darthjee/json_parser

Json Parser
========
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This project allows for a quick hash / json data fetching in order to avoid code
that tries to crawl through a hash and has to constantly check for nil values or missing keys

also, this concern, like openstruct, allow the json to be manipulated as an object, but
avoids method missing by aways having the declarated methods, even if that means nil return

Json Parser is also usefull when you need keys case changed or data type cast

Getting started
---------------
1. Add JsonParser to your `Gemfile` and `bundle install`:

  ```ruby
  gem 'json_parser'
  ```

2. Include in a class that you want to wrap a json/hash
  ```ruby
  class MyParser
    include JsonParser
  ```

3. Declare the keys you want to crawl
  ```ruby
class MyParser
  include JsonParser

  json_parse :id
  json_parse :name, :age, path: :person

  attr_reader :json

  def initialize(json = {})
    @json = json
  end
end

  ```

  and let it fetch values from your hash


  ```ruby
  object = MyParser.new(
    id: 10,
    age: 22
    person: {
      name: 'Robert',
      age: 22
    }
  )

  object.name
  #returns 'Robert'
  ```

  this is usefull when trying to fetch data from hashes missing nodes

  ```ruby
  MyParser.new.name
  #returns nil
  ```

  4. fully customise the way you crawl / fetch the information with [Options](#options)

  5. Create custom [typecast](#TypeCast)

Options
-------
- path: path where to find the sub hash that contains the key (empty by default)
- json: method that contains the hash to be parsed (json by default)
- full_path: full path to fetch the value (empty by default)
- cached: indicator that once the value has been fetched, it should be cached (false by default)
- class: class to be used when wrapping the final value
- compact: indicator telling to ignore nil values inside array (false by default)
- flatten: indicator telling that to flattern the resulting array (false by default)
- after: name of a method to be called after with the resulting value
- case: case of the keys from the json (camel by default)
- type: Type that the value must be cast into ([TypeCast](#typecast))
- default: Default value (prior to casting and wrapping, see [Default](#default))

## TypeCast
The type casting, when the option `type` is passed, is done through the `JsonParser::TypeCast` which can
be extended

```ruby
module JsonParser::TypeCast
  def to_money_float(value)
    value.gsub(/\$ */, '').to_f
  end
end
```

```ruby
class MyParser
  include JsonParser

  json_parse :total_money, full_path: 'accounts.balance', after: :sum,
                          cached: true, type: :money_float
  json_parse :total_owed, full_path: 'loans.value', after: :sum,
                          cached: true, type: :money_float

  attr_reader :json

  def initialize(json = {})
    @json = json
  end

  private

  #this method will receive the array of values resulting from the initial mapping
  def sum(balances)
    balances.sum if balances
  end
end
```

```ruby
  object = MyParser.new(
    accounts: [
      { balance: '$ 1000.50', type: 'checking' },
      { balance: '$ 150.10', type: 'savings' },
      { balance: '$ -100.24', type: 'checking' }
    ],
    loans: [
      { value: '$ 300.50', bank: 'the_bank' },
      { value: '$ 150.10', type: 'the_other_bank' },
      { value: '$ 100.24', type: 'the_same_bank' }
    ]
  )

  object.balance
#returns 1050.36
```

## Default
Default value returned before typecasting or class wrapping

```ruby
class Star
  attr_reader :name

  def initialize(name:)
    @name = name
  end
end

class StarGazer
  include JsonParser

  json_parse :favorite_star, full_path: 'universe.star',
             default: { name: 'Sun' }, class: ::Star

  attr_reader :json

  def initialize(json = {})
    @json = json
  end
end

```


```ruby
star_gazer = StarGazer.new

star_gazer.favorite_star.name
#returns "Sun"

star_gazer.favorite_star.class
#returns Star
```