flatten
Note: development continues in v2
Flatten makes flat, one-dimensional maps from arbitrarily nested ones.
It turns map keys into compound
names, in four default styles: dotted (a.b.1.c), path-like (a/b/1/c), Rails (a[b][1][c]), or with underscores (a_b_1_c). Alternatively, you can pass a custom style.
It takes input as either JSON strings or Go structures. It knows how to traverse these JSON types: objects/maps, arrays and scalars.
You can flatten JSON strings.
nested := `{
"one": {
"two": [
"2a",
"2b"
]
},
"side": "value"
}`
flat, err := flatten.FlattenString(nested, "", flatten.DotStyle)
// output: `{ "one.two.0": "2a", "one.two.1": "2b", "side": "value" }`Or Go maps directly.
nested := map[string]interface{}{
"a": "b",
"c": map[string]interface{}{
"d": "e",
"f": "g",
},
"z": 1.4567,
}
flat, err := flatten.Flatten(nested, "", flatten.RailsStyle)
// output:
// map[string]interface{}{
// "a": "b",
// "c[d]": "e",
// "c[f]": "g",
// "z": 1.4567,
// }Let's try a custom style, with the first example above.
emdash := flatten.SeparatorStyle{Middle: "--"}
flat, err := flatten.FlattenString(nested, "", emdash)
// output: `{ "one--two--0": "2a", "one--two--1": "2b", "side": "value" }`See godoc for API.