4.1.6. JSON Dataset

JSON dataset is generated from JSON data. This data can be received from the following sources:

  1. Groovy script

    The script provided by the user is supposed to return JSON data as a string.

    For example:

    return '''
        {
          "items": [
            {
              "name": "Java Concurrency in practice",
              "price": 15000
            },
            {
              "name": "Clear code",
              "price": 13000
            },
            {
              "name": "Scala in action",
              "price": 12000
            }
          ]
        }
        '''

  2. URL

    The report engine will perform a GET HTTP query against the URL.

    For example:

    https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users

  3. Parameter of a String type

    The report external parameter of String type which contains the JSON data must be described in the Parameters and Formats tab.

The received JSON tree is queried using the JsonPath query. For example, you can use the $.store.book[*] JsonPath to return all books from the following JSON tree:

{
    "store": {
    "book": [
            {
                "category": "reference",
                "author": "Nigel Rees",
                "title": "Sayings of the Century",
                "price": 8.95
            },
            {
                "category": "fiction",
                "author": "Evelyn Waugh",
                "title": "Sword of Honour",
                "price": 12.99,
                "isbn": "0-553-21311-3"
            }
    ],
    "bicycle": {
        "color": "red",
        "price": 19.95
    }
}
}

For more details on JsonPath expressions see http://goessner.net/articles/JsonPath/.

Fields outputted by the report that have Date, DateTime, or Time data types do not support the format defined by java.text.SimpleDateFormat. To set the correct format, you should write a Groovy script.

To do this, switch to the Parameters and Formats tab of the report editor and open the formatter editor. For example, for the field bookPublication.dateTime Groovy-script will look like this:

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat

def simpleOldDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm')
def simpleNewDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat('dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm')
def oldDate = simpleOldDateFormat.parse(value)

return simpleNewDateFormat.format(oldDate)