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[%CFEngine_function_prototype(json_data)%]

Description: Parses JSON data directly from an inlined string and returns the result as a data variable

[%CFEngine_function_attributes(json_data)%]

Please note that because JSON uses double quotes, it's usually most convenient to use single quotes for the string (CFEngine allows both types of quotes around a string).

[This function can accept many types of data parameters.][Functions#collecting functions]

Example:

vars:

  "loadthis"

     data =>  parsejson('{ "key": "value" }');

  # inline syntax since 3.7
  "loadthis_inline"

     data =>  '{ "key": "value" }';

Notes:

  • This functions does not parse primitives.

History:

  • Introduced in CFEngine 3.6.0
  • The [collecting function][Functions#collecting functions] behavior was added in 3.9.

See also: readjson(), parseyaml(), readyaml(), mergedata(), Inline YAML and JSON data, [about collecting functions][Functions#collecting functions], and data documentation.