JSON Library

Functions for parsing and generating JSON data.

Available Functions

Function	Description
`loads(string)`	Parse a JSON string into Scriptling objects
`dumps(object)`	Convert Scriptling objects to a JSON string

Functions

json.loads(string)

Parses a JSON string and returns Scriptling objects.

Parameters:

string: JSON string to parse

Returns: Scriptling object (dict, list, string, number, boolean, or null)

Example:

    
import json

data = json.loads('{"users":[{"name":"Alice"},{"name":"Bob"}]}')
first_user = data["users"][0]["name"]  # "Alice"

json.dumps(object)

Converts Scriptling objects to a JSON string.

Parameters:

object: Scriptling object to convert (dict, list, string, number, boolean, or null)

Returns: String (JSON formatted)

Example:

    
import json

obj = {"status": "success", "count": 42}
json_str = json.dumps(obj)  # '{"count":42,"status":"success"}'

Supported Types

Parsing (json.loads)

JSON objects → Scriptling dictionaries
JSON arrays → Scriptling lists
JSON strings → Scriptling strings
JSON numbers → Scriptling integers/floats
JSON booleans → Scriptling booleans
JSON null → Scriptling null

Stringifying (json.dumps)

Scriptling dictionaries → JSON objects
Scriptling lists → JSON arrays
Scriptling strings → JSON strings
Scriptling integers/floats → JSON numbers
Scriptling booleans → JSON booleans
Scriptling null → JSON null

Usage Examples

    
    
  
import json

# Parse JSON
json_str = '{"name":"Alice","age":30,"active":true,"scores":[85,92,78]}'
data = json.loads(json_str)

print(data["name"])    # "Alice"
print(data["age"])     # 30
print(data["active"])  # True
print(data["scores"][0])  # 85

# Create and stringify
person = {
    "name": "Bob",
    "age": 25,
    "hobbies": ["reading", "coding", "gaming"]
}

json_output = json.dumps(person)
print(json_output)
# {"age":25,"hobbies":["reading","coding","gaming"],"name":"Bob"}

Error Handling

    
    
  
import json

try:
    # This will work
    data = json.loads('{"valid": "json"}')
    print("Parsed successfully")

    # This will fail with invalid JSON
    invalid = json.loads('{invalid json}')
    print(invalid)  # Won't reach here
except Exception as e:
    print("JSON parse error:", e)

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