long way to do object/string to string

long_way.cpp

#include "simdjson.h"
#include <iostream>
using namespace simdjson; // optional

int main() {
  padded_string json = R"( {"exports": {}}  )"_padded;
  ondemand::parser parser;
  ondemand::document doc = parser.iterate(json);
  ondemand::object obj;
  auto err = doc.get_object().get(obj);
  if (err) {
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }
  ondemand::value val;
  err = obj["exports"].get(val);
  if (err) {
    // missing key
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }
  // we have the value
  ondemand::json_type type;
  err = val.type().get(type);
  if (err) {
    // can't determine the type
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }
  // we have the type
  std::string_view result{};
  if (type == ondemand::json_type::string) {
    if (val.get_string().get(result)) {
      return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
  } else if (type == ondemand::json_type::object) {
    ondemand::object subobj;
    if (val.get_object().get(subobj)) {
      return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    if (subobj.raw_json().get(result)) {
      return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
  } else {
    // unexpected type
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }
  std::cout << result << std::endl;
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}