I only need to read arbitrary JSON data, no need for writing/(de)serialization.

On Saturday, 20 April 2019 at 18:49:07 UTC, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote:
> I only need to read arbitrary JSON data, no need for writing/(de)serialization.

std.json is simple as pie.


    import std.json: parseJSON;
    import std.file: read;

    JSONValue dubFile = parseJSON(cast(string)(read("dub.json")));
    string name = dubFile["name"].str;

On Saturday, 20 April 2019 at 20:44:22 UTC, Guillaume Piolat wrote:
> On Saturday, 20 April 2019 at 18:49:07 UTC, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote:
>> I only need to read arbitrary JSON data, no need for writing/(de)serialization.
>
> std.json is simple as pie.
>

However IIRC it fails with trailing commas, means that for reading user written JSON's it might be annoying.

I also tried experimental std json, asdf and vibe.d.
The only one that worked for me is vibe.d JSON subpackage, and adding simple commented lines stripping is simple with phobos, because there is absolutely no libraries that can handle JSON comments yet. (yes, I know it's not standard)

On Sunday, 21 April 2019 at 02:09:29 UTC, evilrat wrote:
> On Saturday, 20 April 2019 at 20:44:22 UTC, Guillaume Piolat wrote:
>> On Saturday, 20 April 2019 at 18:49:07 UTC, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote:
>>> I only need to read arbitrary JSON data, no need for writing/(de)serialization.
>>
>> std.json is simple as pie.
>>
>
> However IIRC it fails with trailing commas, means that for reading user written JSON's it might be annoying.
>
> I also tried experimental std json, asdf and vibe.d.
> The only one that worked for me is vibe.d JSON subpackage, and adding simple commented lines stripping is simple with phobos, because there is absolutely no libraries that can handle JSON comments yet. (yes, I know it's not standard)

I wrote a JSON parser just for this use case https://gitlab.com/AuburnSounds/rub/blob/master/source/permissivejson.d

On Sunday, 21 April 2019 at 02:09:29 UTC, evilrat wrote:
> On Saturday, 20 April 2019 at 20:44:22 UTC, Guillaume Piolat wrote:
>> On Saturday, 20 April 2019 at 18:49:07 UTC, Nick Sabalausky
>
> I also tried experimental std json, asdf and vibe.d.
> The only one that worked for me is vibe.d JSON subpackage, and

What was the problem with asdf? I've succesfully used it in the past.

On Sunday, 21 April 2019 at 02:09:29 UTC, evilrat wrote:
> On Saturday, 20 April 2019 at 20:44:22 UTC, Guillaume Piolat wrote:
>> On Saturday, 20 April 2019 at 18:49:07 UTC, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote:
>>> I only need to read arbitrary JSON data, no need for writing/(de)serialization.
>>
>> std.json is simple as pie.
>>
>
> However IIRC it fails with trailing commas, means that for reading user written JSON's it might be annoying.
>
> I also tried experimental std json, asdf and vibe.d.
> The only one that worked for me is vibe.d JSON subpackage, and adding simple commented lines stripping is simple with phobos, because there is absolutely no libraries that can handle JSON comments yet. (yes, I know it's not standard)

Experimental std.json is based on vibe.d's JSON package.