How to access an Array containing hash-like objects

Question

I received an array from an API that appears to contain, for lack of a better phrase, object-style notation.

Since it is an array, I cannot obviously access it by a key or value. I don't see a method in this particular object type that allows me to convert it to a hash, or JSON and then to a hash.

What is the most appropriate way of converting this to a hash where I can access the data by key and value?

Output:

 [#<ObjectType::ObjectRef:0x30f2862
 @_ref="record:full/data/location/setting/partition",
 @configured=false,
 @name="John Doe",
 @addr="10.10.10.10">]

Alternatively, if this can be converted to an array with multiple elements (instead of one big chunked together element), I could parse it to CSV and filter outside of Ruby. The elements in the new array would contain the "values" (e.g. false, "John Doe", "10.10.10.10).

Answer 1

Try this:

array # =>  [#<ObjectType::ObjectRef:0x30f2862
             @_ref="record:full/data/location/setting/partition",
             @configured=false,
             @name="John Doe",
             @addr="10.10.10.10">]
array.map { |a| {configured: a.configured, name: a.name, addr: a.addr} }

# or if you can't access the instance variables
array.map do |a|
  {
    configured: a.instance_variable_get(:@configured), 
    name: a.instance_variable_get(:@name), 
    addr: a.instance_variable_get(:@addr)
  }
end # => [{configured: false, name: "John Doe", addr: "10.10.10.10"}]

# and if you want an array
array.map do |a|
  [
    a.instance_variable_get(:@configured), 
    a.instance_variable_get(:@name), 
    a.instance_variable_get(:@addr)
  ]
end # => [[false, "John Doe", "10.10.10.10"]]