json

Overview ¶

Package json is a simple JSON encoder/decoder for gopher-lua.

Documentation ¶

The following functions are exposed by the library:

decode(string): Decodes a JSON string. Returns nil and an error string if
                the string could not be decoded.
encode(value):  Encodes a value into a JSON string. Returns nil and an error
                string if the value could not be encoded.

The following types are supported:

Lua      | JSON
---------+-----
nil      | null
number   | number
string   | string
table    | object: when table is non-empty and has only string keys
         | array:  when table is empty, or has only sequential numeric keys
         |         starting from 1

Attempting to encode any other Lua type will result in an error.

Example ¶

Below is an example usage of the library:

import (
    luajson "github.com/inbucket/gopher-json"
)

L := lua.NewState()
L.PreloadModule("json", luajson.Loader)