json(n) 							       JSON								   json(n)

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NAME

       json - JSON parser

SYNOPSIS

       package require Tcl  8.4

       package require json  ?1.1?

       ::json::json2dict txt

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DESCRIPTION

       The json package provides a simple Tcl-only library for parsing the JSON http://www.json.org/ data exchange format as specified in RFC 4627
       http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.txt.  There is some ambiguity in parsing JSON because JSON has type information that is not  maintained	by
       the Tcl conversion.  The json package returns data as a Tcl dict.  Either the dict package or Tcl 8.5 is required for use.

COMMANDS

       ::json::json2dict txt
	      Parse JSON formatted text txt into a Tcl dict and return the value.

EXAMPLES

       An example of a JSON array converted to Tcl.  A JSON array is returned as a single item with multiple elements.

       [
	   {
	      "precision": "zip",
	      "Latitude":  37.7668,
	      "Longitude": -122.3959,
	      "Address":   "",
	      "City":	   "SAN FRANCISCO",
	      "State":	   "CA",
	      "Zip":	   "94107",
	      "Country":   "US"
	   },
	   {
	      "precision": "zip",
	      "Latitude":  37.371991,
	      "Longitude": -122.026020,
	      "Address":   "",
	      "City":	   "SUNNYVALE",
	      "State":	   "CA",
	      "Zip":	   "94085",
	      "Country":   "US"
	   }
       ]
       =>
       {Country US Latitude 37.7668 precision zip State CA City {SAN FRANCISCO} Address {} Zip 94107 Longitude -122.3959} {Country US Latitude 37.371991 precision zip State CA City SUNNYVALE Address {} Zip 94085 Longitude -122.026020}

       An example of a JSON object converted to Tcl.  A JSON object is returned as a multi-element list (a dict).

       {
	   "Image": {
	       "Width":  800,
	       "Height": 600,
	       "Title":  "View from 15th Floor",
	       "Thumbnail": {
		   "Url":    "http://www.example.com/image/481989943",
		   "Height": 125,
		   "Width":  "100"
	       },
	       "IDs": [116, 943, 234, 38793]
	   }
       }
       =>
       Image {IDs {116 943 234 38793} Thumbnail {Width 100 Height 125 Url http://www.example.com/image/481989943} Width 800 Height 600 Title {View from 15th Floor}}

BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK
       This  document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems.	Please report such in the category json of
       the Tcllib SF Trackers [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883].  Please also report any ideas for enhancements you  may  have  for
       either package and/or documentation.

KEYWORDS

       data exchange, exchange format, javascript, json

CATEGORY

       CGI programming

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2006 ActiveState Software Inc., 2009 Thomas Maeder, Glue Software Engineering AG

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