DS_Map and twitch follower JSON file[Solved!]

[Lavender]

Greetings. I'll post the twitch json(the part I'm having trouble with) then explain

{
   "follows": [{
     "created_at": "2016-12-14T00:32:22.963907Z",
     "notifications": false,
     "user": {
           "_id": "129454141",
     }
   },
   ...
   ]
}

What I want from this is to grab the value of "_id" but its nested weirdly inside the follows. I've tried upsteping into follows as a map but all I get is a 1(its value) followed by everything else being undefined. I've been searching all day for anything to help with no luck. Hopping someone on the forums may know/solves how to get this, thanks!

 

[YellowAfterlife]

You would gradually unpack and loop over the structure,

var data = json_decode(<that JSON string>);
var follows_list = data[?"follows"];
var follows_size = ds_list_size(follows_list);
for (var i = 0; i < follows_size; i += 1) {
    var follows_item = follows_list[|i];
    var follows_user = follows_item[?"user"];
    var follows_user_id = follows_user[?"_id"];
    show_debug_message(follows_user_id);
}
ds_map_destroy(data);

 

[Tsa05]

You have a map containing a list containing a map containing a map containing a key.

myMap = json_decode("that stuff");

followList = myMap[? "follows"]; // This is the ds_list associated with "follows"

firstFollower = followList[| 0]; // This is the first map in the list

userMap = firstFollower[? "user"]; // This is the "user" map inside

userID = userMap[? "_id"];

 

[Lavender]

You have a map containing a list containing a map containing a map containing a key.;

thank you guys! My main problem was not knowing it was a list. Thank you so much