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Q&A Handling JSON files in Rust without manually creating mapping classes

I have JSON that looks something like this: {"id":"n-fsdf-6b6", "name":"JohnSmith", "revisionDate":1591072274000} The JSON data is named CharacterInfo. It comes from a static external URL. The str...

1 answer · posted 3y ago by dustytrash‭ · last activity 3y ago by r~~‭

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dustytrash‭ · 2020-10-16T15:15:30Z (over 3 years ago)
Fixed example to be actual example. I realized it could be relavent, I don't actually need to access fields from the classes, just reference the classes

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I have JSON that looks something like this:
{"id":"n-fsdf-6b6",
"name":"JohnSmith",
"revisionDate":1591072274000}
The JSON data is named `CharacterInfo`. It comes from a static external URL. The structure of this information could be changed, as it comes from an outside source and updates occur.
In rust the mapping class using Serede looks something like this:
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
pub struct CharacterInfo {
pub id: String,
pub name: String,
#[serde(rename = "revisionDate")]
pub revision_date i64:
}
The `CharacterInfo` will be used like any other class:
~~// example 1~~
let character_info : CharacterInfo = { ... };
~~// example 2~~
~~let character_info : CharacterInfo = serde_json::from_str(&json_str).unwrap();~~
The problem is the JSON files could change and there are a lot of them. Generating them manually would be tedius.
Generating the `.rs` mapping classes Is not that difficult, in fact websites already exist to do this (https://transform.tools/json-to-rust-serde).
But I'm not sure how I could have my Rust program compile or use the .rs files after creating. Also would this be considered hacky / bad practice? Is there a better way?

I have JSON that looks something like this:
{"id":"n-fsdf-6b6",
"name":"JohnSmith",
"revisionDate":1591072274000}
The JSON data is named `CharacterInfo`. It comes from a static external URL. The structure of this information could be changed, as it comes from an outside source and updates occur.
In rust the mapping class using Serede looks something like this:
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
pub struct CharacterInfo {
pub id: String,
pub name: String,
#[serde(rename = "revisionDate")]
pub revision_date i64:
}
The `CharacterInfo` class needs to be referenced in code. It's an API wrapper library, so the method looks something like this:
pub fn get_character_info() -> Result<CharacterInfo, HttpError> {
let http_result = HttpClient::get(Self::CHARACTER_INFO_URL);
match http_result {
Ok(result) => {
let character_info: CharacterInfo = serde_json::from_str(&result).unwrap();
Ok(character_info)
}
Err(error) => Err(error),
}
}
The problem is the JSON files could change and there are a lot of them. Generating them manually would be tedius.
Generating the `.rs` mapping classes Is not that difficult, in fact websites already exist to do this (https://transform.tools/json-to-rust-serde).
But I'm not sure how I could have my Rust program compile or use the .rs files after creating. Also would this be considered hacky / bad practice? Is there a better way?

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dustytrash‭ · 2020-10-16T15:10:23Z (over 3 years ago)

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I have JSON that looks something like this:
{"id":"n-fsdf-6b6",
"name":"JohnSmith",
"revisionDate":1591072274000}
~~The JSON data is named `CharacterInfo`. It comes from a static URL, an outside source. The structure of this information could be changed, as it comes from an outside source and updates occur.~~
In rust the mapping class using Serede looks something like this:
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
pub struct CharacterInfo {
pub id: String,
pub name: String,
#[serde(rename = "revisionDate")]
pub revision_date i64:
}
The `CharacterInfo` will be used like any other class:
// example 1
let character_info : CharacterInfo = { ... };
// example 2
let character_info : CharacterInfo = serde_json::from_str(&json_str).unwrap();
The problem is the JSON files could change and there are a lot of them. Generating them manually would be tedius.
Generating the `.rs` mapping classes Is not that difficult, in fact websites already exist to do this (https://transform.tools/json-to-rust-serde).
But I'm not sure how I could have my Rust program compile or use the .rs files after creating. Also would this be considered hacky / bad practice? Is there a better way?

