Lua Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Load JSON Array from HTTP Response Body

Demonstrates how to load the HTTP response body directly into a JsonArray. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local http = chilkat.Http.new()

local resp = chilkat.HttpResponse.new()
local success = http:http_str("GET", "https://www.chilkatsoft.com/exampledata/sampleArray.json", "", "", "", resp)
if not success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- A JSON array is JSON that begins with "[" and ends with "]"
local jarr = chilkat.JsonArray.new()

-- If we wish to transfer (instead of copy) the JSON from the HttpResponse to the JsonArray, then add the keyword "TakeResponseBody" to UncommonOptions
-- This could save memory for extremely large JSON responses.
resp.uncommon_options = "TakeResponseBody"

resp:get_body_jarr(jarr)

print(jarr:emit())

-- Note: If UncommonOptions contained "TakeResponseBody", then the response BodyStr will now be empty:
print("----")
print(resp.body_str)