I want to use api with c++ and when I searched I found nlohmann/json library it looks really popular but no one talks about how to get the array that fetch function provides . How can I get the information from the api as variables in my cpp file
Didn’t quite understand your description, I assume you mean you want to get the JSON array? You can try this:
std::string ss= R"(
{
"test-data":
[
{
"name": "tom",
"age": 11
},
{
"name": "jane",
"age": 12
}
]
}
)";
json myjson = json::parse(ss);
auto &students = myjson["test-data"];
for(auto &student : students) {
cout << "name=" << student["name"].get<std::string>() << endl;
}
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I am using c++ code to read json string to retrieve value based on specific key names. Example of my json response from web API is in array format like below.
[
{
"username": "123456",
"useraddress": "abc",
"data": [
{
"schedule": true,
"task": "abc",
"risk": "1",
}
],
"date": "0000-00-00"
}
]
Like the above format is the actual response. I have to retrieve date value using key "date".
My code snippet:
{
std::stringstream jsonString;
boost::property_tree::ptree pt;
jsonString << ws2s(Info).c_str();
boost::property_tree::read_json(jsonString, pt);
std::string date = pt.get<std::string>("date");
}
'Info' in above snippet is wsstring containing json response data.
I can able to retrieve "date" if [] square brackets are removed manually. Since it is array format, if I pass without removing brackets, read_json throws error.
Can somebody help this out?
Yeah. Boost Property Tree is a property tree library, not JSON.
You're in luck though, Boost has a JSON library now https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_75_0/libs/json/doc/html/index.html
Note: your input isn't valid JSON either, because JSON doesn't strictly allow trailing commas. You can enable them with an option in Boost JSON though:
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#include <boost/json.hpp>
#include <iostream>
int main() {
std::string input = R"(
[
{
"username": "123456",
"useraddress": "abc",
"data": [
{
"schedule": true,
"task": "abc",
"risk": "1",
}
],
"date": "0000-00-00"
}
])";
boost::json::parse_options options;
options.allow_trailing_commas = true;
auto json = boost::json::parse(input, {}, options);
for (auto& el : json.as_array()) {
std::cout << el.at("date") << "\n";
}
}
Prints
"0000-00-00"
I am using cpp-httplib and I am trying to upload a file to a post test server like https://ptsv2.com . I do not really understand the given documentation on file uploads, I somewhat understand that you have to make use of Multipart/form-data in order to upload a file.
The given code in the documentation is this
httplib::MultipartFormDataItems items = {
{ "text1", "text default", "", "" },
{ "text2", "aωb", "", "" },
{ "file1", "h\ne\n\nl\nl\no\n", "hello.txt", "text/plain" },
{ "file2", "{\n \"world\", true\n}\n", "world.json", "application/json" },
{ "file3", "", "", "application/octet-stream" },
};
auto res = cli.Post("/multipart", items);
in file1 you can see that it is creating a file on the server and naming it hello.txt.
How do I write it so that I can upload a file that is located on my device onto a server?
Any advice would be helpful. Thank you.
according to #Botje and cpp-httplib documentation
std::ifstream t_lf_img("lfimg.png");
std::stringstream buffer_lf_img;
buffer_lf_img << t_lf_img.rdbuf();
std::ifstream t_pc_file("pc.ply");
std::stringstream buffer_pc_file;
buffer_pc_file << t_pc_file.rdbuf();
httplib::Client cliSendFiles("http://ip::port");
httplib::MultipartFormDataItems items = {
{"files", buffer_lf_img.str(), "lf.png", "application/octet-stream"},
{"files", buffer_pc_file.str(), "truck.ply", "application/octet-stream"},
};
auto resSendFiles = cliSendFiles.Post("/uploadfile", items);
I am ok using this syntax with the nlohmann library
{
"key1": {"subKey1": "value11",
"subKey2": "value12"},
"key2": {"subKey1": "value21",
"subKey2": "value22"}
}
But I have a new file, which is valid json too (I checked) and is written this way, it is made of a single array of repetitive objects. My code will require to look through those objects and check values inside them individually:
[
{"key1": "value11",
"key2": "value12"},
{"key1": "value21",
"key2": "value22"}
]
I used to read my json files this way:
#include "json.hpp"
nlohmann::json topJson;
nlohmann::json subJson;
if(topJson.find(to_string("key1")) != topJson.end())
{
subJson = topJson["key1"];
entity.SetSubKeyOne(subJson["subKey1"]);
}
But this won't work with my new file syntax. How can I access these repetitive objects and tell nlohmann that my objects are inside an array? More precisely, how would I be able to reach (for example) "value22" with this file syntax?
Thanks!
