wow I'd never have thought of that - Thanks! Valid JSON
On Saturday, January 19, 2013 6:37:08 PM UTC-6, Jonathan Lundell wrote: > > On 19 Jan 2013, at 4:21 PM, Bill Thayer <bill....@live.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > My app stores EDA information (cad programs for designing microchips) so > storing cell attributes in a json object and taking advantage of json rpc > would be beneficial. I am trying out Alex's new 'json' data type and with > the serializer and IS_JSON() validator. Using the controller function below > I've manage to create a json object of cell parameters (aka, attributes). > In the function's comments is the output from the function but this output > fails validation in http://jsonlint.com/ saying that > RESULTS: > > Parse error on line 1: > myobj={ "L": [ > ^ > Expecting '{', '[' > > > > It looks like you're feeding jsonlint a string of the form "myobj={some > json object}" instead of "{some json object}". It's looking for a JSON > object, which must begin with { or [, and it's finding 'm'. > > CONTROLLER FUNCTION: (the myobj value is copied from my cell's edit page > after being inserted into my Oracle DB. > def json_parameters(param_names): > """takes an array of parameter names which are attributes to a design > cell > then looks up the default value and unit in the attributes table > and returns an array of json dictionary objects to be inserted in the > cell's > parameters field as a json object > if param_names = ["L", "len", "R", "INST", "model", "REF"] > myobj={ > "L": [ > "0.001", > "nH" > ], > "len": [ > "1", > "??m" > ], > "R": [ > "0.5", > "Ohm" > ], > "INST": [ > "i", > "TEXT" > ], > "model": [ > "m", > "TEXT" > ], > "REF": [ > "r", > "TEXT" > ] > } > """ > > params={} > for a in param_names: > # dbg.set_trace() > rows = db(db.attribute.name.lower()==a.lower()).select( > db.attribute.name, > > db.attribute.default_value, > > db.attribute.unit) > row = rows[0] > param = ('{}'.format(row.default_value), > '{}'.format(row.unit)) > params.update({'{}'.format(row.name):param}) > > return json(params) > > Any idea which is correct or how to fix it? > > Thank you, > Bill > > -- > > > > > > > --
