How to parse an inner field in a nested JSON object

Question

I have a JSON object similar to this one:

{
  \"name\": \"Cain\",
  \"parents\": {
    \"mother\" : \"Eve\",
    \"father\" : \"Adam\"
  }
}

No

Answer 1

Here's some code I baked up real quick in the Go Playground

http://play.golang.org/p/PiWwpUbBqt

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "encoding/json"
    )

func main() {
    encoded := `{
        "name": "Cain",
        "parents": {
            "mother": "Eve"
            "father": "Adam"
        }
    }`

    // Decode the json object
    var j map[string]interface{}
    err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(encoded), &j)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    // pull out the parents object
    parents := j["parents"].(map[string]interface{})

    // Print out mother and father
    fmt.Printf("Mother: %s\n", parents["mother"].(string))
    fmt.Printf("Father: %s\n", parents["father"].(string))
}

There might be a better way. I'm looking forward to seeing the other answers. :-)