[json] Convert Go map to json

Since this question was asked/last answered, support for non string key types for maps for json Marshal/UnMarshal has been added through the use of TextMarshaler and TextUnmarshaler interfaces here. You could just implement these interfaces for your key types and then json.Marshal would work as expected.

package main

import (
    "encoding/json"
    "fmt"
    "strconv"
)

// Num wraps the int value so that we can implement the TextMarshaler and TextUnmarshaler 
type Num int

func (n *Num) UnmarshalText(text []byte) error {
    i, err := strconv.Atoi(string(text))
    if err != nil {
        return err
    }
    *n = Num(i)
    return nil
}

func (n Num) MarshalText() (text []byte, err error) {
    return []byte(strconv.Itoa(int(n))), nil
}

type Foo struct {
    Number Num    `json:"number"`
    Title  string `json:"title"`
}

func main() {
    datas := make(map[Num]Foo)

    for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
        datas[Num(i)] = Foo{Number: 1, Title: "test"}
    }

    jsonString, err := json.Marshal(datas)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    fmt.Println(datas)
    fmt.Println(jsonString)

    m := make(map[Num]Foo)
    err = json.Unmarshal(jsonString, &m)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    fmt.Println(m)
}

Output:

map[1:{1 test} 2:{1 test} 4:{1 test} 7:{1 test} 8:{1 test} 9:{1 test} 0:{1 test} 3:{1 test} 5:{1 test} 6:{1 test}]
[123 34 48 34 58 123 34 110 117 109 98 101 114 34 58 34 49 34 44 34 116 105 116 108 101 34 58 34 116 101 115 116 34 125 44 34 49 34 58 123 34 110 117 109 98 101 114 34 58 34 49 34 44 34 116 105 116 108 101 34 58 34 116 101 115 116 34 125 44 34 50 34 58 123 34 110 117 109 98 101 114 34 58 34 49 34 44 34 116 105 116 108 101 34 58 34 116 101 115 116 34 125 44 34 51 34 58 123 34 110 117 109 98 101 114 34 58 34 49 34 44 34 116 105 116 108 101 34 58 34 116 101 115 116 34 125 44 34 52 34 58 123 34 110 117 109 98 101 114 34 58 34 49 34 44 34 116 105 116 108 101 34 58 34 116 101 115 116 34 125 44 34 53 34 58 123 34 110 117 109 98 101 114 34 58 34 49 34 44 34 116 105 116 108 101 34 58 34 116 101 115 116 34 125 44 34 54 34 58 123 34 110 117 109 98 101 114 34 58 34 49 34 44 34 116 105 116 108 101 34 58 34 116 101 115 116 34 125 44 34 55 34 58 123 34 110 117 109 98 101 114 34 58 34 49 34 44 34 116 105 116 108 101 34 58 34 116 101 115 116 34 125 44 34 56 34 58 123 34 110 117 109 98 101 114 34 58 34 49 34 44 34 116 105 116 108 101 34 58 34 116 101 115 116 34 125 44 34 57 34 58 123 34 110 117 109 98 101 114 34 58 34 49 34 44 34 116 105 116 108 101 34 58 34 116 101 115 116 34 125 125]
map[4:{1 test} 5:{1 test} 6:{1 test} 7:{1 test} 0:{1 test} 2:{1 test} 3:{1 test} 1:{1 test} 8:{1 test} 9:{1 test}]