nlohmann::json_pointer¶

template<typename RefStringType>
class json_pointer;

A JSON pointer defines a string syntax for identifying a specific value within a JSON document. It can be used with functions at and operator[]. Furthermore, JSON pointers are the base for JSON patches.

Template parameters¶

RefStringType

the string type used for the reference tokens making up the JSON pointer

Member types¶

• string_t - the string type used for the reference tokens

Member functions¶

• (constructor)
• to_string - return a string representation of the JSON pointer
• operator string_t - return a string representation of the JSON pointer
• operator== - compare: equal
• operator!= - compare: not equal
• operator/= - append to the end of the JSON pointer
• operator/ - create JSON Pointer by appending
• parent_pointer - returns the parent of this JSON pointer
• pop_back - remove last reference token
• back - return last reference token
• push_back - append an unescaped token at the end of the pointer
• empty - return whether pointer points to the root document

Literals¶

• operator""_json_pointer - user-defined string literal for JSON pointers

See also¶

• RFC 6901

Version history¶

• Added in version 2.0.0.
• Changed template parameter from basic_json to string type in version 3.11.0.