Trips up on sub JSON with query key

[kmpatel]

e.g.

const char json[] = R"({"parent":{"child":"div"},"child":"span"})";

jsonExtract(json,"child");     // should return "span", instead returns "div"

[wyojustin]

Thanks kmpatel for trying this lib and providing feedback! Did you call "jsonRemoveWhiteSpace()" first?

json = jsonRemoveWhiteSpace(json);

[kmpatel]

Oh. No, I did not use jsonRemoveWhiteSpace.
I saw it, but assumed it was a optional feature, not a mandatory step to parsing.

But is 'jsonRemoveWhiteSpace' a solution to subJSON with duplicate keys, or the beautified JSON?

[wyojustin]

If I recall, will return first match for dups.

[kmpatel]

If I recall, will return first match for dups.

I don't think you are paying attention to the example. The example is a perfectly valid JSON with no actually duplicates; I should have written "apparent duplicate".

In the example, the call is to find the value of "child". Instead, the fn returns the value of "parent.child", which is the wrong member. It is a only a duplicate by appearance, when in fact it is valid member of sub-json "parent" that happens to appear before the target member "child".

[wyojustin]

Yes, I beleive you have identified a bug in the code. The string searches are very rudimentary. I'll look to see if there is an easy way to fix this, but you may want to swich to a more robust libary.