Obtaining the value from any key-value from a string representation of a json in Scala (using scala.-CodePudding

Imagine I have a json (in string format) that looked like:

val jsonString: String = "
    {
      "toys": {
        "orange toys": {
           "brand":"Toys-R-Us",
           "price":"123.45"
         } 
      },
      "date":"05-27-1996" 
    }
"

My question is, how can I get the value for "brand" (Toys-R-Us), in Scala, using the scala.util.parsing.json library? I am assuming that this might require the traversing of the json or maybe even easier, a way to look up the key "brand" and from their obtaining the value.

CodePudding user response：

The scala.util.parsing.json library is outdated, unsafe for open systems, and not included in the latest version of the Scala library.

Use dijon FTW!

import dijon._
import scala.language.dynamics._

val jsonString: String = """
    {
      "toys": {
        "orange toys": {
           "brand":"Toys-R-Us",
           "price":"123.45"
         } 
      },
      "date":"05-27-1996" 
    }
"""

println(parse(jsonString).toys.`orange toys`.brand)

Here is a runnable code on Scastie that works fine with Scala 2 and Scala 3.