Catmandu::Fix::get_json - get JSON data from an URL as fix function
# fetches a hash or array get_json("http://example.com/json") # stores it in path.key get_json("http://example.com/json", path: path.key) # add URL query parameters or URL path from config get_json("http://example.com/", vars: config) # fill URL template fields from config get_json("http://example.com/{name}.json", vars: config) # get URL or URL template from a field get_json(field.name)
This Catmandu::Fix provides a method to fetch JSON data from an URL. The response is added as new item or to a field of the current item.
The first argument must be an URL, an URL template, or a field where to take an URL or URL template from. Additional options include:
Field to store result JSON in. If not given or set to the empty string, the whole item is replaced by the fetched JSON response. If the first argument is a field, the same field is used as path by default.
path
Field to get URL template variables, URL query parameters or an URL path expression from. This option is required if the first argument is an URL template.
The fix function also supports options dry, cache, timeout, agent, proxy, and wait as documented in Catmandu::Importer::getJSON. Options client, headers, and warn are not supported.
dry
cache
timeout
agent
proxy
wait
client
headers
warn
To install Catmandu::Importer::getJSON, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Catmandu::Importer::getJSON
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Catmandu::Importer::getJSON
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.