Parse only some part of JSON

[TheSirC]

I would like to know if I am missing a pattern in JSON destructuring using serde-json:

I am trying to parse a String-represented JSON into a struct but my struct only parse a part of the JSON. How would you do it?

A more precise example

The String-represented JSON to parse :

{
fieldA : SomeValue, 
fieldB : [TheArrayOfValuesIWant, WithPrettyMuch, TheSameTypeOfObjectsIn], 
… // many other fields omitted
}

With fieldB being the field I want to parse and the other field that I want to discard.

[dtolnay]

You can deserialize into a struct containing only fieldB. Other fields will be ignored efficiently.

[Hyeonu]

By default, serde-json discards excess fields of JSON object. So, this just enough:

#[derive(Deserialize)]
struct Data {
  #[serde(rename = "fieldB")]
  elems: Vec<Elem>,
}

let data: Data = serde_json::from_str(json).unwrap();

[TheSirC]

Thank you all for your replies ! @dtolnay @Hyeonu
I wish I could figure those small snippets myself : where could I have found this in the documentation ?

[nickelc]

https://serde.rs/container-attrs.html#deny_unknown_fields