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JSON to Go Struct Converter Online — Instant Golang Types

Generate idiomatic Golang struct definitions with precise JSON struct tags from raw JSON payloads.

Source JSON100% Client-Side Local
go OutputGenerated AST

Idiomatic Go Struct Generation from JSON

In Go (Golang), structured data interchange relies heavily on statically typed structs decorated with field tags from the encoding/json package. Writing these struct definitions by hand for deep REST payloads, microservice responses, or Kubernetes configs is tedious and prone to casing errors.

FormJson automatically parses JSON documents, generates clean PascalCase field names, infers numeric precision (int64 vs float64), and extracts nested objects into decoupled, reusable structs.

JSON to Golang Type Mapping Matrix

JSON Data Value Inferred Go Type Struct Tag Generated Field Sample
"Suyash" string `json:"name"` Name string `json:"name"`
1024 int64 `json:"count"` Count int64 `json:"count"`
99.95 float64 `json:"rate"` Rate float64 `json:"rate"`
true bool `json:"active"` Active bool `json:"active"`
null any `json:"meta"` Meta any `json:"meta"`
["api", "v1"] []string `json:"tags"` Tags []string `json:"tags"`
{"city": "Berlin"} Location `json:"location"` Location Location `json:"location"`

Standard Go JSON Unmarshaling Example

Copy your generated struct directly into your Go package and deserialize HTTP response bodies effortlessly:

package main

import (
    "encoding/json"
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
)

func fetchUser() (*AutoGenerated, error) {
    resp, err := http.Get("https://api.example.com/user")
    if err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    var user AutoGenerated
    if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&user); err != nil {
        return nil, fmt.Errorf("decode failure: %w", err)
    }
    return &user, nil
}

FAQ

How does the converter map JSON types to Golang types?
JSON strings become Go string, numbers become int64 (for whole integers) or float64 (for decimals), booleans become bool, arrays become slices ([]T), and nested JSON objects become decoupled named Go struct definitions.
Are JSON struct tags automatically generated?
Yes. Every struct field includes canonical struct tags formatted as `json:"fieldName"` to ensure seamless encoding/json serialization and deserialization in Go.
How does Go unmarshaling handle missing or optional fields?
If a JSON field may be null or omitted, you can adjust the field to a pointer (e.g. *string) or use the omitempty tag modifier (`json:"field,omitempty"`).
Can I use the generated structs in high-performance Go microservices?
Yes. The generated code is standard, idiomatic Go with zero external dependencies, compatible with the standard library encoding/json, sonic, easyjson, and go-json.
Is my JSON data kept private during conversion?
Yes, 100%. All parsing, AST inspection, and Go struct code generation execute locally inside your web browser. No JSON is ever transmitted to remote servers.

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