We ll use the spotify api because it allows requests without authentication.
Require json ruby.
You can choose to load a set of common additions to ruby core s objects if you require json add core to get the best compatibility to rails json implementation you can require json add rails both of the additions attempt to require json like above first if it has not been required yet.
Load a ruby data structure from a json source and return it.
So if you re using 1 9 2 you re probably all set.
In this article you ll learn how to generate and parse json data in ruby.
Json is a language agnostic lightweight data interchange format.
To modify the default options pass in the optional options argument as well.
If proc was given it will be called with any nested ruby object as an argument recursively in depth first order.
In an overview json javascript object notation is a lightweight data interchange format.
It defaults to a state object that creates the shortest possible json text in one line checks for circular data structures and doesn t.
However in ruby 1 9 2 the json gem is bundled with the core ruby distribution.
Ruby has a built in module that contains methods to generate and parse json.
Generate a json document from the ruby data structure obj and return it.
It is based on a subset of the javascript programming language standard ecma 262 3rd edition december 1999.
Generating or serializing json in ruby.
Installing the json gem.
The four code snippets below will.
State is a json state object.
Given below is a ruby program that will be used to parse the above mentioned json document usr bin ruby require rubygems require json require pp json file read input json obj json parse json pp obj on executing it will produce the following result.
The ruby toolbox lists no less than 25 http clients.
It is easy for machines to parse and generate.
Or a hash like object responding to to hash.
It s easy to read and understand both by humans and machines.
A source can either be a string like object an io like object or an object responding to the read method.
Require json pure to use the pure variant.
Json is a text format that is completely language.
On ruby 1 8 7 you ll need to install a gem.
Define a url to be parsed.
It is easy for humans to read and write.
An object convertible into a hash by a to h method that is used as or to configure a state object.