# json-extract-macro
## _Access nested JSON values in 1 line of code_
This macro reduces boilerplate when using ```serde_json::Value``` variants when trying to get into a nested property.
```
let json_parsed = serde_json::json!({
"brand": {
"tesla": {
"model": {
"designers": "Mr Bean"
}
}
}
});
```
```
let designer: Option<String> = json_extract!("brand.tesla.model.designer", &json_parsed, String);
println!("Who tf is this designer? {}",designer.unwrap_or_default());
```
or...
```
if let serde_json::Value::Object(brand) = &json_parsed {
let brand = brand.get("brand").unwrap();
if let serde_json::Value::Object(tesla) = &brand {
let tesla = tesla.get("tesla").unwrap();
if let serde_json::Value::Object(model) = &tesla {
let model = model.get("model").unwrap();
if let serde_json::Value::Object(designers) = &model {
let res = designer.get("designer");
let designer = serde_json::from_value::<String>(res.unwrap().to_owned()).unwrap();
}
}
}
}
println!("Who tf is this designer? {}",designer.unwrap_or_default());
```
## Macro args
The macro accepts 3 arguments:
1. A &str containg the path, separated by "."
2. The serde_json::Value variable to read.
3. The type of the property we want to get.
## Types supported
json_serde::Value has the following variants:
- Array
- Bool
- Null
- Number
- Object
- String
The third parameter to pass in the macro is a Rust type, so, things we can pass if we want to get data from some variants:
| Array | ``` Vec<String>, Vec<bool>, Vec<f64>, Vec<Value> ``` ... |
| Bool | ``` bool ``` |
| Number | ``` u32, i32, i64, f32, usize ``` ... |
| Object | ``` Value ``` |
| String | ``` String ``` |
| Null | not supported |