local record = {
    kubernetes = {
        namespace = {
            name = "your-namespace",
            labels = {
                label1 = "value1",
                label2 = "value2"
            }
        }
    }
}

local function parse_configmap(configmap_file)
    local siem_configs = {}

    local function file_exists(name)
        local f = io.open(name, "r")
        return f ~= nil and io.close(f)
    end

    if file_exists(configmap_file) then
        local file = io.open(configmap_file, "r")
        if file then
        local content = file:read("*a")
        if content ~= '' then
            siem_configs = decode(content)
        end 
        file:close()
        end
    else
        print("File does not exist: " .. configmap_file)
    end

    return siem_configs
end
  

print(record["kubernetes"]["namespace"]["labels"]["label1"])

parse_configmap("testdata/siem/siem2.json")