[%CFEngine_function_prototype(json_data)%]

Description: Parses JSON data directly from an inlined string and returns the result as a data variable

[%CFEngine_function_attributes(json_data)%]

Please note that because JSON uses double quotes, it’s usually most convenient to use single quotes for the string (CFEngine allows both types of quotes around a string).

[This function can accept many types of data parameters.][Functions#collecting functions]

Example:

    vars:

      "loadthis"

         data =>  parsejson('{ "key": "value" }');

      # inline syntax since 3.7
      "loadthis_inline"

         data =>  '{ "key": "value" }';

History: The [collecting function][Functions#collecting functions] behavior was added in 3.9.

See also: readjson(), parseyaml(), readyaml(), mergedata(), Inline YAML and JSON data, [about collecting functions][Functions#collecting functions], and data documentation.