chikaku / jsont

JSON parser

jsont(ype)

A JSON parser returns the native type of JSON following ECMA-404 standard.

Passed all test from https://github.com/nst/JSONTestSuite

How to use

go get github.com/chikaku/jsont

Types in jsont

• JSON type is one of Object, Array, String, Number, Boolean, Null
• Object is map[string]JSON
• Array is []JSON
• String is string
• Number is string it can format to int64 or float64
• Boolean is true or false
• Null is struct{}

Decode complete JSON

var text = []byte(`"animals": ["🐱", "🐶", "🐭"]`)
result, _ := jsont.Decode(text)             // result is map[string]JSON
animals := result["animals"]                // animals is Array []JSON
cat, dog := animals[0], animals[1]          // cat, dog is string

Decode part of JSON

Decode one JSON element and return position

obj, pos, err = ReadObject([]byte(`  {"a": "b"}...`))    // {"a": "b"}
arr, pos, err = ReadArray([]byte(`  [1, {}, ""],...`))   // [1, {}, ""]
str, pos, err = ReadString([]byte(`  "   1""...`))       // "   1"
numstr, pos, err = ReadNumber([]byte(`  177178...`))     // 177178
num, err = num.Int64()                                   // 177178
_, _, err = ReadNull([]byte(`  null\...`))
_, _, err = ReadBool([]byte(`  false\...`))