JSON Deserialization on Talend - json

Trying to figuring out how to deserialize this kind of json in talend components :
{
"ryan#toofr.com": {
"confidence":119,"email":"ryan#toofr.com","default":20
},
"rbuckley#toofr.com": {
"confidence":20,"email":"rbuckley#toofr.com","default":15
},
"ryan.buckley#toofr.com": {
"confidence":18,"email":"ryan.buckley#toofr.com","default":16
},
"ryanbuckley#toofr.com": {
"confidence":17,"email":"ryanbuckley#toofr.com","default":17
},
"ryan_buckley#toofr.com": {
"confidence":16,"email":"ryan_buckley#toofr.com","default":18
},
"ryan-buckley#toofr.com": {
"confidence":15,"email":"ryan-buckley#toofr.com","default":19
},
"ryanb#toofr.com": {
"confidence":14,"email":"ryanb#toofr.com","default":14
},
"buckley#toofr.com": {
"confidence":13,"email":"buckley#toofr.com","default":13
}
}
This JSON comes from the Toofr API where documentation can be found here .
Here the actual sitation :
For each line retreived in the database, I call the API and I got this (the first name, the last name and the company change everytime.
Does anyone know how to modify the tExtractJSONField (or use smthing else) to show the results in tLogRow (for each line in the database) ?
Thank you in advance !
EDIT 1:
Here's my tExtractJSONfields :

When using tExtractJSONFields with XPath, you need
1) a valid XPath loop point
2) valid XPath mapping to your structure relative to the loop path
Also, when using XPath with Talend, every value needs a key. The key cannot change if you want to loop over it. Meaning this is invalid:
{
"ryan#toofr.com": {
"confidence":119,"email":"ryan#toofr.com","default":20
},
"rbuckley#toofr.com": {
"confidence":20,"email":"rbuckley#toofr.com","default":15
},
but this structure would be valid:
{
"contact": {
"confidence":119,"email":"ryan#toofr.com","default":20
},
"contact": {
"confidence":20,"email":"rbuckley#toofr.com","default":15
},
So with the correct data the loop point might be /contact.
Then the mapping for Confidence would be confidence (the name from the JSON), the mapping for Email would be email and vice versa for default.
EDIT
JSONPath has a few disadvantages, one of them being you cannot go higher up in the hierarchy. You can try finding out the correct query with jsonpath.com
The loop expression could be $.*. I am not sure if that will satisfy your need, though - it has been a while since I've been using JSONPath in Talend because of the downsides.

I have been ingesting some complex json structures and did this via minimal json libraries, and tjava components within talend.

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JSON Schema / Formly dependent sub-schemas

This issue is a bit tricky to describe so bear with me and please ask questions if I am missing anything...
Say you have a json object that defines a list of features, each feature has a the same three properties but has a property that has an entirely different structure. For example:
{
features: [
{
id: "feature-a",
enabled: true,
configurationData: {
featureAConfigPropertyA: {
somePrperty: "whatever",
anotherProperty: true
},
featureAConfigPropertyB: "some string"
}
},
{
id: "feature-b",
enabled: true,
configurationData: {
featureBConfigArrayPropertyA: ["some string"],
featureBConfigPropertyB: [
{
"id": "some string",
"name": "some string",
"description": "some string",
"enabled": true
}
]
}
}
]
}
The actual structure of each feature is irrelevant. I am just trying to express this via json schema whereby the structure of configurationData for each feature is dependent on or dictated by the feature id value of its parent.
EDIT: I guess technically it doesnt need to be dependent on so long as either structure of configurationData is valid schema for that property on the feature schema itself. Also, the types in configurationData arent arbitrary, they would always be one of the two types for a given feature in this example.
This however needs to be structured in a way that can be expressed via Formly as I am using this to generate forms. In this case it would be an array of ObjectFieldTypes, one for feature a and one for feature b, which would enumerate the three properties and provide Input field types, until it got to configurationData at which point it would use an ObjectFieldType again, which would now be different for each field type.
The issue here is that 1) I'm not sure how to express this in json schema and 2) I can't use things like patternProperties with formly because the properties have to be explicitly defined in the json schema in order for formly to render the field types for each property. Although patternProperties would technically be valid schema in this case, if the schema doesn't define those properties, then the model in the valueChanges observable on the FormGroup just excludes them entirely. So I would end up with:
{
features:[
{
id: "feature-a",
enabled: true,
configurationData: { }
},
{
id: "feature-b",
enabled: true,
configurationData: { }
}
]
}
I have tried the if then else construct, but I cant tell if the schema is wrong or if formly just doesn't support this. I made a stack blitz for this below:
https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-g45ydm?file=src%2Fassets%2Fjson-schema%2Fif_then.json

