Modules
JSON
The JSON module allows you to encode and decode objects using JavaScript Object Notation.
Example usage
local json = require("json")
json.encode({
a_string = "This is a string",
nums = { 1, 2, 3 }
})
Module functions
encode()
This function returns a string representation of a Lua object in JSON.
- Parameters:
val:{any}The object to format as JSON
- Returns: JSON string representation of the provided object
Example
--[[
prints:
"[{"name":"John Doe","age":23},{"name":"Bruce Wayne",age:34}]"
]]--
print(json.encode({
{ name = "John Doe", age = 23 },
{ name = "Bruce Wayne", age = 34 }
}))
-- prints "false"
print(json.encode(false))
decode()
The function takes a JSON string and turns it into a Lua object.
- Parameters:
val:{any}The JSON string to decode
- Returns: Lua object corresponding to the JSON string (throws an error for invalid JSON strings)
Example
--[[
creates the following table:
{ hello = "world" }
]]--
json.decode('{ "hello": "world" }')
-- creates a boolean with true value
json.decode("true")