Is there a KMP option to deal with raw Json object...

# multiplatform

[Stylianos Gakis]

Is there a KMP option to deal with raw Json objects? Like JSONObject from android?
I am aware of kotlinx.serialization but I am interested in constructing arbitrary untyped Json objects and adding arrays/values inside it instead of mapping from/to Kotlin classes

[jw]

kotlinx.serialization offers that

[Stylianos Gakis]

Alright, my bad, I’ll have to look further into that, thanks a lot!

[jw]

https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.serialization/blob/master/docs/json.md#json-element-builders

[jw]

https://kotlin.github.io/kotlinx.serialization/kotlinx-serialization-json/kotlinx.serialization.json/-json-element/index.html

[Stylianos Gakis]

Wow that is just… amazing how could I have missed it?
Thank you very much, I really appreciate the speedy response Jake!

[Stylianos Gakis]

After working with it a bit, it’s amazing for constructing Json objects from scratch, but isn’t as convenient in a use case I have of also having an existing Json object and having to edit some specific fields inside it.

There isn’t as far as I can tell a buildJsonObject alternative that takes an existing JsonObject as initial state, and working on a JsonObject directly trying to edit it doesn’t seem to be what I want either as it’s immutable by default and there isn’t a Mutable alternative to it 🤔

Am I missing something again in the API or is it just a matter of making my own implementation of it by turning it into a .toMutableMap() , doing the edits I want, and then turning it back into a JsonObject myself.