Selecting the first JSON result after predicate

I'm trying to write a JSON path that contains a predicate not specific enough to select a single element, yet I want to force the result to be the first one. I would like to have it done using the path only (not as part of the C# code later).
The following path returns the first book, which I expected: $.book[0]
The following path returns exactly two books with price > 0, which I expected: $.book[?(#.price>20)]
Now, I would like to return the first element from the result. I was hoping for this to work, but it doesn't. Somehow this does not work at all:
$.book[?(#.price>20)][0]
I am using .NET and Json.NET library, but I am open to any other.
The example JSON is as follows:
{
"book":[
{
"title":"Beginning JSON",
"author":"Ben Smith",
"price":49.99
},
{
"title":"JSON at Work",
"author":"Tom Marrs",
"price":29.99
},
{
"title":"Learn JSON in a DAY",
"author":"Acodemy",
"price":8.99
},
{
"title":"JSON: Questions and Answers",
"author":"George Duckett",
"price":6.00
}
]
}

extract from a JSON array (JMeter)

what is the best approach to capture from the following array?
i only need to capture the value of ANY 'beginDate', e.g: 2017-05-01T08:30:00 could be a valid one in below example
i need to make sure the 'beschikbaar' = TRUE for the date that i'm capturing
i tried using json path extractor with similar lines: $..[?(#.beschikbaar == 'true')].beginDate but i'm facing syntax errors that i cant fix due to my limited regex/json path knowledge
the example array is;
{
"data":
[
[
{
"beginDate":"2017-05-01T08:00:00",
"eindDate":null,
"beschikbaar":false
},
{
"beginDate":"2017-05-01T08:15:00",
"eindDate":null,
"beschikbaar":false
},
{
"beginDate":"2017-05-01T08:30:00",
"eindDate":"2017-05-01T10:30:00+02:00",
"beschikbaar":true
},
{
"beginDate":"2017-05-01T08:45:00",
"eindDate":"2017-05-01T10:45:00+02:00",
"beschikbaar":true
},
{
"beginDate":"2017-05-01T09:00:00",
"eindDate":"2017-05-01T11:00:00+02:00",
"beschikbaar":true
},
{
"beginDate":"2017-05-01T09:15:00",
"eindDate":"2017-05-01T11:15:00+02:00",
"beschikbaar":true
},
{
"beginDate":"2017-05-01T09:30:00",
"eindDate":"2017-05-01T11:30:00+02:00",
"beschikbaar":true
},
{
"beginDate":"2017-05-01T09:45:00",
"eindDate":"2017-05-01T11:45:00+02:00",
"beschikbaar":true
},
{
"beginDate":"2017-05-01T10:00:00",
"eindDate":"2017-05-01T12:00:00+02:00",
"beschikbaar":true
},
Don't use regular expressions for JSON data, JMeter provides JSON Extractor designed to work with JSON data via JSON Path Language so you should be able to get your "beginDate" with the query like:
$..[?(#.beschikbaar == true)].beginDate
Demo:
Check out JMeter's JSON Path Extractor Plugin - Advanced Usage Scenarios article for more detailed explanation and few more examples.
You can try this
(?s)\{.*?\"beginDate\":\"([^{]*?)\"[^{]+\"beschikbaar\":true.*?\}
(?s) is single-line modifier which makes . match the line break
You can test it at http://www.regexplanet.com/advanced/java/index.html
And set Template to $1$ means using the first group

