ¶

func (*Container) DeleteP ¶

func (*Container) EncodeJSON ¶

func (*Container) Exists ¶

func (*Container) ExistsP ¶

func (*Container) Index ¶

func (*Container) JSONPointer ¶

func (*Container) Merge ¶

func (*Container) MergeFn ¶

func (*Container) Object ¶

func (*Container) ObjectI ¶

func (*Container) ObjectP ¶

func (*Container) Path ¶

func (*Container) S ¶

func (*Container) Search ¶

func (*Container) Set ¶

func (*Container) SetIndex ¶

func (*Container) SetJSONPointer ¶

func (*Container) SetP ¶

func (*Container) String ¶

func (*Container) StringIndent ¶

type EncodeOpt ¶

func EncodeOptHTMLEscape ¶

func EncodeOptIndent ¶

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