JSON to Rust Serde Struct Generator (with Derive Macros & Renaming)

Derive Traits (Debug, Clone, PartialEq):
Generated Rust Structs
4
Generated Structs
17
Total Fields
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Technical Reference & Architecture Guide

JSON to Rust Serde Struct Generator Developer Guide — Reference Guide

Comprehensive reference for deriving idiomatic Rust struct models from arbitrary JSON payloads with Serde attributes, Option<T> for nullable keys, and Vec<T> collections.

Key Parameters & Controls

rootStructNamestring

Name given to the root top-level Rust struct type.

deriveTraitsarray<string>

List of derive macros to include (e.g., Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq).

serdeRenameRulestring ('camelCase' | 'snake_case' | 'none')

Macro attribute #[serde(rename_all = '...')] applied to struct definitions.

nullableOptionboolean

Wrap nullable or missing fields inside Option<T> with #[serde(default)].

Pro Tips & Best Practices

Always include #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)] on public API structs for ergonomics.

Use #[serde(rename_all = 'camelCase')] to keep Rust field names idiomatic snake_case while matching JSON APIs.

Detect ISO 8601 timestamps and map them to chrono::DateTime<chrono::Utc> for native datetime arithmetic.

Common Gotchas & Troubleshooting

The generator prefixes keywords with 'r#' (raw identifiers) or suffixes with an underscore and attaches a #[serde(rename = '...')] attribute.

Provide a sample JSON array with at least one representative item to infer the inner struct type.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which numeric types are inferred for numbers?▼

Whole numbers default to i64 (or u64 if always positive) and decimal numbers default to f64.

Are nested objects extracted into distinct named structs?▼

Yes. Sub-objects and array item models are cleanly separated into modular structs.

Does this require external crates?▼

The generated structs require the standard 'serde' crate with features = ['derive'].

Is my data sent to any third-party API?▼

No. The AST parser and Rust code generator operate 100% on the client side in JavaScript.

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