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# Structs [](http://godoc.org/github.com/fatih/structs) [](https://travis-ci.org/fatih/structs) [](https://coveralls.io/r/fatih/structs)
Structs contains various utilities to work with Go (Golang) structs. It was
initially used by me to convert a struct into a `map[string]interface{}`. With
time I've added other utilities for structs. It's basically a high level
package based on primitives from the reflect package. Feel free to add new
functions or improve the existing code.
## Install
```bash
go get github.com/fatih/structs
```
## Usage and Examples
Just like the standard lib `strings`, `bytes` and co packages, `structs` has
many global functions to manipulate or organize your struct data. Lets define
and declare a struct:
```go
type Server struct {
Name string `json:"name,omitempty"`
ID int
Enabled bool
users []string // not exported
http.Server // embedded
}
server := &Server{
Name: "gopher",
ID: 123456,
Enabled: true,
}
```
```go
// Convert a struct to a map[string]interface{}
// => {"Name":"gopher", "ID":123456, "Enabled":true}
m := structs.Map(server)
// Convert the values of a struct to a []interface{}
// => ["gopher", 123456, true]
v := structs.Values(server)
// Convert the names of a struct to a []string
// (see "Names methods" for more info about fields)
n := structs.Names(server)
// Convert the values of a struct to a []*Field
// (see "Field methods" for more info about fields)
f := structs.Fields(server)
// Return the struct name => "Server"
n := structs.Name(server)
// Check if any field of a struct is initialized or not.
h := structs.HasZero(server)
// Check if all fields of a struct is initialized or not.
z := structs.IsZero(server)
// Check if server is a struct or a pointer to struct
i := structs.IsStruct(server)
```
### Struct methods
The structs functions can be also used as independent methods by creating a new
`*structs.Struct`. This is handy if you want to have more control over the
structs (such as retrieving a single Field).
```go
// Create a new struct type:
s := structs.New(server)
m := s.Map() // Get a map[string]interface{}
v := s.Values() // Get a []interface{}
f := s.Fields() // Get a []*Field
n := s.Names() // Get a []string
f := s.Field(name) // Get a *Field based on the given field name
f, ok := s.FieldOk(name) // Get a *Field based on the given field name
n := s.Name() // Get the struct name
h := s.HasZero() // Check if any field is initialized
z := s.IsZero() // Check if all fields are initialized
```
### Field methods
We can easily examine a single Field for more detail. Below you can see how we
get and interact with various field methods:
```go
s := structs.New(server)
// Get the Field struct for the "Name" field
name := s.Field("Name")
// Get the underlying value, value => "gopher"
value := name.Value().(string)
// Set the field's value
name.Set("another gopher")
// Get the field's kind, kind => "string"
name.Kind()
// Check if the field is exported or not
if name.IsExported() {
fmt.Println("Name field is exported")
}
// Check if the value is a zero value, such as "" for string, 0 for int
if !name.IsZero() {
fmt.Println("Name is initialized")
}
// Check if the field is an anonymous (embedded) field
if !name.IsEmbedded() {
fmt.Println("Name is not an embedded field")
}
// Get the Field's tag value for tag name "json", tag value => "name,omitempty"
tagValue := name.Tag("json")
```
Nested structs are supported too:
```go
addrField := s.Field("Server").Field("Addr")
// Get the value for addr
a := addrField.Value().(string)
// Or get all fields
httpServer := s.Field("Server").Fields()
```
We can also get a slice of Fields from the Struct type to iterate over all
fields. This is handy if you wish to examine all fields:
```go
s := structs.New(server)
for _, f := range s.Fields() {
fmt.Printf("field name: %+v\n", f.Name())
if f.IsExported() {
fmt.Printf("value : %+v\n", f.Value())
fmt.Printf("is zero : %+v\n", f.IsZero())
}
}
```
## Credits
* [Fatih Arslan](https://github.com/fatih)
* [Cihangir Savas](https://github.com/cihangir)
## License
The MIT License (MIT) - see LICENSE.md for more details
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