I have created a 2d slices and populated it from backend database but as json.Unmarshal accepts only []byte as first parameter how can I typecast my 2d slice to []byte.
Here is the sample code for reference as I can't share internal code:
package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"net/http"
)
//User sjd
type User struct {
EmailList [][]string `json:"emailList"`
}
func listHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
reqBody, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
var user User
json.Unmarshal(reqBody, &user)
el := user.EmailList
keys := make([][]string, 0)
json.Unmarshal([]byte(el), &keys) //this line not working because []byte(el) not possible
fmt.Println(keys)
w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
w.Write([]byte(el))//this line not working because []byte(el) not possible
}
func main() {
http.HandleFunc("/", listHandler)
http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
}
Sample request:
{
"emailList": [
[
"akki@gmail.com",
"bakki@gmail.com"
],
[
"lakki@gmail.com",
"jakki@gmail.com"
]
]
}
Unmarshal
JSON as []byte
to user
. Marshal
user.EmailList
to JSON as []byte
. For example,
package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"os"
)
type User struct {
EmailList [][]string `json:"emailList"`
}
func main() {
// rBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
rBody := []byte(`
{
"emailList": [
[
"akki@gmail.com",
"bakki@gmail.com"
],
[
"lakki@gmail.com",
"jakki@gmail.com"
]
]
}
`)
fmt.Println(string(rBody))
var user User
err := json.Unmarshal(rBody, &user)
if err != nil {
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
return
}
fmt.Println(user.EmailList)
wData, err := json.Marshal(user.EmailList) // wData is []byte
if err != nil {
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
return
}
fmt.Println(wData) // wData is []byte
fmt.Println(string(wData))
// _, err = w.Write(wData)
}
Playground: https://play.golang.org/p/S3HWiTqz--B
Output:
{
"emailList": [
[
"akki@gmail.com",
"bakki@gmail.com"
],
[
"lakki@gmail.com",
"jakki@gmail.com"
]
]
}
[[akki@gmail.com bakki@gmail.com] [lakki@gmail.com jakki@gmail.com]]
[91 91 34 97 107 107 105 64 103 109 97 105 108 46 99 111 109 34 44 34 98 97 107 107 105 64 103 109 97 105 108 46 99 111 109 34 93 44 91 34 108 97 107 107 105 64 103 109 97 105 108 46 99 111 109 34 44 34 106 97 107 107 105 64 103 109 97 105 108 46 99 111 109 34 93 93]
[["akki@gmail.com","bakki@gmail.com"],["lakki@gmail.com","jakki@gmail.com"]]