Lua Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63+
Lua
JSON FindRecord Example
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Demonstrates the FindRecord method for searching an array of JSON records. The data used in this example is available at JSON sample data for FindRecord.Chilkat Lua Downloads
local chilkat = require("chilkat")
local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
local success = json:load_file("qa_data/json/qb_accounts.json")
-- A sample of the content of qb_accounts.json is shown at the bottom of this example.
-- The goal is to search the array of Account records to return the 1st match
-- Find the account with the name "Advertising"
local arrayPath = "QueryResponse.Account"
local relativePath = "Name"
local value = "Advertising"
local caseSensitive = true
local accountRec = json:find_record(arrayPath, relativePath, value, caseSensitive)
if not json.last_method_success then
print("Record not found.")
return
end
-- The accountRec should contain this:
-- {
-- "Name": "Advertising",
-- "SubAccount": false,
-- "FullyQualifiedName": "Advertising",
-- "Active": true,
-- "Classification": "Expense",
-- "AccountType": "Expense",
-- "AccountSubType": "AdvertisingPromotional",
-- "CurrentBalance": 0,
-- "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
-- "CurrencyRef": {
-- "value": "USD",
-- "name": "United States Dollar"
-- },
-- "domain": "QBO",
-- "sparse": false,
-- "Id": "7",
-- "SyncToken": "0",
-- "MetaData": {
-- "CreateTime": "2016-09-09T14:42:07-07:00",
-- "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-09T14:42:07-07:00"
-- }
-- }
print("FullyQualifiedName: " .. accountRec:string_of("FullyQualifiedName"))
print("AccountType: " .. accountRec:string_of("AccountType"))
print("AccountSubType: " .. accountRec:string_of("AccountSubType"))
print("----")
-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Find the first account where the currency is USD
relativePath = "CurrencyRef.value"
value = "USD"
caseSensitive = true
accountRec = json:find_record(arrayPath, relativePath, value, caseSensitive)
if not json.last_method_success then
print("Record not found.")
return
end
print("Name: " .. accountRec:string_of("Name"))
print("CurrencyRef.name: " .. accountRec:string_of("CurrencyRef.name"))
print("----")
-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Find the first account with "receivable" in the name (case insensitive)
relativePath = "Name"
value = "*receivable*"
caseSensitive = false
accountRec = json:find_record(arrayPath, relativePath, value, caseSensitive)
if not json.last_method_success then
print("Record not found.")
return
end
print("Name: " .. accountRec:string_of("Name"))
print("----")
-- -----------------------------------------------------------------
-- qb_accounts.json contains this data
--
-- {
-- "QueryResponse": {
-- "Account": [
-- {
-- "Name": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
-- "SubAccount": false,
-- "Description": "Description added during update.",
-- "FullyQualifiedName": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
-- "Active": true,
-- "Classification": "Liability",
-- "AccountType": "Accounts Payable",
-- "AccountSubType": "AccountsPayable",
-- "CurrentBalance": -1602.67,
-- "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": -1602.67,
-- "CurrencyRef": {
-- "value": "USD",
-- "name": "United States Dollar"
-- },
-- "domain": "QBO",
-- "sparse": false,
-- "Id": "33",
-- "SyncToken": "1",
-- "MetaData": {
-- "CreateTime": "2016-09-10T10:12:02-07:00",
-- "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-24T16:41:39-07:00"
-- }
-- },
-- {
-- "Name": "Accounts Receivable (A/R)",
-- "SubAccount": false,
-- "FullyQualifiedName": "Accounts Receivable (A/R)",
-- "Active": true,
-- "Classification": "Asset",
-- "AccountType": "Accounts Receivable",
-- "AccountSubType": "AccountsReceivable",
-- "CurrentBalance": 5281.52,
-- "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 5281.52,
-- "CurrencyRef": {
-- "value": "USD",
-- "name": "United States Dollar"
-- },
-- "domain": "QBO",
-- "sparse": false,
-- "Id": "84",
-- "SyncToken": "0",
-- "MetaData": {
-- "CreateTime": "2016-09-14T14:49:29-07:00",
-- "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:16:17-07:00"
-- }
-- },
-- {
-- "Name": "Advertising",
-- "SubAccount": false,
-- "FullyQualifiedName": "Advertising",
-- "Active": true,
-- "Classification": "Expense",
-- "AccountType": "Expense",
-- "AccountSubType": "AdvertisingPromotional",
-- "CurrentBalance": 0,
-- "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
-- "CurrencyRef": {
-- "value": "USD",
-- "name": "United States Dollar"
-- },
-- "domain": "QBO",
-- "sparse": false,
-- "Id": "7",
-- "SyncToken": "0",
-- "MetaData": {
-- "CreateTime": "2016-09-09T14:42:07-07:00",
-- "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-09T14:42:07-07:00"
-- }
-- },
-- {
-- "Name": "Arizona Dept. of Revenue Payable",
-- "SubAccount": false,
-- "FullyQualifiedName": "Arizona Dept. of Revenue Payable",
-- "Active": true,
-- "Classification": "Liability",
-- "AccountType": "Other Current Liability",
-- "AccountSubType": "GlobalTaxPayable",
-- "CurrentBalance": 0,
-- "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
-- "CurrencyRef": {
-- "value": "USD",
-- "name": "United States Dollar"
-- },
-- "domain": "QBO",
-- "sparse": false,
-- "Id": "89",
-- "SyncToken": "0",
-- "MetaData": {
-- "CreateTime": "2016-09-16T12:17:04-07:00",
-- "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:05:01-07:00"
-- }
-- },
-- {
-- "Name": "Automobile",
-- "SubAccount": false,
-- "FullyQualifiedName": "Automobile",
-- "Active": true,
-- "Classification": "Expense",
-- "AccountType": "Expense",
-- "AccountSubType": "Auto",
-- "CurrentBalance": 0,
-- "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
-- "CurrencyRef": {
-- "value": "USD",
-- "name": "United States Dollar"
-- },
-- "domain": "QBO",
-- "sparse": false,
-- "Id": "55",
-- "SyncToken": "0",
-- "MetaData": {
-- "CreateTime": "2016-09-14T10:15:53-07:00",
-- "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-14T10:16:05-07:00"
-- }
-- },
-- ...
--