How to get the JSON fields and values in the controller?

Question

The client sends the following JSON:

 {"User": {"name": "Jhon", "nationality", "brazilian", "gender": "male"}}

How can I get the JSON and each field and value individually for use in the controller and ecto query?

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Answer 1

use elixir poison: https://github.com/devinus/poison

Then use:

Poison.decode!(~s({"User": {"name": "Jhon", "nationality", "brazilian", "gender": "male"}}), as: %User{})

Answer 2

You should be able use conn.params like so:

conn.params["User"], conn.params["User"]["gender"], etc.