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bug #58217: webread returns char array instead of struct

Submitter:  Dora Kocsis <kdlinda>
Submitted:  Mon 20 Apr 2020 05:24:54 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Function Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Matlab Compatibility
Status:  Confirmed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Open
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Mon 27 Apr 2020 08:41:18 PM UTC, comment #2: 

Also, returning a struct from a URL that responds with JSON depends on the jsondecode function, see bug #53100. There are a handful of jsondecode implementations that have been worked on, but none integrated into Octave's core library yet.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
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Tue 21 Apr 2020 03:14:31 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Also see bug #57408 which is the same issue in a different guise.  Instead of returning an image, webread returns a char array.  In fact, at the moment, webread always returns a string because it is built on top of urlread.

Rik <rik5>
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Mon 20 Apr 2020 05:24:54 PM UTC, original submission:  

Webread seems to ignore the content type specified by weboptions and returns a char row vector instead of a struct for the below query.


options = weboptions('ContentType', 'json');
url = 'https://api.db.nomics.world/v22/series?observations=1&series_ids=AMECO/ZUTN/EA19.1.0.0.0.ZUTN&offset=0';
response_ = webread(url);
class (response_)


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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2020-04-27 mtmiller Dependencies- Depends on bugs #53100
    2020-04-21 rik5 Item GroupIncorrect Result Matlab Compatibility
        StatusNone Confirmed
        Dependencies- Depends on bugs #57408

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