Hi all,

I am trying to build JSON such as this with Perl:

[{"name":"picture1.jpg","size":902604,"url":"\/\/example.org\/files\/picture1.jpg","thumbnail_url":"\/\/example.org\/thumbnails\/picture1.jpg","delete_url":"\/\/example.org\/upload-handler?file=picture1.jpg","delete_type":"DELETE"},{"name":"picture2.jpg","size":841946,"url":"\/\/example.org\/files\/picture2.jpg","thumbnail_url":"\/\/example.org\/thumbnails\/picture2.jpg","delete_url":"\/\/example.org\/upload-handler?file=picture2.jpg","delete_type":"DELETE"}]

Essentially it is JSON array of JSON objects. However, I am not finding any good tutorials online. Does anyone have any suggestions? Currently I am using the JSON::XS module to decode, but I'm open to anything as long as it works.

Currently I have this code:

my %hash = {};
$hash{'lool'} = "WEEEE";
$hash{'YAY'} = "WEEEE";

my $json = JSON->new->allow_nonref;
my $json_text = $json->encode(\%hash);

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Only problem is that it creates this:

{"lool":"WEEEE","YAY":"WEEEE","HASH(0x8b8410)":null}

Which also include the hash reference itself in it. Any help would be appreciated!

Many Thanks,
srchulo

In reply to Build JSON With Perl by srchulo

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