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parsejson

Prototype:parsejson(json_data)

Return type:data

Description: Parses JSON data directly from an inlined string andreturns the result as adata variable

Arguments:

• json_data:string - JSON string to parse - in the range:.*

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

This function can accept many types of data parameters.

Example:

vars:"loadthis"data=>parsejson('{"key":"value"}');# inline syntax since 3.7"loadthis_inline"data=>'{"key":"value"}';

Notes:

• This functions does not parseprimitives.

History:

• Introduced in CFEngine 3.6.0
• Thecollecting function behavior was added in 3.9.

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

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