How to parse yaml and get value for interface- deep structue - go

Question

I'm trying to parse this yaml and I want to get the values of the run entry (test1 or test2) without success, here is my working example.
im a bit get lost with the map inside map :( ,
this is given yaml which I couldent change ...
any idea how could I got those values
package main
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
)
var runContent = []byte(`
version: "3.2"
run-parameters:
before:
run-parameters:
run: test1
after:
run-parameters:
run: test2
`)
type FTD struct {
Version string `yaml:"version,omitempty"`
BuildParams *RunParams `yaml:"run-parameters,omitempty"`
}
type RunParams struct {
BeforeExec map[string]interface{} `yaml:"before,omitempty"`
AfterExec map[string]interface{} `yaml:"after,omitempty"`
}
func main() {
runners := &FTD{}
// parse mta yaml
err := yaml.Unmarshal(runContent, runners)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error : %v", err)
}
for k, v := range runners.BuildParams.BeforeExec {
fmt.Println(k, v.(interface{}))
}
}
This is working example
https://play.golang.org/p/qTqUJy3md0c
also I've tried with
this is working
run := runners.BuildParams.BeforeExec["run-parameters"].(map[interface{}]interface{})["run"]
fmt.Println("run: ", run)
what I've tried is this which works but what happens if the run value is empty or no entry at all,this will cause a dump how can I overcome this ?

Answer 1

what I've tried is this which works but what happens if the run value is empty or no entry at all,this will cause a dump how can I overcome this ?
You can do
runParams, ok := runners.BuildParams.BeforeExec["run-parameters"]
if !ok {
// handle lack of "run-parameters" in BeforeExec
}
runParamsMap, ok := runParams.(map[interface{}]interface{})
if !ok {
// handle "run-parameters" not being a map
}
run, ok := runParamsMap["run"]
if !ok {
// handle lack of "run" inside "run-parameters"
}
runStr, ok := run.(string)
if !ok {
// handle "run" not being a string
}
fmt.Println("run: ", runStr)
This is quite verbose so you could use something like https://github.com/jmoiron/jsonq, where you can specify a "path" to the desired value nested inside several levels of maps. Despite the "json" in the name, this library works with map[string]interface{} and not json files. But note that the library you use for yaml unmarshalling results in map[interface{}]interface{} instead of map[string]interface{} and you will have to use a different one in order for it to work with jsonq.
run, err := jsonq.NewQuery(runners.BuildParams.BeforeExec).String("run-parameters", "run")
if err != nil {
// handle all possible errors in one place
}
fmt.Println("run: ", run)