Ember-Data: How to get properties from nested JSON

I am getting JSON returned in this format:
{
"status": "success",
"data": {
"debtor": {
"debtor_id": 1301,
"key": value,
"key": value,
"key": value
}
}
}
Somehow, my RESTAdapter needs to provide my debtor model properties from "debtor" section of the JSON.
Currently, I am getting a successful call back from the server, but a console error saying that Ember cannot find a model for "status". I can't find in the Ember Model Guide how to deal with JSON that is nested like this?
So far, I have been able to do a few simple things like extending the RESTSerializer to accept "debtor_id" as the primaryKey, and also remove the pluralization of the GET URL request... but I can't find any clear guide to reach a deeply nested JSON property.
Extending the problem detail for clarity:
I need to somehow alter the default behavior of the Adapter/Serializer, because this JSON convention is being used for many purposes other than my Ember app.
My solution thus far:
With a friend we were able to dissect the "extract API" (thanks #lame_coder for pointing me to it)
we came up with a way to extend the serializer on a case-by-case basis, but not sure if it really an "Ember Approved" solution...
// app/serializers/debtor.js
export default DS.RESTSerializer.extend({
primaryKey: "debtor_id",
extract: function(store, type, payload, id, requestType) {
payload.data.debtor.id = payload.data.debtor.debtor_id;
return payload.data.debtor;
}
});
It seems that even though I was able to change my primaryKey for requesting data, Ember was still trying to use a hard coded ID to identify the correct record (rather than the debtor_id that I had set). So we just overwrote the extract method to force Ember to look for the correct primary key that I wanted.
Again, this works for me currently, but I have yet to see if this change will cause any problems moving forward....
I would still be looking for a different solution that might be more stable/reusable/future-proof/etc, if anyone has any insights?
From description of the problem it looks like that your model definition and JSON structure is not matching. You need to make it exactly same in order to get it mapped correctly by Serializer.
If you decide to change your REST API return statement would be something like, (I am using mock data)
//your Get method on service
public object Get()
{
return new {debtor= new { debtor_id=1301,key1=value1,key2=value2}};
}
The json that ember is expecting needs to look like this:
"debtor": {
"id": 1301,
"key": value,
"key": value,
"key": value
}
It sees the status as a model that it needs to load data for. The next problem is it needs to have "id" in there and not "debtor_id".
If you need to return several objects you would do this:
"debtors": [{
"id": 1301,
"key": value,
"key": value,
"key": value
},{
"id": 1302,
"key": value,
"key": value,
"key": value
}]
Make sense?

Node.js SOAP client parameter formatting

I'm having trouble properly formatting one particular soap parameter using the node-soap module for node.js as a client, to a 3rd-party SOAP service.
The client.describe() for this method says this particular input should be in the shape of:
params: { 'param[]': {} }
I have tried a bunch of different JSON notations to try to fit my data to that shape.
Examples of formats that do NOT work:
"params": { "param": [ {"myParameterName": "myParameterValue"} ] }
"params": [ "param": { "name": "myParameterName", "_": "myParameterValue"} ]
"params": { "param" : [ {"name": "myParameterName", "_": "myParameterValue"} ] }
"params": { "param[]": {"myParameterName": "myParameterValue" } }
"params": { "param[myParameterName]": {"_": "myParameterValue" } }
I must be overlooking something, and I suspect I'm going to feel like Captain Obvious when some nice person points out what I'm doing wrong.
Here is what DOES work, using other soap clients, and how they handle the "named parameter with a value"
soapUI for this method successfully accepts this particular input via XML in the shape of:
<ns:params>
<ns:param name="myParameterName">myParameterValue</ns:param>
</ns:params>
Also, using PHP, I can successfully make the call by creating a stdClass of arrays like so:
$parms = new stdClass;
$parms->param = array(
array(
"name"=>"myParameterName","_"=>"myParameterValue"
)
);
and then eventually passing
'params' => $parms
to the PHP soap client
Many thanks!
To get a better look at what XML was being generated by node-soap, I added a console.log(message) statement to the node_modules/soap/lib/client.js after the object-to-XML encoding. I then began experimenting with various JSON structures to figure out empirically how they were mapping to XML structures.
I found a JSON structure for node-soap to generate the XML in my 3rd-party's required named-parameter-with-value format. I was completely unaware of the "$value" special keyword. Looks like this may have been added in the 0.4.6 release from mid-June 2014. See the change history
"params": [
{
"param": {
"attributes": {
"name": "myParameterName"
},
$value: "myParameterValue"
}
}
]
(note the outer array, which gives me the luxury of specifying multiple "param" entries, which is sometimes needed by this particular 3rd-party API)
generates this XML:
<tns:params>
<tns:param name="myParameterName">myParameterValue</tns:param>
</tns:params>
which perfectly matches the structure in soapUI (which I already knew worked) of:
<ns:params>
<ns:param name="myParameterName">myParameterValue</ns:param>
</ns:params>