Groovy Jsonslurper edit value in array - json

Question

i searched and tried out a lot of things to solve my problem. But it seems that nothing will work. Maybe I just understand it wrong. I have a test.json File looking like this.
{
"TEST-A": [{ "app_id":"aaa" }],
"TEST-B": [{ "app_id":"bbb" }],
"TEST-C": [{ "app_id":"ccc" }]
}
and now i want to edit TEST-B with "xxx". What am i trying for example ist:
import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
def slurper = new groovy.json.JsonSlurper()
def inputFile = new File("../config/test.json")
def inputJSON = new JsonSlurper().parseText(inputFile.text)
def builder = new JsonBuilder(inputJSON)
builder.content.TEST-B[0] = 'xxx'
I thought that i already have a map to edit or do i need to use "assert"?
Greetings Frost.

Answer 1

The following code:
import groovy.json.*
def data = '''\
{
"TEST-A": [{ "app_id":"aaa" }],
"TEST-B": [{ "app_id":"bbb" }],
"TEST-C": [{ "app_id":"ccc" }]
}'''
def parsed = new JsonSlurper().parseText(data)
println "parsed is a java.util.Map: ${parsed instanceof Map}"
parsed.'TEST-B'[0].app_id = 'xxx'
println "map after change: $parsed"
def result = JsonOutput.toJson(parsed)
println "result is a String: ${result instanceof String}"
println "result: $result"
println "pretty result:\n${JsonOutput.prettyPrint(result)}"
when run, prints out:
~> groovy test.groovy
parsed is a java.util.Map: true
map after change: [TEST-A:[[app_id:aaa]], TEST-B:[[app_id:xxx]], TEST-C:[[app_id:ccc]]]
result is a String: true
result: {"TEST-A":[{"app_id":"aaa"}],"TEST-B":[{"app_id":"xxx"}],"TEST-C":[{"app_id":"ccc"}]}
pretty result:
{
"TEST-A": [
{
"app_id": "aaa"
}
],
"TEST-B": [
{
"app_id": "xxx"
}
],
"TEST-C": [
{
"app_id": "ccc"
}
]
}
and I believe accomplishes the essence of what you are trying to do. The thing to understand about JsonSlurper is after parsing the in-data, what you get back is a normal java.util.Map (or possibly a java.util.List depending on the in-data json).
In other words, the parsed variable above is just a Map where the keys are strings and the values are Lists of Maps.
The second thing to keep in mind is that keys like TEST-B are not valid indentifiers in groovy so you can not just write parsed.TEST-B because that would be interpreted as parsed.TEST - B, so you have to quote keys with special characters like this.
After you change the map and assuming you want to get back to a json representation, you have to use something like JsonOutput as in the code above.