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Erlang NIF JSON encoder/decoder using the glaze C++ library
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src/glazer_json.erl
-module(glazer_json).
-moduledoc """
Fast JSON encoding and decoding using the glaze C++ library.
By default `null`s are represented as the atom `null`. To change it
application-wide, set the `null` env key in your config:
```
{glazer, [{null, nil}]}.
```
## Features
- Decoding straight to Erlang terms: maps, lists, binaries, integers
(including bignums), floats, booleans, and `null`
- Encoding Erlang terms straight to JSON, including big integers
- Incremental/streaming decoding of partial input (e.g. NDJSON over a
socket) via `stream_decoder/0,1`, `stream_feed/2`, `stream_eof/1`
- Configurable representation of JSON `null` and JSON object keys
- `minify/1` and `prettify/1` helpers
- `read_file/1,2` and `write_file/2,3` helpers for decoding/encoding
directly to/from a file
- `query/2,3`: run a [jq](https://jqlang.org/) filter over a JSON
document, returning decoded Erlang terms (requires `glazer` to be built
with `libjq` available)
""".
-export([decode/1, decode/2, try_decode/1, try_decode/2,
encode/1, encode/2, minify/1, prettify/1,
query/2, query/3,
scan/1, scan/2,
read_file/1, read_file/2, write_file/2, write_file/3,
stream_decoder/0, stream_decoder/1, stream_feed/2, stream_eof/1]).
-type decode_opt() ::
object_as_tuple
| use_nil
| {null_term, atom()}
| {keys, atom | existing_atom | binary}
| dedupe_keys.
-doc """
Decode options:
- `object_as_tuple` - decode JSON objects as `{[{K, V}]}` proplists rather than maps
- `use_nil` - use the atom `nil` for JSON null
- `{null_term, Atom}` - use `Atom` for JSON null
- `{keys, atom}` - decode object keys as atoms
- `{keys, existing_atom}` - decode keys as existing atoms, fall back to binary
- `{keys, binary}` - decode keys as binaries (default)
- `dedupe_keys` - with `object_as_tuple`, eliminate duplicate object
keys from the resulting proplist, keeping the last occurrence's value
(and position). Has no effect when objects are decoded as maps (the
default) or with `{keys, atom | existing_atom}`: a JSON object with
duplicate keys is always deduped (last value wins) when decoded to a map,
since maps cannot represent duplicate keys.
""".
-type decode_opts() :: [decode_opt()].
-type encode_opt() ::
pretty
| uescape
| force_utf8
| use_nil
| {null_term, atom()}.
-doc """
Encode options:
- `pretty` - pretty-print the JSON output
- `uescape` - escape non-ASCII characters as \\uXXXX sequences
- `force_utf8` - fix invalid UTF-8 sequences before encoding
- `use_nil` - encode the atom `nil` as JSON `null`
- `{null_term, Atom}` - encode `Atom` as JSON `null`
""".
-type encode_opts() :: [encode_opt()].
-type query_reason() ::
enomem
| jq_not_available
| jq_decode_error
| {jq_compile_error, binary()}
| invalid_input
| binary().
-export_type([decode_opt/0, decode_opts/0, encode_opt/0, encode_opts/0, query_reason/0,
scan_state/0, stream_decoder/0]).
-type scan_state() :: tuple().
-record(stream_decoder, {
opts = [] :: decode_opts(),
buffer = <<>> :: binary(),
state = undefined :: scan_state() | undefined
}).
-opaque stream_decoder() :: #stream_decoder{}.
-doc """
Decode a JSON binary or iolist to an Erlang term. JSON objects are returned as
maps (default). Raises `{parse_error, Msg}` on invalid input.
""".
-spec decode(binary() | iolist()) -> term().
decode(Input) ->
case try_decode(Input) of
{ok, Term} -> Term;
{error, Reason} -> error({parse_error, Reason})
end.
-doc """
Decode a JSON binary or iolist to an Erlang term with options.
Raises `{parse_error, Reason}` on invalid input.
""".
-spec decode(binary() | iolist(), decode_opts()) -> term().
decode(Input, Opts) ->
case try_decode(Input, Opts) of
{ok, Term} -> Term;
{error, Reason} -> error({parse_error, Reason})
end.
