How to get JSON response from http.Get

Question

I\'m trying read JSON data from web, but that code returns empty result. I\'m not sure what I\'m doing wrong here.

package main

import \"os\"
import \"fmt\"         


        

Answer 1

You need upper case property names in your structs in order to be used by the json packages.

Upper case property names are exported properties. Lower case property names are not exported.

You also need to pass the your data object by reference (&data).

package main

import "os"
import "fmt"
import "net/http"
import "io/ioutil"
import "encoding/json"

type tracks struct {
    Toptracks []toptracks_info
}

type toptracks_info struct {
    Track []track_info
    Attr  []attr_info
}

type track_info struct {
    Name       string
    Duration   string
    Listeners  string
    Mbid       string
    Url        string
    Streamable []streamable_info
    Artist     []artist_info
    Attr       []track_attr_info
}

type attr_info struct {
    Country    string
    Page       string
    PerPage    string
    TotalPages string
    Total      string
}

type streamable_info struct {
    Text      string
    Fulltrack string
}

type artist_info struct {
    Name string
    Mbid string
    Url  string
}

type track_attr_info struct {
    Rank string
}

func get_content() {
    // json data
    url := "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=geo.gettoptracks&api_key=c1572082105bd40d247836b5c1819623&format=json&country=Netherlands"

    res, err := http.Get(url)

    if err != nil {
        panic(err.Error())
    }

    body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

    if err != nil {
        panic(err.Error())
    }

    var data tracks
    json.Unmarshal(body, &data)
    fmt.Printf("Results: %v\n", data)
    os.Exit(0)
}

func main() {
    get_content()
}