nlohmann::basic_json::to_cbor¶

// (1)
static std::vector<std::uint8_t> to_cbor(const basic_json& j);

// (2)
static void to_cbor(const basic_json& j, detail::output_adapter<std::uint8_t> o);
static void to_cbor(const basic_json& j, detail::output_adapter<char> o);

Serializes a given JSON value j to a byte vector using the CBOR (Concise Binary Object Representation) serialization format. CBOR is a binary serialization format which aims to be more compact than JSON itself, yet more efficient to parse.

1. Returns a byte vector containing the CBOR serialization.
2. Writes the CBOR serialization to an output adapter.

The exact mapping and its limitations is described on a dedicated page.

Parameters¶

j (in)

JSON value to serialize

o (in)

output adapter to write serialization to

Return value¶

1. CBOR serialization as byte vector
2. (none)

Exception safety¶

Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON value.

Complexity¶

Linear in the size of the JSON value j.

Examples¶

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>

using json = nlohmann::json;
using namespace nlohmann::literals;

int main()
{
    // create a JSON value
    json j = R"({"compact": true, "schema": 0})"_json;

    // serialize it to CBOR
    std::vector<std::uint8_t> v = json::to_cbor(j);

    // print the vector content
    for (auto& byte : v)
    {
        std::cout << "0x" << std::hex << std::setw(2) << std::setfill('0') << (int)byte << " ";
    }
    std::cout << std::endl;
}

0xa2 0x67 0x63 0x6f 0x6d 0x70 0x61 0x63 0x74 0xf5 0x66 0x73 0x63 0x68 0x65 0x6d 0x61 0x00 

Version history¶

• Added in version 2.0.9.
• Compact representation of floating-point numbers added in version 3.8.0.