-doc """
Decode a JSON binary or iolist, returning `{ok, Term}` or
`{error, Reason}` instead of raising.
""".
-spec try_decode(binary() | iolist()) -> {ok, term()} | {error, binary()}.
try_decode(Input) ->
glazer:json_try_decode(Input).
-doc """
Decode a JSON binary or iolist with options, returning `{ok, Term}` or
`{error, Reason}` instead of raising.
""".
-spec try_decode(binary() | iolist(), decode_opts()) -> {ok, term()} | {error, binary()}.
try_decode(Input, Opts) ->
glazer:json_try_decode(Input, Opts).
-doc "Encode an Erlang term to a JSON binary.".
-spec encode(term()) -> binary().
encode(Data) ->
glazer:json_encode(Data).
-doc "Encode an Erlang term to a JSON binary with options.".
-spec encode(term(), encode_opts()) -> binary().
encode(Data, Opts) ->
glazer:json_encode(Data, Opts).
-doc "Minify a JSON binary or iolist, removing all unnecessary whitespace.".
-spec minify(binary() | iolist()) -> binary().
minify(Input) ->
glazer:json_minify(Input).
-doc "Pretty-print a JSON binary or iolist with two-space indentation.".
-spec prettify(binary() | iolist()) -> binary().
prettify(Input) ->
glazer:json_prettify(Input).
-doc """
Read `Filename` and decode its contents as JSON.
Raises `{parse_error, Reason}` if the file's contents aren't valid JSON, or
a binary `"Filename: Reason"` message (see `file:format_error/1`) if the
file can't be read.
## Example
```erlang
1> glazer_json:read_file("data.json").
#{<<"a">> => 1}
```
""".
-spec read_file(file:name_all()) -> term().
read_file(Filename) ->
read_file(Filename, []).
-doc """
Read `Filename` and decode its contents as JSON, with decode options
(see `decode/2`).
""".
-spec read_file(file:name_all(), decode_opts()) -> term().
read_file(Filename, Opts) ->
case file:read_file(Filename) of
{ok, Bin} -> decode(Bin, Opts);
{error, Reason} -> error(glazer:format_error("~ts: ~ts", [Filename,file:format_error(Reason)]))
end.
-doc """
Encode `Data` to JSON and write it to `Filename`, overwriting any existing
file.
Raises a binary `"Filename: Reason"` message (see `file:format_error/1`)
if the file can't be written.
## Example
```erlang
1> glazer_json:write_file("data.json", #{<<"a">> => 1}).
ok
```
""".
-spec write_file(file:name_all(), term()) -> ok.
write_file(Filename, Data) ->
write_file(Filename, Data, []).
-doc """
Encode `Data` to JSON with encode options (see `encode/2`) and write it to
`Filename`, overwriting any existing file.
""".
-spec write_file(file:name_all(), term(), encode_opts()) -> ok.
write_file(Filename, Data, Opts) ->
case file:write_file(Filename, encode(Data, Opts)) of
ok -> ok;
{error, Reason} -> error(glazer:format_error("~ts: ~ts", [Filename, file:format_error(Reason)]))
end.
-doc """
Run a [jq](https://jqlang.org/) `Filter` program against a JSON binary or
iolist `Input`, returning one Erlang term per value produced by the filter
(in the order they are emitted by jq).
Requires `glazer` to have been built against `libjq`; if `libjq` was not
available at build time, this returns `{error, jq_not_available}`.
A runtime error raised by the filter itself (e.g. via jq's `error/0,1`) is
returned as `{error, Msg}` where `Msg` is the binary message produced by jq.
```
1> glazer_json:query(<<"{\\"a\\":[1,2,3]}">>, <<".a[]">>).
{ok,[1,2,3]}
2> glazer_json:query(<<"{\\"a\\":1}">>, <<".b">>).
{ok,[null]}
3> glazer_json:query(<<"not json">>, <<".">>).
{error, invalid_input}
```
""".
-spec query(binary() | iolist(), binary() | iolist()) ->
{ok, [term()]} | {error, query_reason()}.
query(Input, Filter) ->
glazer:json_query(Input, Filter).
-doc """
Like `query/2`, but decodes each result term using `DecodeOpts`
(see `decode/2`).
""".
