Problem
When attempting to decode a JSON string containing a nested JSON object, the application receives an error: "invalid character 'h' after object key:value pair."
Solution
The error is caused by an invalid character in the nested JSON object's value. To properly decode the JSON, it must be done in two steps:
type main struct { Name string `json:"name"` Args []string `json:"args"` } type arg struct { Method string `json:"method"` Params par `json:"params"` } type par struct { Channel string `json:"channel,omitempty"` Name string `json:"name,omitempty"` NameColor string `json:"nameColor,omitempty"` Text string `json:"text,omitempty"` Time int64 `json:"time,omitempty"` } // Parse input JSON string str := `{"name":"message","args":["{\"method\":\"chatMsg\",\"params\":{\"channel\":\"channel\",\"name\":\"name\",\"nameColor\":\"B5B11E\",\"text\":\"<a href=\\"https://play.spotify.com/browse\\" target=\\"_blank\\">https://play.spotify.com/browse</a>\",\"time\":1455397119}}"]}` var m main if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(str), &m); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // Decode nested JSON object var args arg if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(m.Args[0]), &args); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
The first step decodes the outer JSON object into a main struct, which contains an array of strings. The second step loops through the array and decodes each string as a nested JSON object. This allows the application to properly parse the JSON data and avoid the error.
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