You can try this:
std::string ss= R"(
{
"test-data":
[
{
"name": "tom",
"age": 11
},
{
"name": "jane",
"age": 12
}
]
}
)";
json myjson = json::parse(ss);
auto &students = myjson["test-data"];
for(auto &student : students) {
cout << "name=" << student["name"].get<std::string>() << endl;
}
I'm trying to search for the value of an object in my json file.
If my json file is this:
[
{
"friendName": "Ann",
"birthday": "1990-04-19",
"favoriteColor": "Purple",
},
{
"friendName": "Max",
"birthday": "1993-10-07",
"favoriteColor": "Purple",
},
{
"friendName": "Bob",
"birthday": "1992-02-20",
"favoriteColor": "Red",
}
]
How would I be able to do something like (in pseudo):
if (object value is "Purple") {
print object value of friendName;
}
So that the end result would be
Ann
Max
I am using the json parser Json for Modern C++ (https://github.com/nlohmann/json). I'm new to C++ so I'm having difficulty understanding the README. I'm using Xcode (version 6.4)
I've tried using this:
// find an entry
if (o.find("foo") != o.end()) {
// there is an entry with key "foo"
}
But it doesn't seem to work. I know how to print the value of an object if I know its positon using this code:
std::cout << obj[0]["friendName"];
Which would result in:
Ann
Also, I'm also looking for a way to read the first part of a value. For example, if I wanted to list the names of people whose birthdays are during or after the year 1992, it would print:
Max
Bob
Any guidance would be appreciated!
Through the magic of C++11 (and a very well-designed library), the answer is almost identical to your pseudo-code:
for (const auto& obj : my_json) {
if (obj["favoriteColor"] == "Purple") {
std::cout << obj["friendName"] << std::endl;
}
}
prints
"Ann"
"Max"
Qt5 has a new JSON parser and I want to use it. The problem is that it isn't too clear about what the functions do in layman's terms and how to write code with it. That or I could be reading it wrong.
I want to know the code on creating a JSON file in Qt5 and what "encapsulates" mean.
Example: Read json from file
/* test.json */
{
"appDesc": {
"description": "SomeDescription",
"message": "SomeMessage"
},
"appName": {
"description": "Home",
"message": "Welcome",
"imp":["awesome","best","good"]
}
}
void readJson()
{
QString val;
QFile file;
file.setFileName("test.json");
file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text);
val = file.readAll();
file.close();
qWarning() << val;
QJsonDocument d = QJsonDocument::fromJson(val.toUtf8());
QJsonObject sett2 = d.object();
QJsonValue value = sett2.value(QString("appName"));
qWarning() << value;
QJsonObject item = value.toObject();
qWarning() << tr("QJsonObject of description: ") << item;
/* in case of string value get value and convert into string*/
qWarning() << tr("QJsonObject[appName] of description: ") << item["description"];
QJsonValue subobj = item["description"];
qWarning() << subobj.toString();
/* in case of array get array and convert into string*/
qWarning() << tr("QJsonObject[appName] of value: ") << item["imp"];
QJsonArray test = item["imp"].toArray();
qWarning() << test[1].toString();
}
OUTPUT
QJsonValue(object, QJsonObject({"description": "Home","imp": ["awesome","best","good"],"message": "YouTube"}) )
"QJsonObject of description: " QJsonObject({"description": "Home","imp": ["awesome","best","good"],"message": "YouTube"})
"QJsonObject[appName] of description: " QJsonValue(string, "Home")
"Home"
"QJsonObject[appName] of value: " QJsonValue(array, QJsonArray(["awesome","best","good"]) )
"best"
Example: Read json from string
Assign json to string as below and use the readJson() function shown before:
val =
' {
"appDesc": {
"description": "SomeDescription",
"message": "SomeMessage"
},
"appName": {
"description": "Home",
"message": "Welcome",
"imp":["awesome","best","good"]
}
}';
OUTPUT
QJsonValue(object, QJsonObject({"description": "Home","imp": ["awesome","best","good"],"message": "YouTube"}) )
"QJsonObject of description: " QJsonObject({"description": "Home","imp": ["awesome","best","good"],"message": "YouTube"})
"QJsonObject[appName] of description: " QJsonValue(string, "Home")
"Home"
"QJsonObject[appName] of value: " QJsonValue(array, QJsonArray(["awesome","best","good"]) )
"best"
JSON under QT is actually quite pleasant - I was surprised. This is an example of how to create a JSON output with some structure.
Forgive me for not explaining what the fields all mean - it is a Ham Radio processing output script.