-spec query(binary() | iolist(), binary() | iolist(), decode_opts()) ->
{ok, [term()]} | {error, query_reason()}.
query(Input, Filter, DecodeOpts) ->
glazer:json_query(Input, Filter, DecodeOpts).
-doc """
Locate the end of the next complete top-level JSON value in `Bin`, without
decoding it.
Returns:
- `{complete, EndOffset}` - a complete value spans `binary:part(Bin, 0,
EndOffset)`; the rest of `Bin` (if any) is left over for the next call
- `{incomplete, ScanState}` - `Bin` doesn't yet contain a complete value;
feed more data via `scan/2` once it's available, passing the *entire
unconsumed remainder* (this `Bin`, with new bytes appended) plus
`ScanState`
This is the low-level primitive behind [`stream_feed/2`](`stream_feed/2`);
most callers should use the `stream_*` API instead.
## Example
Slicing off complete values from a buffer of concatenated JSON:
```erlang
1> Buf0 = <<"{\"a\":1} {\"b\":2}">>,
2> {complete, End1} = glazer_json:scan(Buf0).
{complete, 7}
3> <<Val1:End1/binary, Buf1/binary>> = Buf0,
4> Val1.
<<"{\"a\":1}">>
5> Buf1.
<<" {\"b\":2}">>
6> {complete, End2} = glazer_json:scan(Buf1).
{complete, 8}
```
Resuming a scan once more bytes arrive:
```erlang
1> {incomplete, S0} = glazer_json:scan(<<"{\"a\":">>).
{incomplete, {6,1,false,false,true,false}}
2> glazer_json:scan(<<"{\"a\":1}">>, S0).
{complete, 7}
```
""".
-spec scan(binary() | iolist()) -> {complete, non_neg_integer()} | {incomplete, scan_state()}.
scan(Bin) ->
glazer:json_scan(Bin).
-doc """
Resume scanning `Bin` (the unconsumed remainder plus newly-appended bytes)
from `ScanState`.
""".
-spec scan(binary() | iolist(), scan_state()) -> {complete, non_neg_integer()} | {incomplete, scan_state()}.
scan(Bin, ScanState) ->
glazer:json_scan(Bin, ScanState).
%%%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
%%% Streaming / incremental decode
%%%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-doc """
Create a new incremental decoder for feeding JSON in chunks (e.g. from a
socket or file), useful when a complete document isn't available up front
or when a stream contains a sequence of concatenated/whitespace-separated
JSON values (e.g. newline-delimited JSON).
Decoding itself is **not** incremental — each complete top-level value is
still decoded in a single pass via [`decode/2`](`decode/2`) using the
library's fast whole-buffer decoder. Only the *boundary detection* (finding
where one value ends and the next begins) is incremental, via a small
byte-scanner that tracks nesting/string state across chunks.
## Example
```erlang
1> D0 = glazer_json:stream_decoder(),
2> {Vals1, D1} = glazer_json:stream_feed(D0, <<"{\"a\":1} {\"b\":">>),
3> Vals1.
[#{<<"a">> => 1}]
4> {Vals2, _D2} = glazer_json:stream_feed(D1, <<"2}">>),
5> Vals2.
[#{<<"b">> => 2}]
```
""".
-spec stream_decoder() -> stream_decoder().
stream_decoder() ->
stream_decoder([]).
-doc """
Create a new incremental decoder, passing `Opts` through to every
[`decode/2`](`decode/2`) call.
""".
-spec stream_decoder(decode_opts()) -> stream_decoder().
stream_decoder(Opts) when is_list(Opts) ->
#stream_decoder{opts = Opts}.
-doc """
Feed a chunk of bytes into the decoder, returning any complete JSON values
found so far (in order) along with the updated decoder.
Raises the same exceptions as [`decode/2`](`decode/2`) (e.g.
`Reason`) if a value that the scanner deemed complete fails
to decode.
## Example
Call `stream_feed/2` for each chunk received from the source while more
data may still arrive, and [`stream_eof/1`](`stream_eof/1`) once the source
is exhausted to flush any trailing value:
```erlang
loop(Socket, D0) ->
case gen_tcp:recv(Socket, 0) of
{ok, Chunk} ->
{Vals, D1} = glazer_json:stream_feed(D0, Chunk),
handle_values(Vals),
loop(Socket, D1);
{error, closed} ->
case glazer_json:stream_eof(D0) of
{ok, Trailing} -> handle_values(Trailing);
{error, Reason} -> handle_truncated_stream(Reason)
end
end.
