make a map with different data types in go for making post request with json data

Issue

I am trying to create a map of key values and then json.Marshal it before making an HTTP post request in Go/Golang

jsonData

{"name":"bob",
"stream":"science",
"grades":[{"maths"    :"A+",
           "science"  :"A"}]
}

The structure of the map is like, it has string typed keys and values are strings and a slice and the slice itself has a map. So in terms of python I want to make a dictionary which has key value pairs but last key’s value is a list and the list has a dictionary in it.

a part from code is this:

postBody, err := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
        "name":name,
        "stream":stream,
        "grades":[{sub1  :sub1_score,
                   sub2  :sub2_score}]
        })

but failed to make this kind of complex map.

Solution

postBody, err := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
    "name":   name,
    "stream": stream,
    "grades": []map[string]interface{}{{
        sub1: sub1_score,
        sub2: sub2_score,
    }},
})

or, if you’d like to avoid having to retype map[string]interface{}

type Obj map[string]any

postBody, err := json.Marshal(Obj{
    "name":   name,
    "stream": stream,
    "grades": []Obj{{
        sub1: sub1_score,
        sub2: sub2_score,
    }},
})

https://go.dev/play/p/WQMiE5gsx9w

Answered By – mkopriva

Answer Checked By – Pedro (GoLangFix Volunteer)