guix-devel/guix/import/json.scm

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(define-module (guix import json)
  #:use-module (json)
  #:use-module (guix http-client)
  #:use-module (guix import utils)
  #:use-module (srfi srfi-34)
  #:export (json-fetch))

(define (json-fetch url)
  "Return an alist representation of the JSON resource URL, or #f on failure."
  (guard (c ((and (http-get-error? c)
                  (= 404 (http-get-error-code c)))
             #f))                       ;"expected" if package is unknown
    (let* ((port (http-fetch url))
           (result (hash-table->alist (json->scm port))))
      (close-port port)
      result)))