Go JSON Decoding JSON data from a file

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Example

JSON data can also be read from files.

Let's assume we have a file called data.json with the following content:

[
    {
      "Name" : "John Doe",
      "Standard" : 4
    },
    {
      "Name" : "Peter Parker",
      "Standard" : 11
    },
    {
      "Name" : "Bilbo Baggins",
      "Standard" : 150
    }
]

The following example reads the file and decodes the content:

package main

import (
    "encoding/json"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "os"
)

type Student struct {
    Name     string
    Standard int `json:"Standard"`
}

func main() {
    // open the file pointer
    studentFile, err := os.Open("data.json")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    defer studentFile.Close()

    // create a new decoder
    var studentDecoder *json.Decoder = json.NewDecoder(studentFile)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    // initialize the storage for the decoded data
    var studentList []Student
    
    // decode the data
    err = studentDecoder.Decode(&studentList)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    for i, student := range studentList {
        fmt.Println("Student", i+1)
        fmt.Println("Student name:", student.Name)
        fmt.Println("Student standard:", student.Standard)
    }
}

The file data.json must be in the same directory of the Go executable program. Read Go File I/O documentation for more information on how to work with files in Go.



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