316 lines
5.6 KiB
Markdown
316 lines
5.6 KiB
Markdown
![Gabs](gabs_logo.png "Gabs")
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Gabs is a small utility for dealing with dynamic or unknown JSON structures in
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golang. It's pretty much just a helpful wrapper around the golang
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`json.Marshal/json.Unmarshal` behaviour and `map[string]interface{}` objects.
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It does nothing spectacular except for being fabulous.
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https://godoc.org/github.com/Jeffail/gabs
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## How to install:
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``` bash
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go get github.com/Jeffail/gabs
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```
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## How to use
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### Parsing and searching JSON
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``` go
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...
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import "github.com/Jeffail/gabs"
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jsonParsed, err := gabs.ParseJSON([]byte(`{
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"outter":{
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"inner":{
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"value1":10,
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"value2":22
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},
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"alsoInner":{
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"value1":20
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}
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}
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}`))
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var value float64
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var ok bool
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value, ok = jsonParsed.Path("outter.inner.value1").Data().(float64)
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// value == 10.0, ok == true
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value, ok = jsonParsed.Search("outter", "inner", "value1").Data().(float64)
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// value == 10.0, ok == true
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value, ok = jsonParsed.Path("does.not.exist").Data().(float64)
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// value == 0.0, ok == false
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exists := jsonParsed.Exists("outter", "inner", "value1")
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// exists == true
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exists := jsonParsed.Exists("does", "not", "exist")
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// exists == false
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exists := jsonParsed.ExistsP("does.not.exist")
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// exists == false
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...
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```
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### Iterating objects
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``` go
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...
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jsonParsed, _ := gabs.ParseJSON([]byte(`{"object":{ "first": 1, "second": 2, "third": 3 }}`))
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// S is shorthand for Search
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children, _ := jsonParsed.S("object").ChildrenMap()
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for key, child := range children {
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fmt.Printf("key: %v, value: %v\n", key, child.Data().(string))
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}
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...
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```
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### Iterating arrays
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``` go
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...
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jsonParsed, _ := gabs.ParseJSON([]byte(`{"array":[ "first", "second", "third" ]}`))
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// S is shorthand for Search
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children, _ := jsonParsed.S("array").Children()
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for _, child := range children {
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fmt.Println(child.Data().(string))
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}
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...
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```
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Will print:
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```
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first
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second
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third
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```
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Children() will return all children of an array in order. This also works on
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objects, however, the children will be returned in a random order.
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### Searching through arrays
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If your JSON structure contains arrays you can still search the fields of the
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objects within the array, this returns a JSON array containing the results for
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each element.
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``` go
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...
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jsonParsed, _ := gabs.ParseJSON([]byte(`{"array":[ {"value":1}, {"value":2}, {"value":3} ]}`))
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fmt.Println(jsonParsed.Path("array.value").String())
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...
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```
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Will print:
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```
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[1,2,3]
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```
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### Generating JSON
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``` go
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...
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jsonObj := gabs.New()
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// or gabs.Consume(jsonObject) to work on an existing map[string]interface{}
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jsonObj.Set(10, "outter", "inner", "value")
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jsonObj.SetP(20, "outter.inner.value2")
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jsonObj.Set(30, "outter", "inner2", "value3")
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fmt.Println(jsonObj.String())
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...
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```
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Will print:
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```
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{"outter":{"inner":{"value":10,"value2":20},"inner2":{"value3":30}}}
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```
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To pretty-print:
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``` go
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...
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fmt.Println(jsonObj.StringIndent("", " "))
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...
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```
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Will print:
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```
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{
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"outter": {
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"inner": {
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"value": 10,
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"value2": 20
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},
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"inner2": {
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"value3": 30
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}
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}
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}
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```
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### Generating Arrays
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``` go
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...
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jsonObj := gabs.New()
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jsonObj.Array("foo", "array")
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// Or .ArrayP("foo.array")
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jsonObj.ArrayAppend(10, "foo", "array")
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jsonObj.ArrayAppend(20, "foo", "array")
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jsonObj.ArrayAppend(30, "foo", "array")
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fmt.Println(jsonObj.String())
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```
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Will print:
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```
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{"foo":{"array":[10,20,30]}}
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```
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Working with arrays by index:
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``` go
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...
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jsonObj := gabs.New()
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// Create an array with the length of 3
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jsonObj.ArrayOfSize(3, "foo")
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jsonObj.S("foo").SetIndex("test1", 0)
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jsonObj.S("foo").SetIndex("test2", 1)
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// Create an embedded array with the length of 3
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jsonObj.S("foo").ArrayOfSizeI(3, 2)
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jsonObj.S("foo").Index(2).SetIndex(1, 0)
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jsonObj.S("foo").Index(2).SetIndex(2, 1)
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jsonObj.S("foo").Index(2).SetIndex(3, 2)
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fmt.Println(jsonObj.String())
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```
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Will print:
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```
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{"foo":["test1","test2",[1,2,3]]}
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```
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### Converting back to JSON
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This is the easiest part:
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``` go
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...
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jsonParsedObj, _ := gabs.ParseJSON([]byte(`{
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"outter":{
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"values":{
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"first":10,
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"second":11
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}
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},
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"outter2":"hello world"
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}`))
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jsonOutput := jsonParsedObj.String()
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// Becomes `{"outter":{"values":{"first":10,"second":11}},"outter2":"hello world"}`
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...
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```
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And to serialize a specific segment is as simple as:
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``` go
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...
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jsonParsedObj := gabs.ParseJSON([]byte(`{
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"outter":{
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"values":{
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"first":10,
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"second":11
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}
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},
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"outter2":"hello world"
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}`))
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jsonOutput := jsonParsedObj.Search("outter").String()
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// Becomes `{"values":{"first":10,"second":11}}`
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...
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```
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### Merge two containers
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You can merge a JSON structure into an existing one, where collisions will be
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converted into a JSON array.
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``` go
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jsonParsed1, _ := ParseJSON([]byte(`{"outter": {"value1": "one"}}`))
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jsonParsed2, _ := ParseJSON([]byte(`{"outter": {"inner": {"value3": "three"}}, "outter2": {"value2": "two"}}`))
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jsonParsed1.Merge(jsonParsed2)
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// Becomes `{"outter":{"inner":{"value3":"three"},"value1":"one"},"outter2":{"value2":"two"}}`
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```
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Arrays are merged:
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``` go
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jsonParsed1, _ := ParseJSON([]byte(`{"array": ["one"]}`))
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jsonParsed2, _ := ParseJSON([]byte(`{"array": ["two"]}`))
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jsonParsed1.Merge(jsonParsed2)
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// Becomes `{"array":["one", "two"]}`
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```
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### Parsing Numbers
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Gabs uses the `json` package under the bonnet, which by default will parse all
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number values into `float64`. If you need to parse `Int` values then you should
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use a `json.Decoder` (https://golang.org/pkg/encoding/json/#Decoder):
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``` go
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sample := []byte(`{"test":{"int":10, "float":6.66}}`)
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dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(sample))
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dec.UseNumber()
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val, err := gabs.ParseJSONDecoder(dec)
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if err != nil {
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t.Errorf("Failed to parse: %v", err)
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return
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}
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intValue, err := val.Path("test.int").Data().(json.Number).Int64()
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```
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