Parse and serialize JSON
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How to parse and serialize JSON, using json.parse{} and json.serialize{}
Source Code
-- parse and serialize a JSON string -- sample JSON string local JS = "{'int_test': 1.23, 'string_test':'a', 'boolean_test' : true}" -- parse the JSON string into a Lua table local JT = json.parse{data=JS} -- serialize the Lua table into JSON local JS = json.serialize{data=JT}
Description
How to parse and serialize JSON, using json.parse{} and json.serialize{}
Usage Details
Demonstrates how to parse and serialize JSON strings, by using json.parse{}
and json.serialize{}
.
How to use the snippet:
- Paste the code into your script
- Inspect the annotations to see how it works
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