sd_json_parse
systemd
sd_json_parse
3
sd_json_parse
sd_json_parse_continue
sd_json_parse_with_source
sd_json_parse_with_source_continue
sd_json_parse_file
sd_json_parse_file_at
SD_JSON_PARSE_SENSITIVE
SD_JSON_PARSE_MUST_BE_OBJECT
SD_JSON_PARSE_MUST_BE_ARRAY
Parse JSON strings and files into JSON variant objects
#include <systemd/sd-json.h>
int sd_json_parse
const char *string
sd_json_parse_flags_t flags
sd_json_variant **ret
unsigned *reterr_line
unsigned *reterr_column
int sd_json_parse_continue
const char **p
sd_json_parse_flags_t flags
sd_json_variant **ret
unsigned *reterr_line
unsigned *reterr_column
int sd_json_parse_with_source
const char *string
const char *source
sd_json_parse_flags_t flags
sd_json_variant **ret
unsigned *reterr_line
unsigned *reterr_column
int sd_json_parse_with_source_continue
const char **p
const char *source
sd_json_parse_flags_t flags
sd_json_variant **ret
unsigned *reterr_line
unsigned *reterr_column
int sd_json_parse_file
FILE *f
const char *path
sd_json_parse_flags_t flags
sd_json_variant **ret
unsigned *reterr_line
unsigned *reterr_column
int sd_json_parse_file_at
FILE *f
int dir_fd
const char *path
sd_json_parse_flags_t flags
sd_json_variant **ret
unsigned *reterr_line
unsigned *reterr_column
Description
sd_json_parse() parses the JSON string in string and
returns the resulting JSON variant object in ret. The input must contain exactly
one JSON value (object, array, string, number, boolean, or null); any trailing non-whitespace content
after the first parsed value is considered an error.
If parsing fails, the reterr_line and reterr_column
arguments are set to the line and column (both one-based) where the parse error occurred. One or both
may be passed as NULL if the caller is not interested in error location
information. On success, the return value is non-negative and ret is set to a
newly allocated JSON variant object (which must be freed with
sd_json_variant_unref3
when no longer needed). ret may be passed as NULL, in which
case the input is validated but no object is returned.
sd_json_parse_continue() is similar, but is intended for parsing a sequence of
concatenated JSON values from a single input string. Instead of taking a const char * string
directly, it takes a pointer to a const char * pointer. After each successful parse, the
pointer is advanced past the consumed input, so that subsequent calls will parse the next JSON
value. This is useful for parsing newline-delimited JSON (NDJSON) streams or similar concatenated JSON
formats. Unlike sd_json_parse(), trailing content after the first JSON value is not
considered an error — it is expected to be the beginning of the next value.
sd_json_parse_with_source() and
sd_json_parse_with_source_continue() are similar to
sd_json_parse() and sd_json_parse_continue(), respectively, but
take an additional source argument. This is a human-readable string (typically a
file name or other origin identifier) that is attached to the parsed JSON variant object and can later be
retrieved via
sd_json_variant_get_source3. If
source is NULL, no source information is
attached. sd_json_parse() and sd_json_parse_continue() are
equivalent to calling their _with_source counterparts with
source set to NULL.
sd_json_parse_file() reads and parses a JSON value from a file. If the
f argument is non-NULL, the JSON text is read from the
specified FILE stream. If f is NULL, the file
indicated by path is opened and read instead. The path
argument serves a dual purpose: it is both used for opening the file (if f is
NULL) and recorded as source information in the resulting JSON variant (see
above).
sd_json_parse_file_at() is similar to
sd_json_parse_file(), but takes an additional dir_fd argument
which specifies a file descriptor referring to the directory to resolve relative paths specified in
path against. If set to AT_FDCWD, relative paths are resolved
against the current working directory, which is the default behaviour of
sd_json_parse_file().
The flags argument is a bitmask of zero or more of the following
flags:
SD_JSON_PARSE_SENSITIVE
Marks the resulting JSON variant as "sensitive", indicating that it contains secret
key material or similar confidential data. Sensitive variants are erased from memory when freed and
are excluded from certain debug logging and introspection operations. See
sd_json_variant_sensitive3
for details.
SD_JSON_PARSE_MUST_BE_OBJECT
Requires that the top-level JSON value be a JSON object (i.e. {…}).
If the top-level value is an array, string, number, boolean, or null, parsing fails with
-EINVAL.
SD_JSON_PARSE_MUST_BE_ARRAY
Requires that the top-level JSON value be a JSON array (i.e. […]).
If the top-level value is an object, string, number, boolean, or null, parsing fails with
-EINVAL.
If both SD_JSON_PARSE_MUST_BE_OBJECT and
SD_JSON_PARSE_MUST_BE_ARRAY are set, both objects and arrays are accepted, but
non-container values (strings, numbers, booleans, null) are still refused.
Return Value
On success, these functions return 0. On failure, they return a negative errno-style error
code.
Errors
Returned errors may indicate the following problems:
-EINVAL
The input is not valid JSON, the input contains trailing content after the parsed
value (only for non-_continue variants), or a top-level type constraint
specified via SD_JSON_PARSE_MUST_BE_OBJECT or
SD_JSON_PARSE_MUST_BE_ARRAY was violated.
-ENODATA
The input string is empty or NULL.
-ENOMEM
Memory allocation failed.
History
sd_json_parse(),
sd_json_parse_continue(),
sd_json_parse_with_source(),
sd_json_parse_with_source_continue(),
sd_json_parse_file(), and
sd_json_parse_file_at() were added in version 257.
See Also
systemd1
sd-json3
sd_json_variant_unref3
sd_json_variant_get_source3
sd_json_dispatch3