example_api.lua

--[[
  example_api.lua, to demostrate how to use jparser api

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  Copyright (c) 2023 Joe Xue (lgxue@hotmail.com)

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--]]


require "jparser"

local path = arg[1]
if path then
    io.input(path)
end

local data = io.read("a")

print("The original JSON data:")
print(data)
print("")

local json, err = jparser.parse(data)
assert(json, err)

print("The parse result:")
if jparser.is_object(json) then
    local j = jparser.find(json, "number")
    local val = j and jparser.is_number(j) and jparser.value_of(j)
    print("number = " .. val)

    j = jparser.find(json, "obj")
    j = j and jparser.find(j, "obj_member_obj")
    j = j and jparser.find(j, "obj_nested")

    val = j and jparser.is_string(j) and jparser.value_of(j)
    print("obj_nested = " .. val)

    j = jparser.find(json, "array")
    print("array size = " .. jparser.get_array_size(j))
    print("arra[2] = " .. jparser.value_of(jparser.get_array_item(j, 2)))
else
    local val, err = jparser.value_of(json)
    print("Basic value = " .. tostring(val))
end