Thank you very much sir. I have done it using a google sheet script. I am
attaching the code. You have to paste the code in google script and named
it as the function name "ParseJson".gs . To use it for any json url , type
=ParseJson(url). It will fetch the json and arrange it it rows and colomns.
On Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 8:40:37 AM UTC+5:30, Deepak Sharda wrote:
>
> dear souvik ,
>
> so you share what kind of parsing tool or bot you use. we all have many
> queries like this for parsing locations from websites. it would be easier
> for everyone if you could share guidance on this matter.
>
> thank you
>
> On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 8:07 AM Arun Ganesh <[email protected]
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Wonderful Souvik!
>>
>> Have added the CSV to the gist for future reference
>> https://gist.github.com/planemad/fa8eb76f09ec2f95997a2b819381ea4e .
>> Would be great if you could share the code to do the parsing, it would be
>> interesting to parse out the rates as well.
>>
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/**
* Retrieves all the rows in the active spreadsheet that contain data and logs
the
* values for each row.
*/
function readRows() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var rows = sheet.getDataRange();
var numRows = rows.getNumRows();
var values = rows.getValues();
for (var i = 0; i <= numRows - 1; i++) {
var row = values[i];
Logger.log(row);
}
};
/**
* Adds a custom menu to the active spreadsheet, containing a single menu item
* for invoking the readRows() function specified above.
* The onOpen() function, when defined, is automatically invoked whenever the
* spreadsheet is opened.
*/
function onOpen() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var entries = [{
name : "Read Data",
functionName : "readRows"
}];
sheet.addMenu("Script Center Menu", entries);
};
function ParseJson(url, query, options) {
return ImportJSONAdvanced(url, query, options, includeXPath_,
defaultTransform_);
}
function ImportJSONAdvanced(url, query, options, includeFunc, transformFunc) {
var jsondata = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url);
var object = JSON.parse(jsondata.getContentText());
return parseJSONObject_(object, query, options, includeFunc, transformFunc);
}
/**
* Encodes the given value to use within a URL.
*
* @param {value} the value to be encoded
*
* @return the value encoded using URL percent-encoding
*/
function URLEncode(value) {
return encodeURIComponent(value.toString());
}
/**
* Parses a JSON object and returns a two-dimensional array containing the data
of that object.
*/
function parseJSONObject_(object, query, options, includeFunc, transformFunc) {
var headers = new Array();
var data = new Array();
if (query && !Array.isArray(query) && query.toString().indexOf(",") != -1) {
query = query.toString().split(",");
}
if (options) {
options = options.toString().split(",");
}
parseData_(headers, data, "", 1, object, query, options, includeFunc);
parseHeaders_(headers, data);
transformData_(data, options, transformFunc);
return hasOption_(options, "noHeaders") ? (data.length > 1 ? data.slice(1) :
new Array()) : data;
}
/**
* Parses the data contained within the given value and inserts it into the
data two-dimensional array starting at the rowIndex.
* If the data is to be inserted into a new column, a new header is added to
the headers array. The value can be an object,
* array or scalar value.
*
* If the value is an object, it's properties are iterated through and passed
back into this function with the name of each
* property extending the path. For instance, if the object contains the
property "entry" and the path passed in was "/feed",
* this function is called with the value of the entry property and the path
"/feed/entry".
*
* If the value is an array containing other arrays or objects, each element in
the array is passed into this function with
* the rowIndex incremeneted for each element.
*
* If the value is an array containing only scalar values, those values are
joined together and inserted into the data array as
* a single value.
*
* If the value is a scalar, the value is inserted directly into the data array.
*/
function parseData_(headers, data, path, rowIndex, value, query, options,
includeFunc) {
var dataInserted = false;
if (isObject_(value)) {
for (key in value) {
if (parseData_(headers, data, path + "/" + key, rowIndex, value[key],
query, options, includeFunc)) {
dataInserted = true;
}
}
} else if (Array.isArray(value) && isObjectArray_(value)) {
for (var i = 0; i < value.length; i++) {
if (parseData_(headers, data, path, rowIndex, value[i], query, options,
includeFunc)) {
dataInserted = true;
rowIndex++;
}
}
} else if (!includeFunc || includeFunc(query, path, options)) {
// Handle arrays containing only scalar values
if (Array.isArray(value)) {
value = value.join();
}
// Insert new row if one doesn't already exist
if (!data[rowIndex]) {
data[rowIndex] = new Array();
}
// Add a new header if one doesn't exist
if (!headers[path] && headers[path] != 0) {
headers[path] = Object.keys(headers).length;
}
// Insert the data
data[rowIndex][headers[path]] = value;
dataInserted = true;
}
return dataInserted;
}
/**
* Parses the headers array and inserts it into the first row of the data array.
