Module json¶

The json module provides JSON manipulation routines. It is based on the Lua-CJSON module by Mark Pulford. For a complete manual on Lua-CJSON please read the official documentation.

json.encode(lua-value)¶

Convert a Lua object to a JSON string.

Параметры:	lua_value – either a scalar value or a Lua table value.
Return:	the original value reformatted as a JSON string.
Rtype:	string

Example:

tarantool> json=require('json')
---
...
tarantool> json.encode(123)
---
- '123'
...
tarantool> json.encode({123})
---
- '[123]'
...
tarantool> json.encode({123, 234, 345})
---
- '[123,234,345]'
...
tarantool> json.encode({abc = 234, cde = 345})
---
- '{"cde":345,"abc":234}'
...
tarantool> json.encode({hello = {'world'}})
---
- '{"hello":["world"]}'
...

json.decode(string)¶

Convert a JSON string to a Lua object.

Параметры:	string (string) – a string formatted as JSON.
Return:	the original contents formatted as a Lua table.
Rtype:	table

Example:

tarantool> json = require('json')
---
...
tarantool> json.decode('123')
---
- 123
...
tarantool> json.decode('[123, "hello"]')
---
- [123, 'hello']
...
tarantool> json.decode('{"hello": "world"}').hello
---
- world
...

json.NULL¶

A value comparable to Lua «nil» which may be useful as a placeholder in a tuple.

Example:

-- When nil is assigned to a Lua-table field, the field is null
tarantool> {nil, 'a', 'b'}
---
- - null
  - a
  - b
...
-- When json.NULL is assigned to a Lua-table field, the field is json.NULL
tarantool> {json.NULL, 'a', 'b'}
---
- - null
  - a
  - b
...
-- When json.NULL is assigned to a JSON field, the field is null
tarantool> json.encode({field2 = json.NULL, field1 = 'a', field3 = 'c'})
---
- '{"field2":null,"field1":"a","field3":"c"}'
...

The JSON output structure can be specified with __serialize:

• __serialize="seq" for an array
• __serialize="map" for a map

Serializing „A“ and „B“ with different __serialize values causes different results:

tarantool> json.encode(setmetatable({'A', 'B'}, { __serialize="seq"}))
---
- '["A","B"]'
...
tarantool> json.encode(setmetatable({'A', 'B'}, { __serialize="map"}))
---
- '{"1":"A","2":"B"}'
...
tarantool> json.encode({setmetatable({f1 = 'A', f2 = 'B'}, { __serialize="map"})})
---
- '[{"f2":"B","f1":"A"}]'
...
tarantool> json.encode({setmetatable({f1 = 'A', f2 = 'B'}, { __serialize="seq"})})
---
- '[[]]'
...

json = require('json')
json.cfg{encode_invalid_numbers = true}
x = 0/0
y = 1/0
json.encode({1, x, y, 2})

tarantool> json.encode({1, x, y, 2})
---
- '[1,nan,inf,2]
...