// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package json_test import ( "bytes" "encoding/json" "fmt" "io" "log" "os" "strings" ) func ExampleMarshal() { type ColorGroup struct { ID int Name string Colors []string } group := ColorGroup{ ID: 1, Name: "Reds", Colors: []string{"Crimson", "Red", "Ruby", "Maroon"}, } b, err := json.Marshal(group) if err != nil { fmt.Println("error:", err) } os.Stdout.Write(b) // Output: // {"ID":1,"Name":"Reds","Colors":["Crimson","Red","Ruby","Maroon"]} } func ExampleUnmarshal() { var jsonBlob = []byte(`[ {"Name": "Platypus", "Order": "Monotremata"}, {"Name": "Quoll", "Order": "Dasyuromorphia"} ]`) type Animal struct { Name string Order string } var animals []Animal err := json.Unmarshal(jsonBlob, &animals) if err != nil { fmt.Println("error:", err) } fmt.Printf("%+v", animals) // Output: // [{Name:Platypus Order:Monotremata} {Name:Quoll Order:Dasyuromorphia}] } // This example uses a Decoder to decode a stream of distinct JSON values. func ExampleDecoder() { const jsonStream = ` {"Name": "Ed", "Text": "Knock knock."} {"Name": "Sam", "Text": "Who's there?"} {"Name": "Ed", "Text": "Go fmt."} {"Name": "Sam", "Text": "Go fmt who?"} {"Name": "Ed", "Text": "Go fmt yourself!"} ` type Message struct { Name, Text string } dec := json.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(jsonStream)) for { var m Message if err := dec.Decode(&m); err == io.EOF { break } else if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", m.Name, m.Text) } // Output: // Ed: Knock knock. // Sam: Who's there? // Ed: Go fmt. // Sam: Go fmt who? // Ed: Go fmt yourself! } // This example uses a Decoder to decode a stream of distinct JSON values. func ExampleDecoder_Token() { const jsonStream = ` {"Message": "Hello", "Array": [1, 2, 3], "Null": null, "Number": 1.234} ` dec := json.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(jsonStream)) for { t, err := dec.Token() if err == io.EOF { break } if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } fmt.Printf("%T: %v", t, t) if dec.More() { fmt.Printf(" (more)") } fmt.Printf("\n") } // Output: // json.Delim: { (more) // string: Message (more) // string: Hello (more) // string: Array (more) // json.Delim: [ (more) // float64: 1 (more) // float64: 2 (more) // float64: 3 // json.Delim: ] (more) // string: Null (more) // : (more) // string: Number (more) // float64: 1.234 // json.Delim: } } // This example uses a Decoder to decode a streaming array of JSON objects. func ExampleDecoder_Decode_stream() { const jsonStream = ` [ {"Name": "Ed", "Text": "Knock knock."}, {"Name": "Sam", "Text": "Who's there?"}, {"Name": "Ed", "Text": "Go fmt."}, {"Name": "Sam", "Text": "Go fmt who?"}, {"Name": "Ed", "Text": "Go fmt yourself!"} ] ` type Message struct { Name, Text string } dec := json.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(jsonStream)) // read open bracket t, err := dec.Token() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } fmt.Printf("%T: %v\n", t, t) // while the array contains values for dec.More() { var m Message // decode an array value (Message) err := dec.Decode(&m) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } fmt.Printf("%v: %v\n", m.Name, m.Text) } // read closing bracket t, err = dec.Token() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } fmt.Printf("%T: %v\n", t, t) // Output: // json.Delim: [ // Ed: Knock knock. // Sam: Who's there? // Ed: Go fmt. // Sam: Go fmt who? // Ed: Go fmt yourself! // json.Delim: ] } // This example uses RawMessage to delay parsing part of a JSON message. func ExampleRawMessage_unmarshal() { type Color struct { Space string Point json.RawMessage // delay parsing until we know the color space } type RGB struct { R uint8 G uint8 B uint8 } type YCbCr struct { Y uint8 Cb int8 Cr int8 } var j = []byte(`[ {"Space": "YCbCr", "Point": {"Y": 255, "Cb": 0, "Cr": -10}}, {"Space": "RGB", "Point": {"R": 98, "G": 218, "B": 255}} ]`) var colors []Color err := json.Unmarshal(j, &colors) if err != nil { log.Fatalln("error:", err) } for _, c := range colors { var dst any switch c.Space { case "RGB": dst = new(RGB) case "YCbCr": dst = new(YCbCr) } err := json.Unmarshal(c.Point, dst) if err != nil { log.Fatalln("error:", err) } fmt.Println(c.Space, dst) } // Output: // YCbCr &{255 0 -10} // RGB &{98 218 255} } // This example uses RawMessage to use a precomputed JSON during marshal. func ExampleRawMessage_marshal() { h := json.RawMessage(`{"precomputed": true}`) c := struct { Header *json.RawMessage `json:"header"` Body string `json:"body"` }{Header: &h, Body: "Hello Gophers!"} b, err := json.MarshalIndent(&c, "", "\t") if err != nil { fmt.Println("error:", err) } os.Stdout.Write(b) // Output: // { // "header": { // "precomputed": true // }, // "body": "Hello Gophers!" // } } func ExampleIndent() { type Road struct { Name string Number int } roads := []Road{ {"Diamond Fork", 29}, {"Sheep Creek", 51}, } b, err := json.Marshal(roads) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } var out bytes.Buffer json.Indent(&out, b, "=", "\t") out.WriteTo(os.Stdout) // Output: // [ // = { // = "Name": "Diamond Fork", // = "Number": 29 // = }, // = { // = "Name": "Sheep Creek", // = "Number": 51 // = } // =] } func ExampleMarshalIndent() { data := map[string]int{ "a": 1, "b": 2, } b, err := json.MarshalIndent(data, "", "") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } fmt.Println(string(b)) // Output: // { // "a": 1, // "b": 2 // } } func ExampleValid() { goodJSON := `{"example": 1}` badJSON := `{"example":2:]}}` fmt.Println(json.Valid([]byte(goodJSON)), json.Valid([]byte(badJSON))) // Output: // true false } func ExampleHTMLEscape() { var out bytes.Buffer json.HTMLEscape(&out, []byte(`{"Name":"HTML content"}`)) out.WriteTo(os.Stdout) // Output: //{"Name":"\u003cb\u003eHTML content\u003c/b\u003e"} }