JSONObject

Description

JSONObject is a simple Ruby library for converting JSON objects into Ruby classes.

It:

  1. Simplifies parsing JSON objects into classes

  2. Creates a series of setters, getters with instance variables for your new classes

Introduction

Installation

Installation could be simpler:

gem 'json_object', '~> 0.0.2'

or

gem install json_object

Examples

Once you have the gem installed crack open an IRB session:

require 'json_object'

json = '{ "first_name" : "David", "last_name" : "White" }'

obj = JSONObject.new json

=> #<Object:0x00000100859688 @first_name="David", @last_name="White"> 

obj.first_name

=> "David" 

obj.last_name

=> "White" 

obj.first_name = "Dave"

=> "Dave"

You can also create new classes completely dynamically without ever writing a class in Ruby:

require 'json_object'

json = '{ "first_name" : "David", "last_name" : "White" }'

person = JSONObject.new json, "person"

=> #<Person:0x00000100859688 @first_name="David", @last_name="White"> 

person.first_name

=> "David"

person.last_name

=> "White"

person.first_name = "Dave"

=> "Dave"

person = Person.new

=> #<Person:0x00000100859688 @first_name="", @last_name=""> 

person.first_name = "Jeremy"

=> "Jeremy"

person.last_name = "White"

=> "White"

And now you have a fully functioning Ruby class with data from your json file.