Datatype generic JSON string <-> type

A simple example of using datatype generic JSON operations from Infers.Toys.

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// How do you parse some fields from JSON like this (from Google geocoding API)?

let replyString = """{
   "results" : [
      {
         "address_components" : [
            {
               "long_name" : "2",
               "short_name" : "2",
               "types" : [ "street_number" ]
            },
            {
               "long_name" : "Mannerheimintie",
               "short_name" : "Mannerheimintie",
               "types" : [ "route" ]
            },
            {
               "long_name" : "Helsinki",
               "short_name" : "HKI",
               "types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
            },
            {
               "long_name" : "Helsinki",
               "short_name" : "Helsinki",
               "types" : [ "administrative_area_level_3", "political" ]
            },
            {
               "long_name" : "Finland",
               "short_name" : "FI",
               "types" : [ "country", "political" ]
            },
            {
               "long_name" : "00100",
               "short_name" : "00100",
               "types" : [ "postal_code" ]
            }
         ],
         "formatted_address" : "Mannerheimintie 2, 00100 Helsinki, Finland",
         "geometry" : {
            "location" : {
               "lat" : 60.1667917,
               "lng" : 24.9426541
            },
            "location_type" : "ROOFTOP",
            "viewport" : {
               "northeast" : {
                  "lat" : 60.16814068029151,
                  "lng" : 24.9440030802915
               },
               "southwest" : {
                  "lat" : 60.1654427197085,
                  "lng" : 24.9413051197085
               }
            }
         },
         "place_id" : "ChIJhfLf_MsLkkYRuZa8FC_DScU",
         "types" : [ "street_address" ]
      }
   ],
   "status" : "OK"
}
"""

// First you define types for the things you are interested in:

type AddressComponent =
  {long_name: string; short_name: string; types: array<string>}
type Coord = {lat: float; lng: float}
type Geometry = {location: Coord}
type Result =
  {address_components: array<AddressComponent>
   geometry: Geometry}
type Reply = {status: string; results: array<Result>}

// Then you can use Infers.Toys to convert from JSON to the defined type:

open Infers.Toys

let reply = ofJsonString<Reply> replyString

// And also convert from the type back to JSON:

let replyPartString = toJsonString reply

val replyString : string

Full name: Script.replyString

type AddressComponent =
  {long_name: string;
   short_name: string;
   types: string array;}

Full name: Script.AddressComponent

AddressComponent.long_name: string

Multiple items
val string : value:'T -> string

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Operators.string

--------------------
type string = System.String

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.string

AddressComponent.short_name: string

AddressComponent.types: string array

type 'T array = 'T []

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.array<_>

type Coord =
{lat: float;
lng: float;}

Full name: Script.Coord

Coord.lat: float

Multiple items
val float : value:'T -> float (requires member op_Explicit)

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Operators.float

--------------------
type float = System.Double

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.float

--------------------
type float<'Measure> = float

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.float<_>

Coord.lng: float

type Geometry =
{location: Coord;}

Full name: Script.Geometry

Geometry.location: Coord

type Result =
{address_components: AddressComponent array;
geometry: Geometry;}

Full name: Script.Result

Result.address_components: AddressComponent array

Result.geometry: Geometry

type Reply =
{status: string;
results: Result array;}

Full name: Script.Reply

Reply.status: string

Reply.results: Result array

namespace Infers

namespace Infers.Toys

val reply : Reply

Full name: Script.reply

val ofJsonString : string -> 't

Full name: Infers.Toys.Json.ofJsonString

val replyPartString : string

Full name: Script.replyPartString

val toJsonString : 't -> string

Full name: Infers.Toys.Json.toJsonString

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Link:	http://fssnip.net/7PM
Posted:	8 years ago
Author:	Vesa Karvonen
Tags:	generic functions , json