JSON Activities

Version: 1.0.4  ·  ID: zoan-packages-json  ·  Author: Zoan Software

The JSON package reads and writes JSON files, the most widely used data format on the web and in APIs. Unlike plain text, JSON is loaded already structured (as dictionaries and lists), ready to read by its keys.

JSON comes already structured

When you read a JSON file, you get a navigable object: access its fields with ["key"], list items with [index], and loop over its lists with For Each. See dictionaries and lists. If the JSON comes inside an HTTP response, it is already parsed in .Body — see ZoanHttpResponse.

How values are converted

JSON	Value in Zoan Automation
Object { … }	Dictionary (Dictionary) with text keys
Array [ … ]	List (List)
String "…"	string
Integer 42	integer (long)
Decimal 3.5	decimal (double)
true / false	bool
null	null

Writing does the reverse, and a DataTable is saved as an array of objects (one entry per row, column → value).

In expressions, navigating a dictionary or list is safe: a missing key or an out-of-range index returns an empty value instead of failing.

Activities

Activity	Type	Output	What it does
Read JSON	read-json	object	Reads a JSON file and returns it structured
Write JSON	write-json	string	Saves a value as JSON

Next steps

• Read JSON — load a JSON file.
• HTTP — consume JSON from an API.
• XML — for XML data.