Custom go JSON deserialisation

deserialisation.go

func (a *Api) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {

	fixedJson := strings.Replace(string(data), `"hosts":{}`, `"hosts":[]`, -1)
	fixedJson = strings.Replace(fixedJson, `"uris":{}`, `"uris":[]`, -1)
	fixedJson = strings.Replace(fixedJson, `"methods":{}`, `"methods":[]`, -1)

	type Alias Api
	aux := &struct {
		*Alias
	}{
		Alias: (*Alias)(a),
	}

	return json.Unmarshal([]byte(fixedJson), &aux)
}