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(Go) How to use toml files?


As title, I want to know how to use toml files from golang.

Before that, I show my toml examples. Is it right?

[datatitle]
enable = true
userids = [
    "12345", "67890"
]
    [datatitle.12345]
    prop1 = 30
    prop2 = 10

    [datatitle.67890]
    prop1 = 30
    prop2 = 10

And then, I want to set these data as type of struct.

As a result I want to access child element as below.

datatitle["12345"].prop1
datatitle["67890"].prop2

Thanks in advance!


Solution

  • First get BurntSushi's toml parser:

    go get github.com/BurntSushi/toml

    BurntSushi parses toml and maps it to structs, which is what you want.

    Then execute the following example and learn from it:

    package main
    
    import (
        "github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
        "log"
    )
    
    var tomlData = `title = "config"
    [feature1]
    enable = true
    userids = [
      "12345", "67890"
    ]
    
    [feature2]
    enable = false`
    
    type feature1 struct {
        Enable  bool
        Userids []string
    }
    
    type feature2 struct {
        Enable bool
    }
    
    type tomlConfig struct {
        Title string
        F1    feature1 `toml:"feature1"`
        F2    feature2 `toml:"feature2"`
    }
    
    func main() {
        var conf tomlConfig
        if _, err := toml.Decode(tomlData, &conf); err != nil {
            log.Fatal(err)
        }
        log.Printf("title: %s", conf.Title)
        log.Printf("Feature 1: %#v", conf.F1)
        log.Printf("Feature 2: %#v", conf.F2)
    }
    

    Notice the tomlData and how it maps to the tomlConfig struct.

    See more examples at https://github.com/BurntSushi/toml