*/
function parseHeaders_(headers, data) {
data[0] = new Array();
for (key in headers) {
data[0][headers[key]] = key;
}
}
/**
* Applies the transform function for each element in the data array, going
through each column of each row.
*/
function transformData_(data, options, transformFunc) {
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
for (var j = 0; j < data[i].length; j++) {
transformFunc(data, i, j, options);
}
}
}
/**
* Returns true if the given test value is an object; false otherwise.
*/
function isObject_(test) {
return Object.prototype.toString.call(test) === '[object Object]';
}
/**
* Returns true if the given test value is an array containing at least one
object; false otherwise.
*/
function isObjectArray_(test) {
for (var i = 0; i < test.length; i++) {
if (isObject_(test[i])) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
/**
* Returns true if the given query applies to the given path.
*/
function includeXPath_(query, path, options) {
if (!query) {
return true;
} else if (Array.isArray(query)) {
for (var i = 0; i < query.length; i++) {
if (applyXPathRule_(query[i], path, options)) {
return true;
}
}
} else {
return applyXPathRule_(query, path, options);
}
return false;
};
/**
* Returns true if the rule applies to the given path.
*/
function applyXPathRule_(rule, path, options) {
return path.indexOf(rule) == 0;
}
/**
* By default, this function transforms the value at the given row & column so
it looks more like a normal data import. Specifically:
*
* - Data from parent JSON elements gets inherited to their child elements,
so rows representing child elements contain the values
* of the rows representing their parent elements.
* - Values longer than 256 characters get truncated.
* - Values in row 0 (headers) have slashes converted to spaces, common
prefixes removed and the resulting text converted to title
* case.
*
* To change this behavior, pass in one of these values in the options
parameter:
*
* noInherit: Don't inherit values from parent elements
* noTruncate: Don't truncate values
* rawHeaders: Don't prettify headers
* debugLocation: Prepend each value with the row & column it belongs in
*/
function defaultTransform_(data, row, column, options) {
if (!data[row][column]) {
if (row < 2 || hasOption_(options, "noInherit")) {
data[row][column] = "";
} else {
data[row][column] = data[row-1][column];
}
}
if (!hasOption_(options, "rawHeaders") && row == 0) {
if (column == 0 && data[row].length > 1) {
removeCommonPrefixes_(data, row);
}
data[row][column] =
toTitleCase_(data[row][column].toString().replace(/[\/\_]/g, " "));
}
if (!hasOption_(options, "noTruncate") && data[row][column]) {
data[row][column] = data[row][column].toString().substr(0, 256);
}
if (hasOption_(options, "debugLocation")) {
data[row][column] = "[" + row + "," + column + "]" + data[row][column];
}
}
/**
* If all the values in the given row share the same prefix, remove that prefix.
*/
function removeCommonPrefixes_(data, row) {
var matchIndex = data[row][0].length;
for (var i = 1; i < data[row].length; i++) {
matchIndex = findEqualityEndpoint_(data[row][i-1], data[row][i],
matchIndex);
if (matchIndex == 0) {
return;
}
}
for (var i = 0; i < data[row].length; i++) {
data[row][i] = data[row][i].substring(matchIndex, data[row][i].length);
}
}
/**
* Locates the index where the two strings values stop being equal, stopping
automatically at the stopAt index.
*/
function findEqualityEndpoint_(string1, string2, stopAt) {
if (!string1 || !string2) {
return -1;
}
var maxEndpoint = Math.min(stopAt, string1.length, string2.length);
for (var i = 0; i < maxEndpoint; i++) {
if (string1.charAt(i) != string2.charAt(i)) {
return i;
}
}
return maxEndpoint;
}
/**
* Converts the text to title case.
*/
function toTitleCase_(text) {
if (text == null) {
return null;
}
return text.replace(/\w\S*/g, function(word) { return
word.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + word.substr(1).toLowerCase(); });
}
/**
* Returns true if the given set of options contains the given option.
*/
function hasOption_(options, option) {
return options && options.indexOf(option) >= 0;
}
