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jsonToItems (JSON, JSON Path, Lenient) Converts JSON to attribute items. Converts a block of JSON data into a recordset which contains the attributes for each node. |
Function: jsonToItems()
Converts a block of JSON data to a set of attributes. This can be useful if you need to extract the values from within JSON data.into a recordset which contains the attributes for each node.
Syntax
jsonToItems(JSON String, JSON Path, Lenient)
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| JSON String | String | JSON string to be converted to attribute valuesrecordset. |
| JSON Path | String | The JSON Path expression is evaluated against the data provided by the JSON String. It determines which elements are extracted from the JSON. Defaults to “$” which matches the entire document. . This must be passed in as a string i.e. encapsulated in quotes. |
| Lenient | boolean | Lenient is a flag which determines whether to pass parse the JSON String leniently. Defaults to |
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Examples
Record Set Returned
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jsonToItems('{"data":[{data:{status:'success'}}", "$..status", true) |
Generates
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TBC"value":"foo"},{"status":"bar"}]}', '$.data', true) |
Returns
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// returns a record set
{"value" : "foo"}, { "value" : "bar"} |
Array Returned
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jsonToItems('{"data":[{"value":"foo"},{"status":"bar"}]}', '$.data', true).value |
Returns
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// returns an array of values*
[foo, bar] |
*The array results can be accessed using normal Array Handling Functions