I have JSON that looks something like this:
{"id":"n-fsdf-6b6",
"name":"JohnSmith",
"revisionDate":1591072274000}
The JSON data is named `CharacterInfo`. It comes from a static external URL. The structure of this information could be changed, as it comes from an outside source and updates occur.
In rust the mapping class using Serede looks something like this:
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
pub struct CharacterInfo {
pub id: String,
pub name: String,
#[serde(rename = "revisionDate")]
pub revision_date i64:
}
The `CharacterInfo` will be used like any other class:
// example 1
let character_info : CharacterInfo = { ... };
// example 2
let character_info : CharacterInfo = serde_json::from_str(&json_str).unwrap();
The problem is the JSON files could change and there are a lot of them. Generating them manually would be tedius.
Generating the `.rs` mapping classes Is not that difficult, in fact websites already exist to do this (https://transform.tools/json-to-rust-serde).
But I'm not sure how I could have my Rust program compile or use the .rs files after creating. Also would this be considered hacky / bad practice? Is there a better way?

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dustytrash‭ · 2020-10-16T14:56:54Z (over 3 years ago)
clarified where JSON data is coming from

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I have JSON that looks something like this:
{"id":"n-fsdf-6b6",
"name":"JohnSmith",
"revisionDate":1591072274000}
~~The JSON data is named `CharacterInfo`. However the structure of this information could be changed, as it comes from an outside source and updates occur.~~
In rust the mapping class using Serede looks something like this:
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
pub struct CharacterInfo {
pub id: String,
pub name: String,
#[serde(rename = "revisionDate")]
pub revision_date i64:
}
The `CharacterInfo` will be used like any other class:
// example 1
let character_info : CharacterInfo = { ... };
// example 2
let character_info : CharacterInfo = serde_json::from_str(&json_str).unwrap();
The problem is the JSON files could change and there are a lot of them. Generating them manually would be tedius.
Generating the `.rs` mapping classes Is not that difficult, in fact websites already exist to do this (https://transform.tools/json-to-rust-serde).
But I'm not sure how I could have my Rust program compile or use the .rs files after creating. Also would this be considered hacky / bad practice? Is there a better way?

I have JSON that looks something like this:
{"id":"n-fsdf-6b6",
"name":"JohnSmith",
"revisionDate":1591072274000}
The JSON data is named `CharacterInfo`. It comes from a static URL, an outside source. The structure of this information could be changed, as it comes from an outside source and updates occur.
In rust the mapping class using Serede looks something like this:
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
pub struct CharacterInfo {
pub id: String,
pub name: String,
#[serde(rename = "revisionDate")]
pub revision_date i64:
}
The `CharacterInfo` will be used like any other class:
// example 1
let character_info : CharacterInfo = { ... };
// example 2
let character_info : CharacterInfo = serde_json::from_str(&json_str).unwrap();
The problem is the JSON files could change and there are a lot of them. Generating them manually would be tedius.
Generating the `.rs` mapping classes Is not that difficult, in fact websites already exist to do this (https://transform.tools/json-to-rust-serde).
But I'm not sure how I could have my Rust program compile or use the .rs files after creating. Also would this be considered hacky / bad practice? Is there a better way?

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dustytrash‭ · 2020-10-16T14:55:32Z (over 3 years ago)
added an example showing the classes need to be used like any other class

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I have JSON that looks something like this:
{"id":"n-fsdf-6b6",
"name":"JohnSmith",
"revisionDate":1591072274000}
The JSON data is named `CharacterInfo`. However the structure of this information could be changed, as it comes from an outside source and updates occur.
In rust the mapping class using Serede looks something like this:
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
pub struct CharacterInfo {
pub id: String,
pub name: String,
#[serde(rename = "revisionDate")]
pub revision_date i64:
}
The problem is the JSON files could change and there are a lot of them. Generating them manually would be tedius.
Generating the `.rs` mapping classes Is not that difficult, in fact websites already exist to do this (https://transform.tools/json-to-rust-serde).
But I'm not sure how I could have my Rust program compile or use the .rs files after creating. Also would this be considered hacky / bad practice? Is there a better way?

