perl -> Parsing json string of hash - arrays

Question

so I took a curl output of a json formatted output and assigned it to a variable.
my $catcherJSON = decode_json $response->content;
print Dumper $catcherJSON;
When I view the $catcherJSON, I want to see an array of hashes, but I just get a massive string of json.
$VAR1 = [
{
'priority' => 5,
'ingestPath' => '/vg/24CHVOD_en',
...
...
...
},
{
'priority' => 5,
'ingestPath' =>
...
...
},
{
'priority' => 5,
'ingestPath' =>
...
...
},
{
'priority' => 5,
'ingestPath' =>
...
...},
{
'priority' => 5,
'ingestPath' =>
....
...
}
];
The hashes repeat (There are about 300 unique results) and I'm trying to figure out in perl how I can split this 1 string into my array of hashes simply.
Any way that I can easily convert this into a proper array of hashes so I can iterate through it?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Any way that I can easily convert this into a proper array of hashes so I can iterate through it?
You've already done it.
so I took a curl output of a json formatted output and assigned it to a variable.
my $catcherJSON = decode_json $response->content;`
That's not correct.
You took the JSON formatted string from $response->content, decoded the JSON into a Perl data structure, and stored it in $catcherJSON.
When I view the $catcherJSON, I want to see an array of hashes, but I just get a massive string of json.
$catcherJSON is not a string of JSON. $catcherJSON is a Perl array of hashes. You've already decoded the JSON into a Perl data structure with decode_json. It's been formatted by Dumper() back into Perl code so you can read it.
Your code is fine, you have what you want. For example, $catcherJSON->[0]{ingestPath} will be '/vg/24CHVOD_en'.

Answer 2

my $catcherJSON = $response->content;
$catcherJSON =~ s/\n//g;
$catcherJSON = decode_json($catcherJSON);
This was my eventual solution.
When the curl response comes in, all json has line breaks. As soon as line breaks are removed, my decode_json will now refence all as $catcherJSON->[0]{id}, etc...
Thanks everyone for the help here.
Much appreciated.