Lua Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Load JSON Object from HTTP Response Body

Demonstrates how to load the HTTP response body directly into a JSON object. 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/sample.json", "", "", "", resp)
if not success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- A JSON object is JSON that begins with "{" and ends with "}"
local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()

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

resp:get_body_json(json)

json.emit_compact = false
print(json:emit())

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