I have a var that has some JSON data:
A = <<\"{\\\"job\\\": {\\\"id\\\": \\\"1\\\"}}\">>.
Using mochijson2, I decode the data:
Adding to the answer given earlier there's also a nice tutorial on mochiweb, json (video).
My favourite way of handeling mochijson data is replacing all the struct's with hash maps after which they can be cleanly pattern matched. To do so I wrote this easy to understand function:
structs_to_maps({struct, Props}) when is_list(Props) ->
lists:foldl(
fun({Key, Val}, Map) ->
Map#{Key => structs_to_maps(Val)}
end,
#{},
Props
);
structs_to_maps(Vals) when is_list(Vals) ->
lists:map(
fun(Val) ->
structs_to_maps(Val)
end,
Vals
);
structs_to_maps(Val) ->
Val.
Here is an example of how to use it:
do() ->
A = <<"{\"job\": {\"id\": \"1\"}}">>,
Data = structs_to_maps(mochijson2:decode(A)),
#{<<"job">> := #{<<"id">> := Id}} = Data,
Id.
This has many advantages especially when working with incoming data that can have an unexpected shape.
The data is in {struct, proplist()} format, so here's what you do:
{struct, JsonData} = Struct,
{struct, Job} = proplists:get_value(<<"job">>, JsonData),
Id = proplists:get_value(<<"id">>, Job),
You can read more about proplists at: http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/proplists.html
Here is another method of accessing the data. Uses records syntax for ease of use.
-record(struct, {lst=[]}).
A = <<"{\"job\": {\"id\": \"1\"}}">>,
Struct = mochijson2:decode(A),
Job = proplists:get_value(<<"job">>, Struct#struct.lst),
Id = proplists:get_value(<<"id">>, Job#struct.lst),
Does exactly the same thing as the answer using records instead. Just another option when using mochijson2. I personally like this syntax better.
Another helper function to access json structure:
jsonobj({struct,List}) ->
fun({contains,Key}) ->
lists:keymember(Key,1,List);
({raw,Key}) ->
{_,Ret} = lists:keyfind(Key,1,List),Ret;
(Key) ->
{_,Ret} = lists:keyfind(Key,1,List),
jsonobj(Ret)
end;
jsonobj(List) when is_list(List) ->
fun(len) ->
length(List);
(Index) ->
jsonobj(lists:nth(Index,List))
end;
jsonobj(Obj) -> Obj.
Usage:
1> A=mochijson2:decode(<<"{\"job\": {\"id\": \"1\", \"ids\": [4,5,6], \"isok\": true}}">>).
2> B=jsonobj(A).
3> B(<<"job">>).
#Fun<jsonutils.1.33002110>
4> (B(<<"job">>))(<<"id">>).
1
5> (B(<<"job">>))(<<"ids">>).
#Fun<jsonutils.1.9495087>
6> (B(<<"job">>))({raw,<<"ids">>}).
[4,5,6]
7> ((B(<<"job">>))(<<"ids">>))(1).
4
8> B({raw,<<"job">>}).
{struct,[{<<"id">>,<<"1">>},
{<<"ids">>,[1,2,3]},
{<<"isok">>,true}]}
9> B({contains,<<"job">>}).
true
10> B({contains,<<"something">>}).
false
11> ((B(<<"job">>))(<<"ids">>))(len)
3
I don't think extracting values from json can be any simpler.