dynamic_value 3.0.0

The easy way to work with JSON data, safe access to nested data in the Map and safe type conversion.

DynamicValue

The easy way to work with JSON data.

Getting Started

JSON response like this:

final json = {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "User 1",
    "created": "2021-02-17 00:00:00",
    "groups": [
        {
            "id": "1",
            "name": "Group 1",
        },
    ],
}

You can access its fields as follows:

final value = DynamicValue(json);

value['id'].toInt                   // -> 1
value['name'].toStr                 // -> "User 1"
value['created'].toDateTime         // -> DateTime('2021-02-17 00:00:00.000')
value['groups'][0]['id'].toInt      // -> 1
value['groups'][0].to<Group>()      // -> Group(id: 1, name: "Group 1")
value['groups'].toList<Group>()     // -> [Group(id: 1, name: "Group 1")]

You don't have to worry about whether there is a key in the object or an index in the list, what type of value is passed (for example, numbers can be represented in JSON both as numbers and as a string), you don't need to convert the date and time to the corresponding object or a nested structure in a model class. DynamicValue takes care of all this.

Data access

You can use text keys for objects and numeric indexes for lists to access structure fields.

value['id']     // Key access
value[0]        // Access by index

If there is no key or index, or the value is not an object or a list, DynamicValue object will be returned with a null value. Otherwise a DynamicValue object will be returned with a value that can be converted to the desired type.

value['not_existing_key'].toInt                         // null
value[4343].toDouble                                    // null
value['not_existing_key'].toInt ?? 1                    // 1
value['not_existing_key'].to<int>(defaultValue: 1)      // 1

This allows you to safely access nested data, if there is no key or index, then the result will be DynamicValue(null), which can be converted to the desired type with a default value or null.

Data conversion

DynamicValue can be converted to various data types using the .to<T>() method:

value['id'].to<int>()

The following types are supported by default:

• num
• int
• double
• bool
• String
• DateTime

There are helper getters for them:

• toNum
• toInt
• toDouble
• toBool
• toStr
• toDateTime

Type conversion can be extended by specifying the type and converter function in the builders and rawBuilders static properties:

DynamicValue.builders[User] = User.fromDynamicValue;
DynamicValue.rawBuilders[Group] = Group.fromMap;

You can also specify a converter function as a parameter of the .to<T>() method:

data.to<User>(builder: User.fromDynamicValue)           // User(id: 1, ...)
data['groups'][0].to<Group>(rawBuilder: Group.fromMap)  // Group(id: 1, ...)

For builder: the converter function must accept DynamicValue as input and return the required type.

For rawBuilder: the converter function must accept a dart data type as input (for example Map, List, int, String, etc.) and return the required type.

You can specify a default value using the defaultValue parameter, if the value cannot be converted:

.to<int>(defaultValue: 4)

You can convert a list of values to a list of the specified type using the .toList<T>() method:

value['groups'].toList<Group>()          // <Group>[Group(id: 1, ...)]

You can convert a map of values to a map of the specified type using the .toMap<K, V>() method:

final json = {
    "map-groups": {
        "test-group-1": {
            "id": "1",
            "name": "Group 1",
        }
    }
}

final value = DynamicValue(json);
value['map-groups'].toMap<String, Group>()          // <String, Group>{'test-group-1': Group(id: 1, ...)}

Helpers

You can check if an object has a specific key or a specific index in the list using the .has() method:

value.has('id')                  // true
value['groups'].has(2)           // false

You can also check if DynamicValue contains null using the following two properties:

value.isNull             // Returns true if value is null
value.isNotNull          // Returns true if value is NOT null