Parse JSON in Golang

jsonstring.go

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	jsonStr := `{
		"ID": "Book1",
		"Name": "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows",
		"Author": "J. K. Rowling"
	}`

	decoder := json.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(jsonStr))
	obj := struct {
		ID     string
		Name   string
		Author string
	}{}
	err := decoder.Decode(&obj)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal("Error while parsing the json string", err)
	}

	fmt.Println("Parsed obj", obj)
}