mapstructure

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Go library for decoding generic map values into native Go structures and vice versa. For more information about how to use this package see README

Latest version published 2 years ago

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Imported By: 26.19K
GitHub Stars: 7.64K
Forks: 654
Contributors: 60

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Release Date

Apr 20, 2022

License

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Maintenance

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Open Issues: 55
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Last Release: 2 years ago
Last Commit: 4 months ago

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Code of Conduct: No
Contributors: 60
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Readme

mapstructure

mapstructure is a Go library for decoding generic map values to structures and vice versa, while providing helpful error handling.

This library is most useful when decoding values from some data stream (JSON, Gob, etc.) where you don't quite know the structure of the underlying data until you read a part of it. You can therefore read a map[string]interface{} and use this library to decode it into the proper underlying native Go structure.

Installation

Standard go get:

$ go get github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure

Usage & Example

For usage and examples see the Godoc.

The Decode function has examples associated with it there.

But Why?!

Go offers fantastic standard libraries for decoding formats such as JSON. The standard method is to have a struct pre-created, and populate that struct from the bytes of the encoded format. This is great, but the problem is if you have configuration or an encoding that changes slightly depending on specific fields. For example, consider this JSON:

{
  "type": "person",
  "name": "Mitchell"
}

Perhaps we can't populate a specific structure without first reading the "type" field from the JSON. We could always do two passes over the decoding of the JSON (reading the "type" first, and the rest later). However, it is much simpler to just decode this into a map[string]interface{} structure, read the "type" key, then use something like this library to decode it into the proper structure.

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What is mapstructure?

Go library for decoding generic map values into native Go structures and vice versa. Visit Snyk Advisor to see a full health score report for mapstructure, including popularity, security, maintenance & community analysis.

Is mapstructure popular?

The golang package mapstructure receives a total of ? weekly downloads. As such, mapstructure popularity was classified as an influential project. Visit the popularity section on Snyk Advisor to see the full health analysis.

Is mapstructure well maintained?

We found indications that mapstructure is an Inactive project. See the full package health analysis to learn more about the package maintenance status.

Is mapstructure safe to use?

The golang package mapstructure was scanned for known vulnerabilities and missing license, and no issues were found. Thus the package was deemed as safe to use. See the full health analysis review.

Last updated on 23 April-2024, at 01:40 (UTC).

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