My ExtJS frontend sends such a param hash to my Sinatra backend:
{"_dc"=>"1365959782607", "page"=>"6", "start"=>"250", "limit"=>"50", "sort"=>"[{\"property\":\"port\",\"direction\":\"ASC\"}]"}
How to get the params 'property' and 'direction'?
You could do it the following way:
require 'json'
a = {"_dc"=>"1365959782607", "page"=>"6", "start"=>"250", "limit"=>"50", "sort"=>"[{\"property\":\"port\",\"direction\":\"ASC\"}]"}
sort = JSON.parse a["sort"]
p sort[0]["property"] # "port"
p sort[0]["direction"] # "ASC"
Your question has nothing to do Sinatra, it's a basic question of how to extract values from a hash and deal with JSON:
require 'json'
hash = {"_dc"=>"1365959782607", "page"=>"6", "start"=>"250", "limit"=>"50", "sort"=>"[{\"property\":\"port\",\"direction\":\"ASC\"}]"}
JSON[hash['sort']].first.values_at('property', 'direction')
=> ["port", "ASC"]
Parsing the serialized object using JSON[hash['sort']] returns an array containing a single hash. first will return that hash. At that point it's just the usual methods to get at the values. I used values_at to return them as an array.
Pass JSON[] a string and JSON will try to parse it, expecting a JSON encoded object. Pass JSON[] another object, like an array or hash, and JSON will encode it into its serialized format.
Related
Code:
#!/usr/bin/ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'open-uri'
require 'json'
def getData
file = open("http://goo.gl/BI6h7a")
#json = JSON.parse(file.read)
end
getData
cveIds = #json['cve_id']
puts cveIds
You can see the JSON response here: http://goo.gl/BI6h7a
Console:
./cve.rb:13:in `[]': can't convert String into Integer (TypeError) from ./cve.rb:13:in `<main>'
I don't know why this is happening. "Convert String into Integer"? WHAT?
The #json gets the content fine, but the cveIds doesn't.
The top element in the json that you're reading is actually an Array, each of its elements is actually a hash, it's like this:
[
{
"cve_id": "CVE-2014-3976"
// other key/value pairs
}
{
"cve_id": "CVE-2014-3975"
// other key/value pairs
}
{
"cve_id": "CVE-2014-3974"
// other key/value pairs
}
// .... more hashes
]
so #json is an array. And if you want to access any of its elements you have to access it with a numeric integer index like, so:
#json[0] # => { "cve_id": "CVE-2014-3976", // other key/value pairs }
I think you are trying to collect the cve_id fields of all these hashes, this can be done as follows:
cveIds = #json.collect { |h| h["cve_id"] }
# The result:
=> ["CVE-2014-3976", "CVE-2014-3975", "CVE-2014-3974", "CVE-2014-3962", "CVE-2014-3961",
"CVE-2014-3878", "CVE-2014-3871", "CVE-2014-3842", "CVE-2014-3806", "CVE-2014-3792",
"CVE-2014-3791", "CVE-2014-3443", "CVE-2014-3247", "CVE-2014-3246", "CVE-2014-3225",
"CVE-2014-3216", "CVE-2014-3139", "CVE-2014-3138", "CVE-2014-3008", "CVE-2014-2996",
"CVE-2014-2994", "CVE-2014-2976", "CVE-2014-2850", "CVE-2014-2847", "CVE-2014-2671",
"CVE-2014-2668", "CVE-2014-2588", "CVE-2014-2587","CVE-2014-2586", "CVE-2014-2579"]
I'm not a ruby developer but what you have there is a list if dictionaries.
My guess in order for you to read cve_id you need to create some kind of a for loop.
for example in python I would write it like this:
for line in my_data:
print line['cve_id']
I guess in ruby it would look like this:
for i in #json do
cveIds = i['cve_id']
puts cveIds
end
cveIds = #json['cve_id']
What are you doing here is equivalent to:
arr = [1, 2, 3, 4]
puts arr["hello"] # using a string here on an indexed based array!
Hence your error message about Ruby trying to convert a String to an int.
Try the following instead
cveIds = #json.first['cve_id'] # equivalent to #json[0]['cve_id']
puts cveIds
In the above code sample, we are getting the first element from the array, which is a hash we can then access cve_id from.
I have a JSON string which has been generated by Jbuilder:
json = "{name: 'Peter', email: 'peter#stackoverflow.com'}"
This is currently a string. However I want to combine it into a new hash (ideally in Ruby) before finally outputting it as JSON.
i.e.
output = {result: :success, data: json}
However if I convert this to JSON the json value gets double-encoded such that it's sent as a string:
output.to_json
#=> "{\"result\":\"success\",\"data\":\"{name: 'Peter', email: 'peter#stackoverflow.com'}\"}"
Now I could parse the JSON into a Ruby hash and then re-output it but that seems like a big fat waste of parsing when what I'd really like to do is to say "hey, this node is already JSON, don't re-encode it already!".
