Description

The guide about importing and exporting data to JSON file

Features

1. JSON data, unlike all other formats, contains full database information, including tables/fields/addons. It can be used for full database data backups
2. JSON jobs do not support merge settings, unlike all other formats
3. Main database file (bansheegz_database.bytes) can be in JSON format (see Settings addon)
4. JSON file can be used to export database structure without data for debugging purpose (from data source page).

Setup

1. Read this guide to learn how to export/import data to JSON.
2. Enter file path to a json file on data source page

Supported formats

1. Row-based: human-readable format, but very inefficient. This format is also used by Settings addon to save main database file in JSON.
2. Field-based: more inefficient, than Row-based, but poor readability
3. Legacy: deprecated, not recommended

Running export/import in runtime

Use BGJson class static methods to run export/import from C# script.

1. Export : export to a file
2. ExportToString : export to a string
3. Import : import from JSON file
4. ImportFromString : import from JSON string