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roamer0627
roamer0627

Reputation: 91

How can I convert JsValue to Array[Int] in Scala?

I am using the Play Json Library to parse json in scala and I have a value that looks like this

scala> val extract = (payload \ "id")
extract: play.api.libs.json.JsValue = [8,18]

I want to convert JsValue to Array[Int].

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1939

Answers (1)

Ivan Kurchenko
Ivan Kurchenko

Reputation: 4063

Well, because, you are working with parsing json - which implies that along with that you need to validate it and properly handle errors, it not so easy just convert it - Play JSON will force you to handle errors. So, answering your question there you can try something like described below:

   val jsonString = "{\"id\": [1, 2, 3] }"
    val payload = Json.parse(jsonString)
    // This will return `JsResult` - success or failure, which need to be properly handled
    println((payload \ "id").validate[Array[Int]].map(_.toList))

    // This is unsafe operation and might throw exception for un-expected JSON
    println((payload \ "id").validate[Array[Int]].get.toList)

which prints out for me next:

JsSuccess(List(1, 2, 3),)
List(1, 2, 3)

I added toList just for output readability. Hope this will help you!

Upvotes: 2

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