parse_json()

Purpose

parse_json(str, container)

Parses the json string str and places the resulting json object into container where container can be any valid rsyslog variable. Returns 0 on success and something otherwise if str does not contain valid json.

Example

In the following example the json string is placed into the variable $!parsed. The output is placed in variable $.ret

set $.ret = parse_json("{ \"c1\":\"data\" }", "\$!parsed");

See also

Help with configuring/using Rsyslog:

  • Mailing list - best route for general questions
  • GitHub: rsyslog source project - detailed questions, reporting issues that are believed to be bugs with Rsyslog
  • Stack Exchange (View, Ask) - experimental support from rsyslog community

See also

Contributing to Rsyslog: