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Module:

json_out

Summary:

Code for creating simple JSON output.

Author:

Rusty Russell <[email protected]>

Dependencies:

Description:

This code helps you create well-formed JSON strings.

Example:

// Given "a 1 true" outputs {"argv1":"a","argv2":1,"argv3":true}
// Print arguments as a JSON array.
#include <ccan/json_out/json_out.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>

// Simplistic test to see if str needs quotes.
static bool can_be_json_literal(const char *str)
{
        char *endp;
        if (strtol(str, &endp, 10) != LONG_MIN
            && endp != str
            && *endp == '\0')
                return true;
        return !strcmp(str, "true")
                || !strcmp(str, "false")
                || !strcmp(str, "null");
}
        
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
        struct json_out *jout = json_out_new(NULL);
        size_t len;
        const char *p;

        json_out_start(jout, NULL, '{');
        for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
                char fieldname[80];
                sprintf(fieldname, "argv%i", i);
                json_out_add(jout, fieldname,
                             !can_be_json_literal(argv[i]),
                             "%s", argv[i]);
        }
        json_out_end(jout, '}');
        // Force appending of \n
        json_out_direct(jout, 1)[0] = '\n';
        json_out_finished(jout);

        // Now write it out.
        while ((p = json_out_contents(jout, &len)) != NULL) {
                int i = write(STDOUT_FILENO, p, len);
                if (i <= 0)
                        exit(1);
                json_out_consume(jout, i);
        }

        tal_free(jout);
        return 0;
}

License:

BSD-MIT