Working with JSON data on the Play Framework for Scala: Examples
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HEADS-UP There's another post on how to define complex validators for JSON data
Building JsObject piece by piece
import play.api.libs.json._
val person = Json.obj(
"name" -> "John Doe",
"age" -> 26)
// {name: "John Doe", age: 26}
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JsValuecan be any json value, such as aJsObject,JsArrayand so on
Parsing a JSON String into a JSValue
import play.api.libs.json._
val myString = """{ "foo":"bar" }"""
val json: JsValue = Json.parse(myString)
// json is a JsValue
Converting a JSObject back into a String
import play.api.libs.json._
val person = Json.obj(
"name" -> "John Doe",
"age" -> 26)
val myString:String = Json.stringify(person)