Serialise JSON Data using ppx_yojson_conv

Task

Data Formats / JSON / Serialise JSON Data

Opam Packages Used

• ppx_yojson_conv Tested with version: v0.17.0 — Used libraries: ppx_yojson_conv
• yojson Tested with version: 3.0.0 — Used libraries: yojson

Code

(* `Ppx_yojson_conv_lib.Yojson_conv.Primitives` contains functions needed to serialise values of primitive types. *) open Ppx_yojson_conv_lib.Yojson_conv.Primitives (* The annotation `[@@deriving yojson]` causes the PPX from `ppx_yojson_conv` to generate a function `yojson_of_language` that converts values from type `language` to `Yojson.Safe.t`. *) type language = { name: string; url: string } [@@deriving yojson] let ocaml_language = { name = "ocaml"; url= "https://ocaml.org/" } (* We convert the value `ocaml_language` to a `Yojson.Safe.t`, using the function `yojson_of_language` generated by the PPX, and then convert that to a string. *) let () = ocaml_language |> yojson_of_language |> Yojson.Safe.to_string |> print_endline

open Ppx_yojson_conv_lib.Yojson_conv.Primitives

type language = { 
  name: string; 
  url: string 
} [@@deriving yojson]

let ocaml_language = { 
  name = "ocaml"; 
  url=  "https://ocaml.org/" 
}

let () = 
  ocaml_language
  |> yojson_of_language 
  |> Yojson.Safe.to_string 
  |> print_endline

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