Is there any equivalent to the raw() method Rails has in views? i.e.
output = {result: :success, data: raw(json)}
so that the json evaluation of this then becomes:
output.to_json
#=> "{\"result\":\"success\",\"data\": {\"name\":\"Peter\",\"email\":\"peter#stackoverflow.com\"}"
Here’s a way you can do this, it’s a bit of a hack but you might find it useful.
First restating the problem:
# Note the quotes, your example isn't actually valid
json = "{\"name\": \"Peter\", \"email\": \"peter#stackoverflow.com\"}"
output = {result: :success, data: json}
# Without changing anything
puts JSON.generate(output)
This results in the following, where the value of data is a single string:
{"result":"success","data":"{\"name\": \"Peter\", \"email\": \"peter#stackoverflow.com\"}"}
The json gem uses a to_json method that is added to all objects to convert them to json, so the simplest fix would be to replace that method on objects you want to behave differently:
# As before
json = "{\"name\": \"Peter\", \"email\": \"peter#stackoverflow.com\"}"
# Replace to_json on the singleton object
def json.to_json *args
self
end
output = {result: :success, data: json}
# Generate the output (output.to_json gives the same result)
puts JSON.generate(output)
This creates the following, where the data value is now itself a hash, as desired:
{"result":"success","data":{"name": "Peter", "email": "peter#stackoverflow.com"}}
A cleaner way to do this, to avoid manipulating singletons in your code could be to create a subclass of string that has this behaviour:
class JsonSafeString < String
def to_json *args
self
end
end
You can now create a JsonSafeString when you want the contents included directly in a JSON object:
json = "{\"name\": \"Peter\", \"email\": \"peter#stackoverflow.com\"}"
output = {result: :success, data: JsonSafeString.new(json)}
puts JSON.generate(output)
The result is the same as above:
{"result":"success","data":{"name": "Peter", "email": "peter#stackoverflow.com"}}
You could wrap the call to JsonSafeString.new in a method like raw_json if you wanted.
Obviously this leaves the task of ensuring your string is valid to you – the main point of using a library for this is the user doesn’t have to concern themselves with things like whether to use single or double quotes, so you could be vulnerable to generating invalid JSON if you’re not careful. Also this is just a quick hack, there are probably a load of things I haven’t considered. In particular I haven’t taken character encodings into account, so watch out.
This doesn't address your question, but may help you avoid it altogether...
Do you really need to generate your json variable into JSON before adding it to the hash? Jbuilder can generate a hash just as easily as a JSON string, e.g.:
hash = Jbuilder.new do |json|
json.name 'Peter'
json.email 'peter#stackoverflow.com'
end.attributes!
# => {"name"=>"Peter", "email"=>"peter#stackoverflow.com"}
output = {result: :success, data: hash}
eval will put it out as raw code.
eval "{name: 'Peter', email: 'peter#stackoverflow.com'}"
=> {:name=>"Peter", :email=>"peter#stackoverflow.com"}
And the results.
output = {result: :success, data: eval("{name: 'Peter', email: 'peter#stackoverflow.com'}") }
=> {:result=>:success, :data=>{:name=>"Peter", :email=>"peter#stackoverflow.com"}}
And to string
output.to_s
=> "{:result=>:success, :data=>{:name=>\"Peter\", :email=>\"peter#stackoverflow.com\"}}"
And JSON
require 'json'
=> true
output.to_json
=> "{\"result\":\"success\",\"data\":{\"name\":\"Peter\",\"email\":\"peter#stackoverflow.com\"}}"
I have tried:
require 'net/http'
require 'json'
require 'pp'
require 'uri'
url = "http://xyz.com"
resp = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse(url))
buffer = resp.body
result = JSON.parse(buffer)
#result.to_hash
#pp result
puts result
And got the output as:
{"id"=>"ABC", "account_id"=>"123", "first_name"=> "PEUS" }
in JSON format but I only need the value of id to be printed as ABC.
Your incoming string in JSON would look like:
{"id":"ABC","account_id":"123","first_name":"PEUS"}
After parsing with JSON it's the hash:
{"id"=>"ABC", "account_id"=>"123", "first_name"=> "PEUS" }
So, I'd use:
hash = {"id"=>"ABC", "account_id"=>"123", "first_name"=> "PEUS" }
hash['id'] # => "ABC"
Here's a more compact version:
require 'json'
json = '{"id":"ABC","account_id":"123","first_name":"PEUS"}'
hash = JSON[json]
hash['id'] # => "ABC"
Note I'm using JSON[json]. The JSON [] class method is smart enough to sense what the parameter being passed in is. If it's a string it'll parse the string. If it's an Array or Hash it'll serialize it. I find that handy because it allows me to write JSON[...] instead of having to remember whether I'm parsing or using to_json or something. Using it is an example of the first virtue of programmers.
