Lua

Create JSON Document

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Sample code to create the following JSON document:

{
  "Title": "Pan's Labyrinth",
  "Director": "Guillermo del Toro",
  "Original_Title": "El laberinto del fauno",
  "Year_Released": 2006
}

Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()

-- The only reason for failure in the following lines of code would be an out-of-memory condition..

-- An index value of -1 is used to append at the end.
local success = json:add_string_at(-1, "Title", "Pan's Labyrinth")
success = json:add_string_at(-1, "Director", "Guillermo del Toro")
success = json:add_string_at(-1, "Original_Title", "El laberinto del fauno")
success = json:add_int_at(-1, "Year_Released", 2006)

json.emit_compact = false
print(json:emit())