JSON Files As Temporary File Storage In ColdFusion Applications

code-1.cfm

<!---
	Get the full file path to the directory in which we are
	storing our serialized JSON data files.
--->
<cfset dataDirectory = getDirectoryFromPath(
	getCurrentTemplatePath()
	) />

<!--- Create a basic ColdFusion object. --->
<cfset girl = {
	name = "Joanna",
	hair = "Brunette",
	bestAttributes = [
		"Smile",
		"Legs"
		]
	} />


<!---
	Serialize the ColdFusion data object into a JSON string
	and write it to disk.
--->
<cfset fileWrite(
	"#dataDirectory#data.json",
	serializeJSON( girl )
	) />

<!---
	Read in serialized JSON string a deserialized it back into
	a ColdFusion data object.
--->
<cfset girlFromJSON = deserializeJSON(
	fileRead( "#dataDirectory#data.json" )
	) />


<!--- Output the ColdFusion data object created JSON. --->
<cfdump
	var="#girlFromJSON#"
	label="JSON to ColdFusion"
	/>

code-2.cfm

<!---
	Get the full file path to the directory in which we are
	storing our serialized JSON data files.
--->
<cfset dataDirectory = getDirectoryFromPath(
	getCurrentTemplatePath()
	) />

<!--- Create a basic ColdFusion object. --->
<cfset girl = {
	name = "Joanna",
	hair = "Brunette",
	bestAttributes = [
		"Smile",
		"Legs"
		]
	} />


<!--- Serailize the ColdFusion object into a WDDX string. --->
<cfwddx
	action="cfml2wddx"
	input="#girl#"
	output="girlWDDX"
	/>

<!--- Write the WDDX data to disk. --->
<cfset fileWrite(
	"#dataDirectory#data.xml",
	girlWDDX
	) />

<!---
	Read in serialized WDDX string a deserialized it back into
	a ColdFusion data object.
--->
<cfwddx
	action="wddx2cfml"
	input="#fileRead( '#dataDirectory#data.xml' )#"
	output="girlFromWDDX"
	/>

<!--- Output the ColdFusion data object created JSON. --->
<cfdump
	var="#girlFromWDDX#"
	label="WDDX to ColdFusion"
	/>

Nicely done. Exactly what I needed.

@OneGrumpyBunny I'm glad this helpful; but, looking at the content of these gists, I wanted to apologize for some of the crude-ish references. I recently tried to clean-up really old (and younger me) references like this; but, it seems that the Gists live on. For a deeper explanation, take a look at: https://www.bennadel.com/blog/3791-as-a-man-i-can-be-a-better-example-than-i-have-been.htm

That said, I am bullish on the use of JSON as a storage mechanism. Have you looked at "NDJSON" or "Newline Delimited JSON". It can be really helpful on massive files, where each line is its own isolated JSON payload: https://www.bennadel.com/blog/3668-parsing-and-serializing-large-datasets-using-newline-delimited-json-in-lucee-5-3-2-77.htm

Thank you for the warning. I'm working on a project with a unique need. I'm creating a temporary data storage that content owners can interact with which can then be pulled in to a CMS (Cornerstone) as an import. This prevents the content owners from having to interact with a highly customized code-dependent page on the CMS. What I needed was to stringify an object created from form input. JSON is the perfect format to bridge raw data between two incompatible systems. 😀 I haven't used NDJSON I'll check that out. Thanks for the tip!

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On Wed, May 27, 2020, 8:38 AM Ben Nadel ***@***.***> wrote: ***@***.**** commented on this gist. ------------------------------ @OneGrumpyBunny <https://github.com/OneGrumpyBunny> I'm glad this helpful; but, looking at the content of these gists, I wanted to apologize for some of the crude-ish references. I recently tried to clean-up really old (and younger me) references like this; but, it seems that the Gists live on. For a deeper explanation, take a look at: https://www.bennadel.com/blog/3791-as-a-man-i-can-be-a-better-example-than-i-have-been.htm That said, I am bullish on the use of JSON as a storage mechanism. Have you looked at "NDJSON" or "Newline Delimited JSON". It can be really helpful on massive files, where each line is its own isolated JSON payload: https://www.bennadel.com/blog/3668-parsing-and-serializing-large-datasets-using-newline-delimited-json-in-lucee-5-3-2-77.htm — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <https://gist.github.com/9759595#gistcomment-3319851>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADAOT7A3WRJB6XBAO6IZH73RTUCUXANCNFSM4NMCS4WQ> .