PureBasic

Create more Complex JSON Document

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Sample code to create the following JSON document:

    {  
        "Title": "The Cuckoo's Calling",  
        "Author": "Robert Galbraith",  
        "Genre": "classic crime novel",  
        "Detail": {  
            "Publisher": "Little Brown",  
            "Publication_Year": 2013,  
            "ISBN-13": 9781408704004,  
            "Language": "English",  
            "Pages": 494  
        },  
        "Price": [  
            {  
                "type": "Hardcover",  
                "price": 16.65  
            },  
            {  
                "type": "Kindle Edition",  
                "price": 7.00  
            }  
        ]  
    }  

PureBasic

IncludeFile "CkJsonArray.pb"
IncludeFile "CkJsonObject.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

    json.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If json.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; 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.
    index.i = -1

    success = CkJsonObject::ckAddStringAt(json,-1,"Title","The Cuckoo's Calling")
    success = CkJsonObject::ckAddStringAt(json,-1,"Author","Robert Galbraith")
    success = CkJsonObject::ckAddStringAt(json,-1,"Genre","classic crime novel")

    ; Let's create the Detail JSON object:
    detail.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If detail.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkJsonObject::ckAppendObject2(json,"Detail",detail)

    success = CkJsonObject::ckAddStringAt(detail,-1,"Publisher","Little Brown")
    success = CkJsonObject::ckAddIntAt(detail,-1,"Publication_Year",2013)
    success = CkJsonObject::ckAddNumberAt(detail,-1,"ISBN-13","9781408704004")
    success = CkJsonObject::ckAddStringAt(detail,-1,"Language","English")
    success = CkJsonObject::ckAddIntAt(detail,-1,"Pages",494)

    ; Add the array for Price
    aPrice.i = CkJsonArray::ckCreate()
    If aPrice.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkJsonObject::ckAppendArray2(json,"Price",aPrice)

    ; Entry in aPrice will be a JSON object.

    ; Append a new/empty ojbect to the end of the aPrice array.
    priceObj.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If priceObj.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkJsonArray::ckAddObjectAt2(aPrice,-1,priceObj)
    success = CkJsonObject::ckAddStringAt(priceObj,-1,"type","Hardcover")
    success = CkJsonObject::ckAddNumberAt(priceObj,-1,"price","16.65")

    CkJsonArray::ckAddObjectAt2(aPrice,-1,priceObj)
    success = CkJsonObject::ckAddStringAt(priceObj,-1,"type","Kindle Edition")
    success = CkJsonObject::ckAddNumberAt(priceObj,-1,"price","7.00")

    CkJsonObject::setCkEmitCompact(json, 0)
    Debug CkJsonObject::ckEmit(json)


    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)
    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(detail)
    CkJsonArray::ckDispose(aPrice)
    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(priceObj)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure