JSON Example

This page shows examples of messages formatted using JSON (JavaScript Object Notation).

{
    "glossary": {
        "title": "example glossary",
		"GlossDiv": {
            "title": "S",
			"GlossList": {
                "GlossEntry": {
                    "ID": "SGML",
					"SortAs": "SGML",
					"GlossTerm": "Standard Generalized Markup Language",
					"Acronym": "SGML",
					"Abbrev": "ISO 8879:1986",
					"GlossDef": {
                        "para": "A meta-markup language, used to create markup languages such as DocBook.",
						"GlossSeeAlso": ["GML", "XML"]
                    },
					"GlossSee": "markup"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

The same text expressed as XML:

<!DOCTYPE glossary PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN">
 <glossary><title>example glossary</title>
  <GlossDiv><title>S</title>
   <GlossList>
    <GlossEntry ID="SGML" SortAs="SGML">
     <GlossTerm>Standard Generalized Markup Language</GlossTerm>
     <Acronym>SGML</Acronym>
     <Abbrev>ISO 8879:1986</Abbrev>
     <GlossDef>
      <para>A meta-markup language, used to create markup
languages such as DocBook.</para>
      <GlossSeeAlso OtherTerm="GML">
      <GlossSeeAlso OtherTerm="XML">
     </GlossDef>
     <GlossSee OtherTerm="markup">
    </GlossEntry>
   </GlossList>
  </GlossDiv>
 </glossary>

{"menu": {
  "id": "file",
  "value": "File",
  "popup": {
    "menuitem": [
      {"value": "New", "onclick": "CreateNewDoc()"},
      {"value": "Open", "onclick": "OpenDoc()"},
      {"value": "Close", "onclick": "CloseDoc()"}
    ]
  }
}}

The same text expressed as XML:

<menu id="file" value="File">
  <popup>
    <menuitem value="New" onclick="CreateNewDoc()" />
    <menuitem value="Open" onclick="OpenDoc()" />
    <menuitem value="Close" onclick="CloseDoc()" />
  </popup>
</menu>

{"widget": {
    "debug": "on",
    "window": {
        "title": "Sample Konfabulator Widget",
        "name": "main_window",
        "width": 500,
        "height": 500
    },
    "image": { 
        "src": "Images/Sun.png",
        "name": "sun1",
        "hOffset": 250,
        "vOffset": 250,
        "alignment": "center"
    },
    "text": {
        "data": "Click Here",
        "size": 36,
        "style": "bold",
        "name": "text1",
        "hOffset": 250,
        "vOffset": 100,
        "alignment": "center",
        "onMouseUp": "sun1.opacity = (sun1.opacity / 100) * 90;"
    }
}}    

The same text expressed as XML:

<widget>
    <debug>on</debug>
    <window title="Sample Konfabulator Widget">
        <name>main_window</name>
        <width>500</width>
        <height>500</height>
    </window>
    <image src="Images/Sun.png" name="sun1">
        <hOffset>250</hOffset>
        <vOffset>250</vOffset>
        <alignment>center</alignment>
    </image>
    <text data="Click Here" size="36" style="bold">
        <name>text1</name>
        <hOffset>250</hOffset>
        <vOffset>100</vOffset>
        <alignment>center</alignment>
        <onMouseUp>
            sun1.opacity = (sun1.opacity / 100) * 90;
        </onMouseUp>
    </text>
</widget>

{"web-app": {
  "servlet": [   
    {
      "servlet-name": "cofaxCDS",
      "servlet-class": "org.cofax.cds.CDSServlet",
      "init-param": {
        "configGlossary:installationAt": "Philadelphia, PA",
        "configGlossary:adminEmail": "ksm@pobox.com",
        "configGlossary:poweredBy": "Cofax",
        "configGlossary:poweredByIcon": "/images/cofax.gif",
        "configGlossary:staticPath": "/content/static",
        "templateProcessorClass": "org.cofax.WysiwygTemplate",
        "templateLoaderClass": "org.cofax.FilesTemplateLoader",
        "templatePath": "templates",
        "templateOverridePath": "",
        "defaultListTemplate": "listTemplate.htm",
        "defaultFileTemplate": "articleTemplate.htm",
        "useJSP": false,
        "jspListTemplate": "listTemplate.jsp",
        "jspFileTemplate": "articleTemplate.jsp",
        "cachePackageTagsTrack": 200,
        "cachePackageTagsStore": 200,
        "cachePackageTagsRefresh": 60,
        "cacheTemplatesTrack": 100,
        "cacheTemplatesStore": 50,
        "cacheTemplatesRefresh": 15,
        "cachePagesTrack": 200,
        "cachePagesStore": 100,
        "cachePagesRefresh": 10,
        "cachePagesDirtyRead": 10,
        "searchEngineListTemplate": "forSearchEnginesList.htm",
        "searchEngineFileTemplate": "forSearchEngines.htm",
        "searchEngineRobotsDb": "WEB-INF/robots.db",
        "useDataStore": true,
        "dataStoreClass": "org.cofax.SqlDataStore",
        "redirectionClass": "org.cofax.SqlRedirection",
        "dataStoreName": "cofax",
        "dataStoreDriver": "com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver",
        "dataStoreUrl": "jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://LOCALHOST:1433;DatabaseName=goon",
        "dataStoreUser": "sa",
        "dataStorePassword": "dataStoreTestQuery",
        "dataStoreTestQuery": "SET NOCOUNT ON;select test='test';",
        "dataStoreLogFile": "/usr/local/tomcat/logs/datastore.log",
        "dataStoreInitConns": 10,
        "dataStoreMaxConns": 100,
        "dataStoreConnUsageLimit": 100,
        "dataStoreLogLevel": "debug",
        "maxUrlLength": 500}},
    {
      "servlet-name": "cofaxEmail",
      "servlet-class": "org.cofax.cds.EmailServlet",
      "init-param": {
      "mailHost": "mail1",
      "mailHostOverride": "mail2"}},
    {
      "servlet-name": "cofaxAdmin",
      "servlet-class": "org.cofax.cds.AdminServlet"},
 
    {
      "servlet-name": "fileServlet",
      "servlet-class": "org.cofax.cds.FileServlet"},
    {
      "servlet-name": "cofaxTools",
      "servlet-class": "org.cofax.cms.CofaxToolsServlet",
      "init-param": {
        "templatePath": "toolstemplates/",
        "log": 1,
        "logLocation": "/usr/local/tomcat/logs/CofaxTools.log",
        "logMaxSize": "",
        "dataLog": 1,
        "dataLogLocation": "/usr/local/tomcat/logs/dataLog.log",
        "dataLogMaxSize": "",
        "removePageCache": "/content/admin/remove?cache=pages&id=",
        "removeTemplateCache": "/content/admin/remove?cache=templates&id=",
        "fileTransferFolder": "/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/content/fileTransferFolder",
        "lookInContext": 1,
        "adminGroupID": 4,
        "betaServer": true}}],
  "servlet-mapping": {
    "cofaxCDS": "/",
    "cofaxEmail": "/cofaxutil/aemail/*",
    "cofaxAdmin": "/admin/*",
    "fileServlet": "/static/*",
    "cofaxTools": "/tools/*"},
 
  "taglib": {
    "taglib-uri": "cofax.tld",
    "taglib-location": "/WEB-INF/tlds/cofax.tld"}}}

The same file expressed as XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<!DOCTYPE web-app
    PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.2//EN"
    "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2.2.dtd">
<web-app>
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>
            cofaxCDS
        </servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>
            org.cofax.cds.CDSServlet
        </servlet-class>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>configGlossary:installationAt</param-name>
      <param-value>Philadelphia, PA</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
          <param-name>configGlossary:adminEmail</param-name>
      <param-value>ksm@pobox.com</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
          <param-name>configGlossary:poweredBy</param-name>
      <param-value>Cofax</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
          <param-name>configGlossary:poweredByIcon</param-name>
      <param-value>/images/cofax.gif</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
          <param-name>configGlossary:staticPath</param-name>
      <param-value>/content/static</param-value>
        </init-param>

     <init-param>
          <param-name>templateProcessorClass</param-name>
      <param-value>org.cofax.WysiwygTemplate</param-value>
        </init-param>

    <init-param>
          <param-name>templateLoaderClass</param-name>
      <param-value>org.cofax.FilesTemplateLoader</param-value>
        </init-param>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>templatePath</param-name>
      <param-value>templates</param-value>
        </init-param>

        <init-param>
          <param-name>templateOverridePath</param-name>
      <param-value></param-value>
        </init-param>

     <init-param>
          <param-name>defaultListTemplate</param-name>
      <param-value>listTemplate.htm</param-value>
        </init-param>

       <init-param>
          <param-name>defaultFileTemplate</param-name>
      <param-value>articleTemplate.htm</param-value>
        </init-param>

       <init-param>
          <param-name>useJSP</param-name>
      <param-value>false</param-value>
        </init-param>

    <init-param>
          <param-name>jspListTemplate</param-name>
      <param-value>listTemplate.jsp</param-value>
        </init-param>

       <init-param>
          <param-name>jspFileTemplate</param-name>
      <param-value>articleTemplate.jsp</param-value>
        </init-param>

     <init-param>
          <param-name>cachePackageTagsTrack</param-name>
      <param-value>200</param-value>
        </init-param>

    <init-param>
          <param-name>cachePackageTagsStore</param-name>
      <param-value>200</param-value>
        </init-param>

    <init-param>
          <param-name>cachePackageTagsRefresh</param-name>
      <param-value>60</param-value>
        </init-param>

     <init-param>
          <param-name>cacheTemplatesTrack</param-name>
      <param-value>100</param-value>
        </init-param>

    <init-param>
          <param-name>cacheTemplatesStore</param-name>
      <param-value>50</param-value>
        </init-param>

    <init-param>
          <param-name>cacheTemplatesRefresh</param-name>
      <param-value>15</param-value>
        </init-param>

    <init-param>
          <param-name>cachePagesTrack</param-name>
      <param-value>200</param-value>
        </init-param>

    <init-param>
          <param-name>cachePagesStore</param-name>
      <param-value>100</param-value>
        </init-param>

    <init-param>
          <param-name>cachePagesRefresh</param-name>
      <param-value>10</param-value>
        </init-param>

    <init-param>
          <param-name>cachePagesDirtyRead</param-name>
      <param-value>10</param-value>
        </init-param>

     <init-param>
          <param-name>searchEngineListTemplate</param-name>
      <param-value>forSearchEnginesList.htm</param-value>
        </init-param>

       <init-param>
          <param-name>searchEngineFileTemplate</param-name>
      <param-value>forSearchEngines.htm</param-value>
        </init-param>

       <init-param>
          <param-name>searchEngineRobotsDb</param-name>
      <param-value>WEB-INF/robots.db</param-value>
        </init-param>

    <init-param>
          <param-name>useDataStore</param-name>
      <param-value>true</param-value>
        </init-param>

     <init-param>
          <param-name>dataStoreClass</param-name>
      <param-value>org.cofax.SqlDataStore</param-value>
        </init-param>

        <init-param>
          <param-name>redirectionClass</param-name>
      <param-value>org.cofax.SqlRedirection</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
          <param-name>dataStoreName</param-name>
      <param-value>cofax</param-value>
        </init-param>

        <init-param>
          <param-name>dataStoreDriver</param-name>
      <param-value>com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver</param-value>
        </init-param>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>dataStoreUrl</param-name>
      <param-value>jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://LOCALHOST:1433;DatabaseName=goon</param-value>
        </init-param>

        <init-param>
          <param-name>dataStoreUser</param-name>
      <param-value>sa</param-value>
        </init-param>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>dataStorePassword</param-name>
      <param-value></param-value>
        </init-param>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>dataStoreTestQuery</param-name>
      <param-value>SET NOCOUNT ON;select test='test';</param-value>
        </init-param>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>dataStoreLogFile</param-name>
      <param-value>/usr/local/tomcat/logs/datastore.log</param-value>
        </init-param>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>dataStoreInitConns</param-name>
      <param-value>10</param-value>
        </init-param>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>dataStoreMaxConns</param-name>
      <param-value>100</param-value>
        </init-param>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>dataStoreConnUsageLimit</param-name>
      <param-value>100</param-value>
        </init-param>
 <init-param>
          <param-name>dataStoreLogLevel</param-name>
      <param-value>debug</param-value>
        </init-param>

     <init-param>
          <param-name>maxUrlLength</param-name>
      <param-value>500</param-value>
        </init-param>

    </servlet>

     <servlet>
        <servlet-name>
            cofaxEmail
        </servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>
            org.cofax.cds.EmailServlet
        </servlet-class>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>mailHost</param-name>
      <param-value>mail1</param-value>
        </init-param>

        <init-param>
          <param-name>mailHostOverride</param-name>
      <param-value>mail2</param-value>
        </init-param>
    </servlet>

    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>
            cofaxAdmin
        </servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>
            org.cofax.cds.AdminServlet
        </servlet-class>
    </servlet>

    <servlet>
         <servlet-name>
             fileServlet
         </servlet-name>
         <servlet-class>
             org.cofax.cds.FileServlet
         </servlet-class>
    </servlet>

