JSON Tutorial

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Covers basics about JSON-Documents

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Follow-up (recommended) JSON-SCHEMA Tutorial
JSON-LD Tutorial

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JSON Documents: Basics

What is a JSON?

  • A JSON itself is a JSON object, marked by [1]
{}

JSON Documents: Key-Value-Pairs

  • A JSON object defines key(word):value pairs.
  • Keys are formatted as strings, marked by quotation marks ("").
{
    "key": "value"
}

JSON Documents: Data types

  • The key is always a string
  • The value can be a string, a number, a boolean or null
  • Additional data types are only possible by referencing them as external resources
{
    "key": "value",
    "string": "any string value",
    "number": 1.0,
    "bool": true,
    "empty": null,
    "image": "https://my.cloud/image-1.png"
}

JSON Documents: Subobjects

  • The value can also be a JSON document (object) itself
  • A nested object can have the same key-value pairs as the root document
  • There is no limit in the nesting depth
{
    "key": "value",
    "string": "any string value",
    "number": 1.0,
    "bool": true,
    "empty": null,
    "object": {
        "has": "it's own key-value-pairs"
    }
}

JSON Documents: Arrays

  • The value can also be an array (list)
  • An array can contain any element, including objects and nested arrays
{
    "key": "value",
    "string": "any string value",
    "number": 1.0,
    "bool": true,
    "empty": null,
    "object": {
        "has": "it's own key-value-pairs"
    },
    "array": [
        "a list", 
        {"of": "any"}, 
        ["item1", 1.0, true]
    ]
}

JSON Documents: Pointer (1)

Pointer allow reference to

  • An object within the JSON document
{
    "firstname": "Susan",
    "surname": "Birch",
    "kids": ["Anne", "Tom"],
    "emergency_contact": {
        "$ref": "#/kids/0"
    }    
}

Syntax [2]:

# - the whole document = self-reference

#/kids - the value of the key "kids"

#/kids/0 - the first item within the array "kids"

JSON Documents: Pointer (2)

Pointer allow reference to

  • An object within the JSON document
  • An external JSON document
{
    "firstname": "Susan",
    "surname": "Birch",
    "partner": {
        "$ref": "http://www.personaldata.com/walter.birch.json"
    }
}

JSON Documents: Next

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