I am trying to parse a SOAP response using Savon. The response is XML but is being returned as one long string. If I use #to_hash the entire XML object is still a string, now stored in
hash[:response][:return]
which means it is still a huge unusable mess.
My code looks like
response = soapClient.request(:get_sites_user_can_access) do
soap.body = { :sessionid => session[:login_response][:login_return],
:eid => user }
end
rep = response.to_hash
pp rep[:get_sites_user_can_access_response][:get_sites_user_can_access_return]
What step am I missing to get useful information out of the response? Note: Unfortunately I can't post the XML response because of the info it contains, but it looks like an entire XML document stored as a string. It's class is Nori::StringWithAttributes
I was able to get the desired results but parsing the Nori string(?) using this documentation. This seems like a less than ideal method, but I realized the last element is an array of hashes. So it's hash, of hashes, with an array of hashes. Anyway, here is what worked for me. Advice on how to make this less ugly and clunky would be appreciated.
response = soapClient.request(:get_sites_user_can_access) do
soap.body = { :sessionid => session[:login_response][:login_return],
:eid => user }
end
rep = response.to_hash[:get_sites_user_can_access_response][:get_sites_user_can_access_return]
hrep = Nori.parse(rep)
hrep[:list][:item].each { |item| pp item[:site_id] }
Here is my YELP client using signet but once I get response, I'm not able to convert to ruby hash to inspect response element.
require 'rubygems'
require 'json'
require 'net/http'
client = Signet::OAuth1::Client.new(
:client_credential_key =>
'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
:client_credential_secret =>
'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
:token_credential_key =>
'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
:token_credential_secret =>
'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
)
response = client.fetch_protected_resource(
:uri => 'http://api.yelp.com/v2/search?term=food&location=san+francisco'
)
# The Rack response format is used here
status, headers, body = response
puts body["businesses"]
Error:
`[]': can't convert String into Integer (TypeError)
Body prints fine in nice JSON format but I can do body["businesses"] for instance
JSON.parse(body).inspect is also not working.
Btw body outputs itself appears as JSON format but JSON.parse(body) doesn't produce hash
puts body
{"region":{"span":{"latitude_delta":0.0,"longitude_delta":0.0},"center":{"latitude":37.660418999999997,"longitude":-121.876508}},"total":853,"businesses":[{"rating":4.0,"mobile_url":"http://m.yelp.com/biz/TT1t4oHeZmqkoiuwgCN4bQ","rating_img_url":"http://media2.ak.yelpcdn.com/static/201012164084228337/img/ico/stars/stars_4.png","review_count":150,"name":"India Garden","rating_img_url_small":"http://media2.ak.yelpcdn.com/static/20101216418129184/img/ico/stars/stars_small_4.png","url":"http://www.yelp.com/biz/india-garden-pleasanton-2","phone":"9254854800","snippet_text":"We went to this place without seeing any reviews while we returning to San Jose from Cache Creek in Brooks. This place looks like a house which was...","image_url":"http://s3-media4.ak.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/8iFj1S9YaU5IdUazwZOG8A/ms.jpg","snippet_image_url":"http://s3-media3.ak.yelpcdn.com/photo/d2TovvsTn2eUw4xqTB4jyw/ms.jpg","display_phone":"+1-925-485-4800","rating_img_url_large":"http://media4.ak.yelpcdn.com/static/20101216169592178/img/ico/stars/stars_large_4.png","id":"india-garden-pleasanton-2","categories":[["Indian","indpak"],["Pakistani","pakistani"]],"location":{"cross_streets":"Main St & Neal St","city":"Pleasanton","display_address":["210 Rose Ave","(b/t Main St & Neal St)","Pleasanton, CA 94566"],"geo_accuracy":8,"postal_code":"94566","country_code":"US","address":["210 Rose Ave"],"coordinate":{"latitude":37.660418999999997,"longitude":-121.876508},"state_code":"CA"}}]}
Actually i'm pretty sure, that body is an Array at this point, since response contains four parts and not three, so the last two parts (an array) are put into the body-object.
Also Array is the only core-object i know, which complains about an [] parameter being not an integer. If it was a string, it would try a regex/contain match.
So to sum up, body is an Array with only one Value containing a String. So to get your Hash (from JSON) you have to real_body = JSON.parse body[0]. Then you should get your hash and
real_body["businesses"] puts your businesses (the output is rather long so i will not be posting it here)
body is a string at this point, not a hash. The [] operator is complaining because the string [] operator only takes an integer, so it's trying to turn your string into an integer and failing.
edit: you can test this by just printing out body.class