Outstream::Json

A library for producing JSON output in a streaming fashion. It is designed to work with lambdas and lazy enumerators, to minimize the need to create the entire JSON-encoding string at once.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'outstream-json'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install outstream-json

Usage

The Json.create method defines a JSON object

out = Outstream::Json.create do
  ...
end
# use out.to_s or out.each to produce result

Use with basic ruby types

Outstream::Json.create do
  add string: "hello", number: 42
  add array: [1,2,3]
end
# {"string":"hello","number":42,"array":[1,2,3]}

Use with hashes or blocks to create nested objects

Outstream::Json.create do
  add "block_object" do
    add "foo" => "bar"
  end
  add "hash_object" => {
    "wow" => "cool"
  }
end
# {"block_object":{"foo":"bar"},"hash_object":{"wow":"cool"}}

Use with transformed SQL result set

client = Mysql2::Client.new
results = client.query("SELECT * FROM hugetable", stream: true)
Outstream::Json.create do
  add results: results.lazy.map {|row| transform_row(row)}
end
# {"results":[{<transformed_result>},...]}

Contributing

Fork it
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
Create new Pull Request