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parsejson

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Prototype: parsejson(json_data)

Return type: data

Description: Parses JSON data directly from an inlined string and returns the result as a data variable

Arguments:

json_data: string - JSON string to parse - in the range: .*

Please note that because JSON uses double quotes, it's usually most convenient to use single quotes for the string (CFEngine allows both types of quotes around a string).

This function can accept many types of data parameters.

Example:

    vars:

      "loadthis"

         data =>  parsejson('{ "key": "value" }');

      # inline syntax since 3.7
      "loadthis_inline"

         data =>  '{ "key": "value" }';

Notes:

This functions does not parse primitives.

History:

Introduced in CFEngine 3.6.0
The collecting function behavior was added in 3.9.