Splitting JSON Objects into ArrayLists

Last updated on May 30, 2023
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In this example, we will split JSON objects from a JSON data string into ArrayLists.

Consider the following sample Event from the FIFA Event Type, which contains the details of five venues in the locations object:

{
	"event_name": "FIFA",
	"properties": {
		"locations" : "{\"Venue 1\": {\"id\": 3445, \"name\":\"Doha\"}, \"Venue 2\": {\"id\": 6061, \"name\":\"Lusail\"}, \"Venue 3\": {\"id\": 6062, \"name\":\"Al Khor\"}, \"Venue 4\": {\"id\": 6063, \"name\":\"Al Rayyan\"}, \"Venue 5\": {\"id\": 6064, \"name\":\"Al Wakrah\"}}"
	}
}

The following Transformation script:

  • Creates ArrayLists from the id and name keys in the locations object.

  • Adds the values of the id and name keys as the elements to the corresponding ArrayList.

from io.hevo.api import Event

import json

def transform(event):
    eventName = event.getEventName()
    properties = event.getProperties()

    if 'locations' in properties:
        for k,v in json.loads(properties["locations"]).items():
            for key, value in v.items():
                properties["locations."+key] =[]

        for k,v in json.loads(properties["locations"]).items():
            for key, value in v.items():
                properties["locations."+key].append(value)

        for each in range(len(properties["locations.id"])):
            properties["locations.id"][each]=int(properties["locations.id"][each])

        del properties["locations"]
    return event

The output from the above snippet is:

{
	"event_name": "FIFA",
	"properties": {
		"locations.name": "[\"Al Wakrah\",\"Lusail\",\"Al Rayyan\",\"Al Khor\",\"Doha\"]",
		"locations.id": "[6064,6061,6063,6062,3445]"
	}
}

As you can see above, the Transformation splits the locations object into the locations.name and locations.id ArrayLists.

Revision History

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Dec-19-2022 NA New document.
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