use strict; use warnings; use File::Slurp; use JSON; my $json = read_file(\*DATA); my $j = JSON->new; my %json_text = %{ $j->decode($json) }; while( my ( $key, $value ) = each %json_text ) { print "$key = $value\n"; } __DATA__ { "alertCounts" : [ { "count" : 5, "rule" : "rule1" }, { "count" : 16, "rule" : "rule2" } ], "balArray" : [ { "containerArray" : [], "name" : "user_ip" }, { "containerArray" : [ { "entryArray" : [ { "action" : "flag", "expires" : "00:00:00", "hitsSinceAdded" : 56, "name" : "/my/page", "priority" : 4, "rule" : "rule1", "timestamp" : "15:28:40.150" } ], "name" : "192.168.1.100" }, { "entryArray" : [ { "action" : "flag", "expires" : "00:00:00", "hitsSinceAdded" : 185, "name" : "/my/page", "priority" : 4, "rule" : "rule2", "timestamp" : "15:12:55.961" } ], "name" : "192.168.1.101" }