Golang json error convertering int from json

Question

I'm trying to do a simple unmarshall and extracting the int information from the code below. I found a link from another stackoverflow : link. Though, it doesn't help in my case. the program according to ideone think the data is a float.

package main
import "fmt"
import "encoding/json"

func main(){
    byt := []byte(`{"status": "USER_MOVED_LEFT", "id":1, "x":5, "y":3}`)
    var dat map[string]interface{}
    if err := json.Unmarshal(byt, &dat); err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    num := dat["id"].(int)
    fmt.Println(num)
}

JSON doesn't have an integer type. Numbers are unmarshaled as a float64. — JimB, Jul 18 '17 at 22:12

Gujarat Santana · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-19T13:43:14.070

If you are converting your byt to map[string]interfaec{} the default value of the number will be float64.

func main(){
    byt := []byte(`{"status": "USER_MOVED_LEFT", "id":1, "x":5, "y":3}`)
    var dat map[string]interface{}
    if err := json.Unmarshal(byt, &dat); err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    fmt.Println(reflect.TypeOf(dat["id"])) // print the type of value
    num := dat["id"].(float64)
    fmt.Println(num)
}

But you can also change this behavior by converting your byt which is your data to a struct like this :

type myStruct struct {
    Status string
    Id     int
    x      int
    y      int
}

func main() {
    byt := []byte(`{"status": "USER_MOVED_LEFT", "id":1, "x":5, "y":3}`)
    dat := myStruct{}
    if err := json.Unmarshal(byt, &dat); err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    fmt.Println(reflect.TypeOf(dat.Id))
    fmt.Printf("%+v\n", dat.Id)

}

Golang json error convertering int from json

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