json Archives

Developer Tools

Integrating Contentful with a Server-Rendered Next.js App? Watch Out for Cycles!

It can be hazardous to combine Contentful with server-side rendering (SSR). My first tip: watch out for cycles!

Developer Tools

How to Fake or Mock an API with JSON Server

JSON Server is an easy-to-use module for mocking an API for most of your API needs, including custom routes, POST routes, and faking data.

Developer Tools

Ingest Inconsistent Tables Quickly Using Postgres’s JSON Columns

Here’s how you can leverage JSON columns to help smooth out the distinctions between tables you are ingesting into a PostgreSQL database.

Developer Tools

jq for Creating and Updating JSON

Here are some examples of using the jq command-line utility to create new JSON data from scratch or update values in an existing JSON document.

.NET / WPF

Testing JSON Input/Output in Azure Functions Request Tests

Improve request tests for an Azure Function by serializing/deserializing JSON using the same configuration that the framework would use in production.

Web Apps

JSON to XML with AngularJS in Preparation for InDesign

I export the XML tree in the DOM, then save that text as an XML document. I used AngularJS for the web application, and JavaScript to create the XML feed.

Developer Tools

A Tiny Toolbox for Spelunking through JSON

A quick look at how curl, bash, jq, and json-diff can make JSON less painful to wrangle from the command-line.

Ember.js

Dynamic Binding in Ember.js Using Observers

Creating bindings in Ember.js at run-time can be challenging. A pair of observers, instead of a direct binding, alleviated some of our problems.

Developer Tools

Handling JSON from the Command Line with Jq

Jq allows you to avoid separate, multiline scripts in most cases and carry out JSON operations directly from the command line.

Embedded Systems

Conversing JSON with Qt and Ruby

A simple command processing engine in C++ using Qt and QtScriptEngine for parsing JSON. The server, which initiates simple exchanges, is written trivially in Ruby.

Web Apps