Golang Converting JSON - json

Question

map[key:2073933158088]
I need to grab the key out of this data structure as a string, but I can't seem to figure out how!
Help with this overly simple question very much appreciated.
The value above is encapsulated in the variable named data.
I have tried: data.key, data[key], data["key"], data[0] and none of these seem to be appropriate calls.
To define data I sent up a JSON packet to a queue on IronMQ. I then pulled the message from the queue and manipulated it like this:
payloadIndex := 0
for index, arg := range(os.Args) {
if arg == "-payload" {
payloadIndex = index + 1
}
}
if payloadIndex >= len(os.Args) {
panic("No payload value.")
}
payload := os.Args[payloadIndex]
var data interface{}
raw, err := ioutil.ReadFile(payload)
if err != nil {
panic(err.Error())
}
err = json.Unmarshal(raw, &data)

Answer 1

Design your data type to match json structure. This is how can you achieve this:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"encoding/json"
)
type Data struct {
Key string `json:"key"`
}
func main() {
data := new(Data)
text := `{ "key": "2073933158088" }`
raw := []byte(text)
err := json.Unmarshal(raw, data)
if err != nil {
panic(err.Error())
}
fmt.Println(data.Key)
}

Answer 2

Since the number in the json is unquoted, it's not a string, Go will panic if you try to just handle it as a string (playground: http://play.golang.org/p/i-NUwchJc1).
Here's a working alternative:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"encoding/json"
"strconv"
)
type Data struct {
Key string `json:"key"`
}
func (d *Data) UnmarshalJSON(content []byte) error {
var m map[string]interface{}
err := json.Unmarshal(content, &m)
if err != nil {
return err
}
d.Key = strconv.FormatFloat(m["key"].(float64), 'f', -1, 64)
return nil
}
func main() {
data := new(Data)
text := `{"key":2073933158088}`
raw := []byte(text)
err := json.Unmarshal(raw, data)
if err != nil {
panic(err.Error())
}
fmt.Println(data.Key)
}
You can see the result in the playground: http://play.golang.org/p/5hU3hdV3kK