```
The same decoder fits naturally into a `gen_server` driving an
active-mode socket: keep the `stream_decoder()` in the process state,
feed it from `handle_info({tcp, ...})`, and flush it on
`{tcp_closed, ...}`:
```erlang
-module(json_conn).
-behaviour(gen_server).
-export([start_link/1]).
-export([init/1, handle_call/3, handle_cast/2, handle_info/2]).
-record(state, {socket, decoder}).
start_link(Socket) ->
gen_server:start_link(?MODULE, Socket, []).
init(Socket) ->
inet:setopts(Socket, [{active, once}]),
{ok, #state{socket = Socket, decoder = glazer_json:stream_decoder()}}.
handle_info({tcp, Socket, Data}, #state{socket = Socket, decoder = D0} = State) ->
{Vals, D1} = glazer_json:stream_feed(D0, Data),
lists:foreach(fun handle_value/1, Vals),
inet:setopts(Socket, [{active, once}]),
{noreply, State#state{decoder = D1}};
handle_info({tcp_closed, Socket}, #state{socket = Socket, decoder = D0} = State) ->
case glazer_json:stream_eof(D0) of
{ok, Trailing} -> lists:foreach(fun handle_value/1, Trailing);
{error, Reason} -> handle_truncated_stream(Reason)
end,
{stop, normal, State};
handle_info({tcp_error, Socket, Reason}, #state{socket = Socket} = State) ->
{stop, Reason, State}.
handle_call(_Request, _From, State) -> {reply, ok, State}.
handle_cast(_Request, State) -> {noreply, State}.
handle_value(Val) ->
io:format("received: ~p~n", [Val]).
```
""".
-spec stream_feed(stream_decoder(), binary() | iolist()) -> {[term()], stream_decoder()}.
stream_feed(#stream_decoder{buffer = Buf} = D, Chunk) ->
NewBuf = iolist_to_binary([Buf, Chunk]),
stream_drain(D#stream_decoder{buffer = NewBuf, state = undefined}, []).
stream_drain(#stream_decoder{buffer = Buf, opts = Opts} = D, Acc) ->
case scan(Buf) of
{complete, End} ->
<<ValueBin:End/binary, Rest/binary>> = Buf,
Term = decode(ValueBin, Opts),
stream_drain(D#stream_decoder{buffer = Rest, state = undefined}, [Term | Acc]);
{incomplete, NewSt} ->
{lists:reverse(Acc), D#stream_decoder{state = NewSt}}
end.
-doc """
Signal end-of-stream: decode any remaining buffered bytes as a final value
(useful for a trailing bare scalar, e.g. a lone number or `true`/`null`,
which the scanner can't otherwise distinguish from a value that's still
being written to mid-chunk).
Returns `{ok, [Term]}` with zero or one trailing value, or `{error,
Reason}` if the remaining bytes don't form a complete value.
## Example
```erlang
1> D0 = glazer_json:stream_decoder(),
2> {Vals1, D1} = glazer_json:stream_feed(D0, <<"123">>),
3> Vals1.
[]
4> glazer_json:stream_eof(D1).
{ok, [123]}
```
A stream that ends mid-value (e.g. a dropped connection) yields an error
instead of silently dropping the partial data:
```erlang
1> D0 = glazer_json:stream_decoder(),
2> {Vals1, D1} = glazer_json:stream_feed(D0, <<"{\"a\":1, \"b\":">>),
3> Vals1.
[]
4> glazer_json:stream_eof(D1).
{error, _Reason}
```
""".
-spec stream_eof(stream_decoder()) -> {ok, [term()]} | {error, term()}.
stream_eof(#stream_decoder{buffer = Buf, opts = Opts}) ->
case is_blank(Buf) of
true -> {ok, []};
false ->
try decode(Buf, Opts) of
Term -> {ok, [Term]}
catch
error:Reason -> {error, Reason}
end
end.
%% True if `Bin` is empty or contains only JSON whitespace (space, tab, CR, LF).
is_blank(Bin) ->
lists:all(fun(B) -> B =:= $\s orelse B =:= $\t orelse B =:= $\r orelse B =:= $\n end,
binary_to_list(Bin)).