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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2014 David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2015 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (guix import json)
+  #:use-module (json)
+  #:use-module (guix utils)
+  #:use-module (guix import utils)
+  #:export (json-fetch))
+
+(define (json-fetch url)
+  "Return an alist representation of the JSON resource URL, or #f on failure."
+  (call-with-temporary-output-file
+   (lambda (temp port)
+     (and (url-fetch url temp)
+          (hash-table->alist
+           (call-with-input-file temp json->scm))))))