Prototype: parsejson(json_data)

Return type: data

Description: Parses JSON data directly from an inlined string and returns the result as a data variable

Arguments:

  • json_data: string - JSON string to parse - in the range: .*

Please note that because JSON uses double quotes, it’s usually most convenient to use single quotes for the string (CFEngine allows both types of quotes around a string).

This function can accept many types of data parameters.

Example:

vars:

  "loadthis"

     data =>  parsejson('{ "key": "value" }');

  # inline syntax since 3.7
  "loadthis_inline"

     data =>  '{ "key": "value" }';

Notes:

  • This functions does not parse primitives.

History:

See also: readjson() , parseyaml() , readyaml() , mergedata() , Inline YAML and JSON data , about collecting functions , and data documentation.