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The JSON tree contains functions for working with JSON files - parsing and generating files of this format.

Word with JSON

json.Encode

json.Decode

 

json.Encode

Converts a table to a JSON string.

Input parameters: table

Output parameters: string in JSON format, or nil if an error occurred during processing.

Example

--create table

t = {

   ["name1"] = "value1", --element of table name1, contains string value1

   ["name2"] = { 1, false, true, 23.54, "string" }, --table element name2 containing the nested table

}

local encode = json.Encode(t); --convert

--result in encode - {"name1":"value1","name2":[1,false,true,23.54,"string"]}

json.Decode

Converts the passed JSON format string to a table.

Input parameters: JSON string.

Output parameters: table or nil if an error occurred during processing.

Пример

encode="{"name1":"value1","name2":[1,false,true,23.54,"string"]}" --example input string

t1 = json.Decode(encode); --convert

if (t1==nil) return; --check successful conversion

--out table values

server.Message(t1.name1); --"value1"

server.Message(t1.name2[1]); --1

server.Message(t1.name2[2]); --false

server.Message(t1.name2[3]); --true

server.Message(t1.name2[4]); --23.54

server.Message(t1.name2[5]); --"string"