Didn't like the other Delphi JSON parsers out there. They seemed too complicated for the simple task i had for JSON.
So this is my go at it.
This version is only tested on Delphi XE 3 and Delphi XE 6 (Android) but should work in all Delphi versions that support generics and TStringHelper.
- Rewrote the whole thing to use TDictionary.
- Added support for decoding unicode encoded characters.
- Added support for datetime (must be specified in ISO 8601 for it to work!).
- A better way to handle null values.
- Exception if the JSON text is not valid.
- Convert to string
- Serialization and deserialization from/to objects.
Just include the json.pas file in your uses list for this to work.
{
"username": "thomas",
"name": "Thomas",
"photos": [
{
"title": "Photo 1",
"urls": {
"small": "http://example.com/photo1_small.jpg",
"large": "http://example.com/photo1_large.jpg"
}
},
{
"title": "Photo 2",
"urls": {
"small": "http://example.com/photo2_small.jpg",
"large": "http://example.com/photo2_large.jpg"
}
}
],
"int_list": [
1,
2,
3
]
}var
user: TJSON;
photo: TJSON;
i: TJSON;
begin
user := TJSON.parse({JSON_TEXT});
try
writeln('Username: '+ user['username'].AsString);
writeln('Name: '+ user['name'].AsString);
// Photos
for photo in user['photos'] do
begin
writeln('Title: ' + photo['title'].AsString);
writeln('Small url: ' + photo['urls']['small'].AsString);
writeln('Large url: ' + photo['urls']['large'].AsString);
end;
// Int list
for i in user['int_list'] do
begin
writeln(i.AsInteger);
end;
finally
user.free;
end;
end;[
{
"username": "thomas",
"name": "Thomas"
},
{
"username": "kurt",
"name": "Kurt"
},
{
"username": "bent",
"name": "Bent"
}
]var
users: TJSON;
user: TJSON;
begin
users := TJSON.Parse({JSON_TEXT});
try
for user in users do
begin
writeln(user['username'].AsString);
writeln(user['name'].AsString);
end;
finally
users.Free;
end;
end;The MIT License (MIT)
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