output=name

The ParseFile(source) command reads JSON data from the file or URL source.

If source is a file, it is closed after it is read.

$\mathrm{address}≔\mathrm{FileTools}:-\mathrm{JoinPath}\left(\left[''example/address.json''\right]\,\mathrm{base}=\mathrm{datadir}\right)$

$\mathrm{address}≔''/maple/cbat/active/169462/data/example/address.json''$

$\mathrm{JSON}:-\mathrm{ParseFile}\left(\mathrm{address}\right)$

$table\left(\left[''companyName''=''Maplesoft''\,''founded''=1988\,''address''=table\left(\left[''streetAddress''=''615\; Kumpf\; Drive''\,''province''=''ON''\,''city''=''Waterloo''\,''postalCode''=''N2V\; 1K8''\,''country''=''Canada''\right]\right)\,''phoneNumbers''=\left[table\left(\left[''type''=''local''\,''number''=''+1\; (519)\; 747-2373''\right]\right)\,table\left(\left[''type''=''tollfree''\,''number''=''+1\; (800)\; 267-6583''\right]\right)\,table\left(\left[''type''=''fax''\,''number''=''+1\; (519)\; 747-5284''\right]\right)\right]\right]\right)$

$\mathrm{JSON}:-\mathrm{ParseFile}\left(\mathrm{address}\,\mathrm{output}=\mathrm{record}\right)$

${\mathrm{Record}}_{\mathrm{packed}}\left(\mathrm{companyName}=''Maplesoft''\,\mathrm{founded}=1988\,\mathrm{address}={\mathrm{Record}}_{\mathrm{packed}}\left(\mathrm{...}\right)\,\mathrm{phoneNumbers}=\left[{\mathrm{Record}}_{\mathrm{packed}}\left(\mathrm{...}\right)\,{\mathrm{Record}}_{\mathrm{packed}}\left(\mathrm{...}\right)\,{\mathrm{Record}}_{\mathrm{packed}}\left(\mathrm{...}\right)\right]\right)$

The JSON[ParseFile] command was introduced in Maple 2015.

For more information on Maple 2015 changes, see Updates in Maple 2015.

The JSON[ParseFile] command was updated in Maple 2016.