Using Symbols

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You can use JSON together with Ruby symbols. With the option symbolize_names for the parser, the keys in the resulting hash will be symbols instead of strings.

json = '{ "a": 1, "b": 2 }'
puts JSON.parse(json, symbolize_names: true)
>> {:a=>1, :b=>2}

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