Lua

Iterate JSON where Member Names are Data Values

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Demonstrates how to parse JSON where member names are not keywords, but instead are data values. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()

local success = json:load_file("qa_data/json/valuesAsNames.json")

-- Imagine we have JSON such as the following:

-- {
--   "1680": {
--     "entity_id": "1680",
--     "type_id": "simple",
--     "sku": "123"
--   },
--   "1701": {
--     "entity_id": "1701",
--     "type_id": "simple",
--     "sku": "456"
--   }
-- }
--

-- This presents a parsing problem because the member names, such as "1680"
-- are not keywords.  Instead they are data values.  We don't know what they
-- may be in advance.

-- To solve, we iterate over the members, get the name of each, ...
local numMembers = json.size
for i = 0, numMembers - 1 do
    local name = json:name_at(i)

    print(name .. ":")
    local jRecord = json:object_at(i)

    print("entity_id: " .. jRecord:string_of("entity_id"))
    print("type_id: " .. jRecord:string_of("type_id"))
    print("sku: " .. jRecord:string_of("sku"))
end