Lua Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63+

JSON FindRecordString Example

See more JSON Examples

Demonstrates the FindRecordString method for searching an array of JSON records. The data used in this example is available at JSON sample data for FindRecordString. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()

local success = json:load_file("qa_data/json/qb_accounts.json")

-- A sample of the content of qb_accounts.json is shown at the bottom of this example.
-- The idea of FindRecordString is to search for a record matching one field,
-- and then return the value of another field.

-- For example, we want to find the "Id" for the record where Name = Advertising

local arrayPath = "QueryResponse.Account"
local relativePath = "Name"
local value = "Advertising"
local caseSensitive = true
local retRelPath = "Id"

local id = json:find_record_string(arrayPath, relativePath, value, caseSensitive, retRelPath)
if not json.last_method_success then
    print("Record not found.")
    return
end

-- The Id should be 7.
print("The Id of the Advertising account is " .. id)

-- -----------------------------------------------------------------
-- qb_accounts.json contains this data
--
-- {
--   "QueryResponse": {
--     "Account": [
--       {
--         "Name": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
--         "SubAccount": false,
--         "Description": "Description added during update.",
--         "FullyQualifiedName": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
--         "Active": true,
--         "Classification": "Liability",
--         "AccountType": "Accounts Payable",
--         "AccountSubType": "AccountsPayable",
--         "CurrentBalance": -1602.67,
--         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": -1602.67,
--         "CurrencyRef": {
--           "value": "USD",
--           "name": "United States Dollar"
--         },
--         "domain": "QBO",
--         "sparse": false,
--         "Id": "33",
--         "SyncToken": "1",
--         "MetaData": {
--           "CreateTime": "2016-09-10T10:12:02-07:00",
--           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-24T16:41:39-07:00"
--         }
--       },
--       {
--         "Name": "Accounts Receivable (A/R)",
--         "SubAccount": false,
--         "FullyQualifiedName": "Accounts Receivable (A/R)",
--         "Active": true,
--         "Classification": "Asset",
--         "AccountType": "Accounts Receivable",
--         "AccountSubType": "AccountsReceivable",
--         "CurrentBalance": 5281.52,
--         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 5281.52,
--         "CurrencyRef": {
--           "value": "USD",
--           "name": "United States Dollar"
--         },
--         "domain": "QBO",
--         "sparse": false,
--         "Id": "84",
--         "SyncToken": "0",
--         "MetaData": {
--           "CreateTime": "2016-09-14T14:49:29-07:00",
--           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:16:17-07:00"
--         }
--       },
--       {
--         "Name": "Advertising",
--         "SubAccount": false,
--         "FullyQualifiedName": "Advertising",
--         "Active": true,
--         "Classification": "Expense",
--         "AccountType": "Expense",
--         "AccountSubType": "AdvertisingPromotional",
--         "CurrentBalance": 0,
--         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
--         "CurrencyRef": {
--           "value": "USD",
--           "name": "United States Dollar"
--         },
--         "domain": "QBO",
--         "sparse": false,
--         "Id": "7",
--         "SyncToken": "0",
--         "MetaData": {
--           "CreateTime": "2016-09-09T14:42:07-07:00",
--           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-09T14:42:07-07:00"
--         }
--       },
--       {
--         "Name": "Arizona Dept. of Revenue Payable",
--         "SubAccount": false,
--         "FullyQualifiedName": "Arizona Dept. of Revenue Payable",
--         "Active": true,
--         "Classification": "Liability",
--         "AccountType": "Other Current Liability",
--         "AccountSubType": "GlobalTaxPayable",
--         "CurrentBalance": 0,
--         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
--         "CurrencyRef": {
--           "value": "USD",
--           "name": "United States Dollar"
--         },
--         "domain": "QBO",
--         "sparse": false,
--         "Id": "89",
--         "SyncToken": "0",
--         "MetaData": {
--           "CreateTime": "2016-09-16T12:17:04-07:00",
--           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:05:01-07:00"
--         }
--       },
--       {
--         "Name": "Automobile",
--         "SubAccount": false,
--         "FullyQualifiedName": "Automobile",
--         "Active": true,
--         "Classification": "Expense",
--         "AccountType": "Expense",
--         "AccountSubType": "Auto",
--         "CurrentBalance": 0,
--         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
--         "CurrencyRef": {
--           "value": "USD",
--           "name": "United States Dollar"
--         },
--         "domain": "QBO",
--         "sparse": false,
--         "Id": "55",
--         "SyncToken": "0",
--         "MetaData": {
--           "CreateTime": "2016-09-14T10:15:53-07:00",
--           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-14T10:16:05-07:00"
--         }
--       },
-- ...
--