   <servlet>
        <servlet-name>
            cofaxTools
        </servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>
            org.cofax.cms.CofaxToolsServlet
        </servlet-class>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>templatePath</param-name>
          <param-value>toolstemplates/</param-value>
        </init-param>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>log</param-name>
          <param-value>1</param-value>
        </init-param>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>logLocation</param-name>
          <param-value>/usr/local/tomcat/logs/CofaxTools.log</param-value>
        </init-param>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>logMaxSize</param-name>
          <param-value></param-value>
        </init-param>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>dataLog</param-name>
          <param-value>1</param-value>
        </init-param>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>dataLogLocation</param-name>
          <param-value>/usr/local/tomcat/logs/dataLog.log</param-value>
        </init-param>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>dataLogMaxSize</param-name>
          <param-value></param-value>
        </init-param>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>removePageCache</param-name>
          <param-value>/content/admin/remove?cache=pages&id=</param-value>
        </init-param>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>removeTemplateCache</param-name>
          <param-value>/content/admin/remove?cache=templates&id=</param-value>
        </init-param>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>fileTransferFolder</param-name>
          <param-value>/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/content/fileTransferFolder</param-value>
        </init-param>

         <init-param>
          <param-name>lookInContext</param-name>
          <param-value>1</param-value>
        </init-param>

        <init-param>
          <param-name>adminGroupID</param-name>
          <param-value>4</param-value>
        </init-param>

        <init-param>
          <param-name>betaServer</param-name>
          <param-value>true</param-value>
        </init-param>

    </servlet>

    <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>
    cofaxCDS
    </servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>
    /
    </url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

    <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>
    cofaxEmail
    </servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>
    /cofaxutil/aemail/*
    </url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>
        cofaxAdmin
        </servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>
        /admin/*
        </url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

    <servlet-mapping>
         <servlet-name>
         fileServlet
         </servlet-name>
         <url-pattern>
         /static/*
         </url-pattern>
     </servlet-mapping>

  <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>
        cofaxTools
        </servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>
        /tools/*
        </url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

   <taglib>
      <taglib-uri>cofax.tld</taglib-uri>
      <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/tlds/cofax.tld</taglib-location>
   </taglib>

</web-app>

The action and label values only need to be provided if they are not the same as the id.

{"menu": {
    "header": "SVG Viewer",
    "items": [
        {"id": "Open"},
        {"id": "OpenNew", "label": "Open New"},
        null,
        {"id": "ZoomIn", "label": "Zoom In"},
        {"id": "ZoomOut", "label": "Zoom Out"},
        {"id": "OriginalView", "label": "Original View"},
        null,
        {"id": "Quality"},
        {"id": "Pause"},
        {"id": "Mute"},
        null,
        {"id": "Find", "label": "Find..."},
        {"id": "FindAgain", "label": "Find Again"},
        {"id": "Copy"},
        {"id": "CopyAgain", "label": "Copy Again"},
        {"id": "CopySVG", "label": "Copy SVG"},
        {"id": "ViewSVG", "label": "View SVG"},
        {"id": "ViewSource", "label": "View Source"},
        {"id": "SaveAs", "label": "Save As"},
        null,
        {"id": "Help"},
        {"id": "About", "label": "About Adobe CVG Viewer..."}
    ]
}}

The same message expressed as XML:

<menu>
    <header>Adobe SVG Viewer</header>
    <item action="Open" id="Open">Open</item>
    <item action="OpenNew" id="OpenNew">Open New</item>
    <separator/>
    <item action="ZoomIn" id="ZoomIn">Zoom In</item>
    <item action="ZoomOut" id="ZoomOut">Zoom Out</item>
    <item action="OriginalView" id="OriginalView">Original View</item>
    <separator/>
    <item action="Quality" id="Quality">Quality</item>
    <item action="Pause" id="Pause">Pause</item>
    <item action="Mute" id="Mute">Mute</item>
    <separator/>
    <item action="Find" id="Find">Find...</item>
    <item action="FindAgain" id="FindAgain">Find Again</item>
    <item action="Copy" id="Copy">Copy</item>
    <item action="CopyAgain" id="CopyAgain">Copy Again</item>
    <item action="CopySVG" id="CopySVG">Copy SVG</item>
    <item action="ViewSVG" id="ViewSVG">View SVG</item>
    <item action="ViewSource" id="ViewSource">View Source</item>
    <item action="SaveAs" id="SaveAs">Save As</item>
    <separator/>
    <item action="Help" id="Help">Help</item>
    <item action="About" id="About">About Adobe CVG Viewer...</item>
</menu>