SuperObject - Extract All

Question

How to get ALL \'id\' member values from a generic JSON. Without knowing structure of it. Because its very complex and it

Answer 1

If you don't know the structure of the JSON you receive from somewhere, it is important to note that JSON is "simply" a composite pattern and you can traverse it like any other composite structure. The following example traverse the complete structure in a JSON text and prints the path of any member named 'id'.

procedure ParseJSON;
var
  JSONText: string;
  JSON: ISuperObject;
begin
  // Retrieve JSON as a string into JSONText variable any way you like.
  JSON := SO(JSONText);
  ProcessObject(JSON.AsObject);
end;

procedure ProcessObject(const aAsObject: TSuperTableString; const aPrefix: string = '');
var
  Names: ISuperObject;
  Name: string;
  Items: ISuperObject;
  Item: ISuperObject;
  idx: Integer;
  Value: string;
  ArrayItem: ISuperObject;
begin
  if Assigned(aAsObject) then
  begin
    Names := aAsObject.GetNames;
    Items := aAsObject.GetValues;

    for idx := 0 to Items.AsArray.Length - 1 do
    begin
      Name := Names.AsArray[idx].AsString;
      Item := Items.AsArray[idx];
      if Item.DataType = stObject then
        Value := '<Object>'
      else if Item.DataType = stArray then
        Value := '<Array>'
      else
        Value := Item.AsString;

      if SameText(Name, 'id') then
        WriteLn(Format('%s: %s', [aPrefix + Name, Value]));

      if Item.DataType = stArray then
        for ArrayItem in Item do
          ProcessObject(ArrayItem.AsObject, aPrefix + Name + '.');

      if Item.DataType = stObject then
        ProcessObject(Item.AsObject, aPrefix + Name + '.');
    end;
  end;
end;