How to flatten nested JSON

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Trying to flatten a nested json response from 2 levels deep down to 1. Here is my working code on Go Playground: http://play.golang.org/p/kHAYuZUTko I want to end up with: ``` type Social struct { GooglePlusPlusOnes uint32 `Social:"GooglePlusOne"` TwitterTweets uint32 `json:"Twitter"` LinkedinShares uint32 `json:"LinkedIn"` PinterestPins uint32 `json:"Pinterest"` StumbleuponStumbles uint32 `json:"StumbleUpon"` DeliciousBookmarks uint32 `json:"Delicious"` FacebookLikes uint32 `json:"??some_magical_nested_address??"` FacebookShares uint32 `json:"??some_magical_nested_address??"` FacebookComments uint32 `json:"??some_magical_nested_address??"` FacebookTotal uint32 `json:"??some_magical_nested_address??"` } ``` ...instead of a `Social` type containing a nested `Facebook` type (seen in the code below). I suspect I'll need to do a custom `UnmarshalJSON` function, but I don't know how those work and I'm new to Go. Suggestions? Here is the code from the Go Playground link above: ``` package m…

Accepted Answer

You can simply embed the Facebook struct:

```
type Social struct {
    .....
    Facebook            `json:"Facebook"`
}
```

Then access it like:

```
social.FacebookLikes
```

Working example: http://play.golang.org/p/xThhX_92Sg

How to flatten nested JSON

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