Here is what I have tried. type product struct { ID int `json:"id"` Description string `json:"description"` Price float64 `json:"price"` Bin string `json:"bin"` Qoh int `json:"qoh"` } // ********* function to save data to a file *********// func saveBackup(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
type Resp struct { Message string `json:"message"` Affected string `json:"affected"` } resp:= Resp{} for k, v := range r.URL.Query() { kee = k val = v[0] } fileName := val // r.FormValue("filename") bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body) var items product json.Unmarshal(bodyBytes, &items) fmt.Printf("%+v\n",items) f, err := os.Create(fileName) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } l, err := f.Write(bodyBytes) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) f.Close() return } fmt.Println(l, "bytes written successfully") err = f.Close() if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } resp.Message = "Save successful" resp.Affected = "Saved" respondWithJSON(w, http.StatusOK, resp) } //******** Retrieving the file ********** // func getBackup(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { kee := "" fileName := "" for k, v := range r.URL.Query() { kee = k fileName = v[0] } var lines []product <=== []string - had this prior to scan Text file, err := os.Open(fileName) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer func() { if err = file.Close(); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } }() // scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file) // for scanner.Scan() { // lines = append(lines, scanner.Text()) // } b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file) append(lines, b) <== I know this is wrong response, _ := json.Marshal(lines) w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json") w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK) w.Write(response) } How can I return the result as a JSON file to the requesting application? The client application parses the result to load into an array. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/9e8cb2ec-8ad7-4ae8-bd41-3558b6d4cd1bn%40googlegroups.com.