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json_decode

json_decode(string) parses a JSON string into a native Lua table. Returns (value, nil) on success, or (nil, error_message) on failure.

Signature

Section titled “Signature”
json_decode(string)
sync

Parameters

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Param Type Description
string string The JSON string to parse

Returns

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Value Type Description
1st any / nil Parsed Lua value, or nil on malformed JSON
2nd string / nil Error message, or nil on success

Example

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local data, err = json_decode('{"status": "ok", "count": 42}')
if not data then
    log("decode failed: " .. err)
    return
end
log("Status is: " .. data.status)

See Also

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