cJSON

# cJSON

Ultralightweight JSON parser in ANSI C.

## Table of contents
* [License](#license)
* [Usage](#usage)
  * [Welcome to cJSON](#welcome-to-cjson)
  * [Building](#building)
    * [Copying the source](#copying-the-source)
    * [CMake](#cmake)
    * [Makefile](#makefile)
    * [Meson](#meson)
    * [Vcpkg](#Vcpkg)
  * [Including cJSON](#including-cjson)
  * [Data Structure](#data-structure)
  * [Working with the data structure](#working-with-the-data-structure)
    * [Basic types](#basic-types)
    * [Arrays](#arrays)
    * [Objects](#objects)
  * [Parsing JSON](#parsing-json)
  * [Printing JSON](#printing-json)
  * [Example](#example)
    * [Printing](#printing)
    * [Parsing](#parsing)
  * [Caveats](#caveats)
    * [Zero Character](#zero-character)
    * [Character Encoding](#character-encoding)
    * [C Standard](#c-standard)
    * [Floating Point Numbers](#floating-point-numbers)
    * [Deep Nesting Of Arrays And Objects](#deep-nesting-of-arrays-and-objects)
    * [Thread Safety](#thread-safety)
    * [Case Sensitivity](#case-sensitivity)
    * [Duplicate Object Members](#duplicate-object-members)
  * [Enjoy cJSON!](#enjoy-cjson)

## License

MIT License

>  Copyright (c) 2009-2017 Dave Gamble and cJSON contributors
>
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## Usage

### Welcome to cJSON.

cJSON aims to be the dumbest possible parser that you can get your job done with.
It's a single file of C, and a single header file.

JSON is described best here: http://www.json.org/
It's like XML, but fat-free. You use it to move data around, store things, or just
generally represent your program's state.

As a library, cJSON exists to take away as much legwork as it can, but not get in your way.
As a point of pragmatism (i.e. ignoring the truth), I'm going to say that you can use it
in one of two modes: Auto and Manual. Let's have a quick run-through.

I lifted some JSON from this page: http://www.json.org/fatfree.html
That page inspired