{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Eric Normand Podcast","title":"How can you work with a JSON value if you know nothing about it?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/266e5f71\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":987,"description":"I have talked about the difficulty of typing certain JSON values coming from some APIs. The JSON is just very complicated. When I do that, I often get this question “how can you work with a JSON value if you know nothing about it?” The question is rhetorical. Of course you can’t do anything if you know nothing about it. But we do know a ton! We just can’t (or it’s very difficult to) encode what we know as a type.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/WbyB3L00271RX0nwX_O6wfvG-9-GVuhuQNa4JxI1IvI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzMzgvMTU2ODQ4/NjQ0MC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}