I can't figure out how to unmarshal the json data provided by an api and consume the data to print in a specified format.
package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"net/http"
)
type postOffice []struct {
Name string
Taluk string
Region string
Country string
}
func main() {
data, err := http.Get("http://postalpincode.in/api/pincode/221010")
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("The http request has a error : %s", err)
} else {
read, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(data.Body)
var po postOffice
err = json.Unmarshal(read, &po)
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("%s", err)
}
fmt.Print(po)
}
}
The code was working well till the "read" was evaluated but is throwing the following error on using json.Unmarshal "json: cannot unmarshal object into Go value of type main.post[]"
You need create a second struct to receive the whole JSON.
type JSONResponse struct {
Message string `json:"Message"`
Status string `json:"Success"`
PostOffice postOffice `json:"PostOffice"`
}
This is because the PostOffice
is an array inside of the response.
package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"net/http"
)
//this is the new struct
type JSONResponse struct {
Message string `json:"Message"`
Status string `json:"Success"`
PostOffice postOffice `json:"PostOffice"`
}
type postOffice []struct {
Name string
Taluk string
Region string
Country string
}
func main() {
data, err := http.Get("http://postalpincode.in/api/pincode/221010")
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("The http request has a error : %s", err)
} else {
read, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(data.Body)
//change the type of the struct
var po JSONResponse
err = json.Unmarshal(read, &po)
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("%s", err)
}
fmt.Print(po)
}
}