[kepler-users] Parsing JSON data; advice on collaboration

[Edward A. Lee]

In the underlying Ptolemy system, we have a JavaScript actor that would 
be ideal for this...
Not sure whether this is exposed in the Kepler libraries...

Edward

On 12/10/14, 2:16 PM, Brandon Kuczenski wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm new to Kepler and I'm trying to build a minimal demo to show my
> research group how the tool works.  I have two questions, and the first
> is a two-parter.
>
> 1a- My first application is to pull down data from a web service (using
> RESTService) and display it.  In the WebService demo (Getting Started
> 06) I see the XMLDisassembler actor is used.  However, my data come back
> in JSON format- It does not appear that there is a JSON analog for
> XMLDisassembler.  Any recommendations on how I could parse the data?
>
> 1b- One thing I tried was JSONToToken, thinking that a token was
> something that might be more easily manipulated; it did not turn out to
> be.  In fact, I can't really find anything that I can connect to the
> output of a JSONToToken actor.  Is there a way for me to find actorsI
> with input ports that are valid terminals for a given output port, or
> vice-versa?
>
> 2- The team I'm working with includes about 14 people across several
> academic departments.  Are there any documents or helpful resources that
> give practical advice on working with Kepler in a multi-contributor
> environment?  None of us has used the tool before.
>
> BTW it seems some actors (RESTService and JSON-anything, for instance)
> are missing from the Actor Reference.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Brandon
>
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