I have JSON that looks something like this:
{"id":"n-fsdf-6b6",
"name":"JohnSmith",
"revisionDate":1591072274000}
The JSON data is named `CharacterInfo`. However the structure of this information could be changed, as it comes from an outside source and updates occur.
In rust the mapping class using Serede looks something like this:
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
pub struct CharacterInfo {
pub id: String,
pub name: String,
#[serde(rename = "revisionDate")]
pub revision_date i64:
}
The `CharacterInfo` will be used like any other class:
// example 1
let character_info : CharacterInfo = { ... };
// example 2
let character_info : CharacterInfo = serde_json::from_str(&json_str).unwrap();
The problem is the JSON files could change and there are a lot of them. Generating them manually would be tedius.
Generating the `.rs` mapping classes Is not that difficult, in fact websites already exist to do this (https://transform.tools/json-to-rust-serde).
But I'm not sure how I could have my Rust program compile or use the .rs files after creating. Also would this be considered hacky / bad practice? Is there a better way?

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dustytrash‭ · 2020-10-16T14:53:23Z (over 3 years ago)

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I have JSON that looks something like this:
{"id":"n-fsdf-6b6",
"name":"JohnSmith",
"revisionDate":1591072274000}
The JSON data is named `CharacterInfo`. However the structure of this information could be changed, as it comes from an outside source and updates occur.
In rust the mapping class using Serede looks something like this:
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
pub struct CharacterInfo {
pub id: String,
pub name: String,
#[serde(rename = "revisionDate")]
pub revision_date i64:
}
The problem is the JSON files could change and there are a lot of them. Generating them manually would be tedius.
Generating the `.rs` mapping classes Is not that difficult, in fact websites already exist to do this (https://transform.tools/json-to-rust-serde).
But I'm not sure how I could have my Rust program compile or use the .rs files after creating. Also would this be considered hacky / bad practice? Is there a better way? In JS mapping classes are not required, but in Rust it's required at runtime.

I have JSON that looks something like this:
{"id":"n-fsdf-6b6",
"name":"JohnSmith",
"revisionDate":1591072274000}
The JSON data is named `CharacterInfo`. However the structure of this information could be changed, as it comes from an outside source and updates occur.
In rust the mapping class using Serede looks something like this:
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
pub struct CharacterInfo {
pub id: String,
pub name: String,
#[serde(rename = "revisionDate")]
pub revision_date i64:
}
The problem is the JSON files could change and there are a lot of them. Generating them manually would be tedius.
Generating the `.rs` mapping classes Is not that difficult, in fact websites already exist to do this (https://transform.tools/json-to-rust-serde).
But I'm not sure how I could have my Rust program compile or use the .rs files after creating. Also would this be considered hacky / bad practice? Is there a better way?

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dustytrash‭ · 2020-10-16T14:52:16Z (over 3 years ago)

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Handling JSON files in Rust without manually creating mapping classes

I have JSON that looks something like this:

    {"id":"n-fsdf-6b6",
    "name":"JohnSmith",
    "revisionDate":1591072274000}

The JSON data is named `CharacterInfo`. However the structure of this information could be changed, as it comes from an outside source and updates occur.

In rust the mapping class using Serede looks something like this:

    #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
    pub struct CharacterInfo {
        pub id: String,
        pub name: String,
        #[serde(rename = "revisionDate")]
        pub revision_date i64: 
    }

The problem is the JSON files could change and there are a lot of them. Generating them manually would be tedius. 

Generating the `.rs` mapping classes Is not that difficult, in fact websites already exist to do this (https://transform.tools/json-to-rust-serde).

But I'm not sure how I could have my Rust program compile or use the .rs files after creating. Also would this be considered hacky / bad practice? Is there a better way? In JS mapping classes are not required, but in Rust it's required at runtime.

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