json

package standard library
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Overview

Package json implements encoding and decoding of JSON as defined in RFC 7159. The mapping between JSON and Go values is described in the documentation for the Marshal and Unmarshal functions.

See "JSON and Go" for an introduction to this package: https://golang.org/doc/articles/json_and_go.html

Example (CustomMarshalJSON) 
package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"strings"
)

type Animal int

const (
	Unknown Animal = iota
	Gopher
	Zebra
)

func (a *Animal) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
	var s string
	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &s); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	switch strings.ToLower(s) {
	default:
		*a = Unknown
	case "gopher":
		*a = Gopher
	case "zebra":
		*a = Zebra
	}

	return nil
}

func (a Animal) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
	var s string
	switch a {
	default:
		s = "unknown"
	case Gopher:
		s = "gopher"
	case Zebra:
		s = "zebra"
	}

	return json.Marshal(s)
}

func main() {
	blob := `["gopher","armadillo","zebra","unknown","gopher","bee","gopher","zebra"]`
	var zoo []Animal
	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(blob), &zoo); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	census := make(map[Animal]int)
	for _, animal := range zoo {
		census[animal] += 1
	}

	fmt.Printf("Zoo Census:\n* Gophers: %d\n* Zebras:  %d\n* Unknown: %d\n",
		census[Gopher], census[Zebra], census[Unknown])

}

Output:
Zoo Census:
* Gophers: 3
* Zebras:  2
* Unknown: 3

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