Generate objects from JSON about remodel

[ColinCampbell]

In terms of creating instances of objects in your application, or fetching JSON from an endpoint and using that to generate objects using Remodel?

[avnerbarr]

I mean if I want to parse a Json object into those model objects that were generated. Is there an automated way to create a json parser that will create and populate the objects.

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[ColinCampbell]

@avnerbarr there's no built-in support for parsing JSON objects in Remodel objects, but it would be relatively straight-forward to write a plugin that would do that for you, depending on if you need to add support for nested object types. Could you provide a sample response?

[avnerbarr]

I have a very complex JSON with lots of nesting but in general it could be something like

[
  {
    "_id": "586bc0e867eb88690303b838",
    "index": 0,
    "guid": "1a69dde7-59f3-4daf-8f94-76e168f71a4d",
    "isActive": false,
    "balance": "$1,496.45",
    "picture": "http://placehold.it/32x32",
    "age": 25,
    "eyeColor": "green",
    "name": "Julia Ford",
    "gender": "female",
    "company": "COMVEYOR",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "phone": "[phone]",
    "address": "416 Oriental Boulevard, Skyland, Tennessee, 3208",
    "about": "Lorem aute fugiat sunt sint magna qui et laboris. Aute ut ad ipsum cupidatat culpa ea sit cillum. Laborum irure id proident pariatur non nulla Lorem anim enim id voluptate deserunt aute dolor. Lorem ullamco deserunt laboris aliqua pariatur ex id. Mollit labore ea nostrud exercitation est culpa anim ea enim. Nisi reprehenderit ad ullamco do aliqua ea culpa cillum consectetur eu id amet ad.\r\n",
    "registered": "2015-02-13T10:05:01 -02:00",
    "latitude": -65.19895,
    "longitude": -95.259513,
    "tags": [
      "duis",
      "reprehenderit",
      "deserunt",
      "fugiat",
      "quis",
      "aliquip",
      "elit"
    ],
    "friends": [
      {
        "id": 0,
        "name": "Lorena Day"
      },
      {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Vanessa Pratt"
      },
      {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Bridget Willis"
      }
    ],
    "greeting": "Hello, Julia Ford! You have 3 unread messages.",
    "favoriteFruit": "banana"
  }
]

[andrewcuneo]

@avnerbarr, this is an ideal use case for a plugin.

If you check out the section in this document called "Customizing Remodel", you can find a rough example of building a plugin.

Also, this document has more thorough information about the mechanics of setting one up.

[calimarkus]

Here's a basic JSON plugin, that let's you both

• create an object from a JSON dictionary and
• create a JSON dictionary from an object

https://gist.github.com/calimarkus/c4287bea1a7ae5a9e2ebcd53d93e5c12

This is not tested in any way and thus not production ready.
Take it as a starting point to write your own plugin.
It also doesn't support nested objects in its current state.