This is the QT C++ Code
void CabrilloReader::JsonOutputMapper()
{
QFile file(QDir::homePath() + "/1.json");
if(!file.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite)) {
qDebug() << "File open error";
} else {
qDebug() <<"JSONTest2 File open!";
}
// Clear the original content in the file
file.resize(0);
// Add a value using QJsonArray and write to the file
QJsonArray jsonArray;
for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
QJsonObject jsonObject;
CabrilloRecord *rec= QSOs.at(i);
jsonObject.insert("Date", rec->getWhen().toString());
jsonObject.insert("Band", rec->getBand().toStr());
QJsonObject jsonSenderLatObject;
jsonSenderLatObject.insert("Lat",rec->getSender()->fLat);
jsonSenderLatObject.insert("Lon",rec->getSender()->fLon);
jsonSenderLatObject.insert("Sender",rec->getSender_call());
QJsonObject jsonReceiverLatObject;
jsonReceiverLatObject.insert("Lat",rec->getReceiver()->fLat);
jsonReceiverLatObject.insert("Lon",rec->getReceiver()->fLon);
jsonReceiverLatObject.insert("Receiver",rec->getReceiver_call());
jsonObject.insert("Receiver",jsonReceiverLatObject);
jsonObject.insert("Sender",jsonSenderLatObject);
jsonArray.append(jsonObject);
QThread::sleep(2);
}
QJsonObject jsonObject;
jsonObject.insert("number", jsonArray.size());
jsonArray.append(jsonObject);
QJsonDocument jsonDoc;
jsonDoc.setArray(jsonArray);
file.write(jsonDoc.toJson());
file.close();
qDebug() << "Write to file";
}
It takes an internal QT Structure (a List of pointers to a CabrilloRecord object ... which you just ignore) and extracts some fields. These fields are then output in a nested JSON format which looks like this.
[
{
"Band": "20",
"Date": "Sat Jul 10 12:00:00 2021",
"Receiver": {
"Lat": 36.400001525878906,
"Lon": 138.3800048828125,
"Receiver": "8N3HQ "
},
"Sender": {
"Lat": 13,
"Lon": 122,
"Sender": "DX0HQ "
}
},
{
"Band": "20",
"Date": "Sat Jul 10 12:01:00 2021",
"Receiver": {
"Lat": 36.400001525878906,
"Lon": 138.3800048828125,
"Receiver": "JA1CJP "
},
"Sender": {
"Lat": 13,
"Lon": 122,
"Sender": "DX0HQ "
}
}]
I hope this speeds up someone else's progression on this topic.
Sadly, many JSON C++ libraries have APIs that are non trivial to use, while JSON was intended to be easy to use.
So I tried jsoncpp from the gSOAP tools on the JSON doc shown in one of the answers above and this is the code generated with jsoncpp to construct a JSON object in C++ which is then written in JSON format to std::cout:
value x(ctx);
x["appDesc"]["description"] = "SomeDescription";
x["appDesc"]["message"] = "SomeMessage";
x["appName"]["description"] = "Home";
x["appName"]["message"] = "Welcome";
x["appName"]["imp"][0] = "awesome";
x["appName"]["imp"][1] = "best";
x["appName"]["imp"][2] = "good";
std::cout << x << std::endl;
and this is the code generated by jsoncpp to parse JSON from std::cin and extract its values (replace USE_VAL as needed):
value x(ctx);
std::cin >> x;
if (x.soap->error)
exit(EXIT_FAILURE); // error parsing JSON
#define USE_VAL(path, val) std::cout << path << " = " << val << std::endl
if (x.has("appDesc"))
{
if (x["appDesc"].has("description"))
USE_VAL("$.appDesc.description", x["appDesc"]["description"]);
if (x["appDesc"].has("message"))
USE_VAL("$.appDesc.message", x["appDesc"]["message"]);
}
if (x.has("appName"))
{
if (x["appName"].has("description"))
USE_VAL("$.appName.description", x["appName"]["description"]);
if (x["appName"].has("message"))
USE_VAL("$.appName.message", x["appName"]["message"]);
if (x["appName"].has("imp"))
{
for (int i2 = 0; i2 < x["appName"]["imp"].size(); i2++)
USE_VAL("$.appName.imp[]", x["appName"]["imp"][i2]);
}
}
This code uses the JSON C++ API of gSOAP 2.8.28. I don't expect people to change libraries, but I think this comparison helps to put JSON C++ libraries in perspective.
An example on how to use that would be great. There is a couple of examples at the Qt forum, but you're right that the official documentation should be expanded.
QJsonDocument on its own indeed doesn't produce anything, you will have to add the data to it. That's done through the QJsonObject, QJsonArray and QJsonValue classes. The top-level item needs to be either an array or an object (because 1 is not a valid json document, while {foo: 1} is.)