docs: new design for the documentation site

Apply the brand to the Material for MkDocs site: Inter and JetBrains Mono
served by the site (upright and real italic), brand colours, blue header band
with the syntax pattern, wordmark in the header, new home page (hero, cards,
animated feature tour), 404 page, polish for tabs, search, footer, focus
rings, tables and code blocks, and theme features (code copy, previous/next
footer, TOC follow, search suggestions).

Draw the number railroad diagram, the parser callback events and the iterator
illustrations as inline SVGs that follow the light and dark scheme. The
generator scripts are in docs/mkdocs/scripts/figures; the feature slideshow
(json-light.svg, json-dark.svg, replacing json.gif on the home page) is built
by docs/mkdocs/scripts/slideshow. Decision nodes in five flowcharts become
hexagons, which need far less room.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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# Rebuild the animated feature slideshow of the home page (docs/images/json-light.svg and json-dark.svg) when
# slides.md, build.py or the fonts change. Needs uv (build.py declares its dependencies inline, PEP 723), curl,
# unzip and shasum. Run it from docs/mkdocs/scripts/slideshow.
#
# make download missing fonts and build both SVGs
# make fonts download only the fonts
# make SECONDS=12 change the time per slide
# make clean remove the generated SVGs
# make distclean also remove the downloaded fonts
SECONDS ?= 15
IMAGES := ../../docs/images
LIGHT := $(IMAGES)/json-light.svg
DARK := $(IMAGES)/json-dark.svg
RUN := uv run --script build.py
FONTS := fonts/Inter.ttf fonts/JetBrainsMono.ttf
DEPS := build.py slides.md $(FONTS)
# Pinned sources; the checksums make a changed upstream file fail instead of silently changing the output.
# Inter: Google Fonts repository at a fixed commit (variable font with opsz and wght axes).
INTER_URL := https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/0b58fb370093f9a9f4ff785d94405710b79de67c/ofl/inter/Inter%5Bopsz%2Cwght%5D.ttf
# JetBrains Mono: release 2.304 (the variable font in fonts/variable/ of the zip).
JBM_URL := https://github.com/JetBrains/JetBrainsMono/releases/download/v2.304/JetBrainsMono-2.304.zip
JBM_ZIP := fonts/JetBrainsMono-2.304.zip
SHA256_Inter.ttf := 29160a80ff49ddcab2c97711247e08b1fab27a484a329ce8b813d820dc559031
SHA256_JetBrainsMono.ttf := 662a196d58f1183bf2d77428b6d5283fe3f45161ab021bea4036bc98e5cac016
SHA256_JetBrainsMono-2.304.zip := 6f6376c6ed2960ea8a963cd7387ec9d76e3f629125bc33d1fdcd7eb7012f7bbf
# Check $@.tmp against its pinned checksum, then move it into place.
define verify
echo '$(SHA256_$(notdir $@)) $@.tmp' | shasum -a 256 -c --quiet - || { rm -f $@.tmp; exit 1; }
mv $@.tmp $@
endef
.PHONY: all fonts clean distclean
.INTERMEDIATE: $(JBM_ZIP)
all: $(LIGHT) $(DARK)
fonts: $(FONTS)
# fixed colours for the docs: an <img> cannot see Material's theme toggle, so the home page includes both
# and shows the one that matches
$(LIGHT): $(DEPS)
$(RUN) $@.tmp $(SECONDS) light
mv $@.tmp $@
$(DARK): $(DEPS)
$(RUN) $@.tmp $(SECONDS) dark
mv $@.tmp $@
fonts/Inter.ttf:
mkdir -p fonts
curl -fsSL -m 300 -o $@.tmp '$(INTER_URL)'
$(verify)
$(JBM_ZIP):
mkdir -p fonts
curl -fsSL -m 300 -o $@.tmp '$(JBM_URL)'
$(verify)
fonts/JetBrainsMono.ttf: | $(JBM_ZIP)
unzip -p $(JBM_ZIP) 'fonts/variable/JetBrainsMono[[]wght].ttf' > $@.tmp
$(verify)
clean:
rm -f $(LIGHT) $(DARK) $(IMAGES)/*.svg.tmp
distclean: clean
rm -f $(FONTS) fonts/*.tmp $(JBM_ZIP)
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# Feature slideshow of the home page
`make` builds `docs/images/json-light.svg` and `json-dark.svg`, the animated feature tour on the home page. They replace
`json.gif` there. All text is outlined, so the SVGs need no fonts. Material's theme toggle cannot be seen from an
`<img>`, so the home page includes both files (`#only-light`, `#only-dark`) and Material shows the one that matches.
The slides are in [`slides.md`](slides.md): one `# Title` per slide (`{badge: TEXT}` at the end adds a red chip), `- `
bullets, and one fenced code block. `build.py` adds the title and closing slides around them, so the slide count follows
the file. Every snippet should compile against the current `develop`. Use a non-breaking space to keep words together
("16 bytes").
```bash
make # download missing fonts, build both SVGs
make SECONDS=12
make clean # remove the SVGs; make distclean also removes the fonts
```
Run it from this directory. It needs [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/), plus curl, unzip and shasum for the fonts:
`build.py` declares its dependencies inline (PEP 723, pinned, so the output stays byte-identical) and `uv run --script`
provides them. `fonts/` is git-ignored: Inter (variable, Google Fonts repository) and JetBrains Mono 2.304 (variable)
are downloaded from pinned URLs and checked against their SHA-256; a changed upstream file stops the build.
`./build.py OUT.svg [seconds] [auto|light|dark]` works directly too. A mistake in `slides.md` stops the build with
`slides.md:LINE` and leaves the old SVGs in place.
Layout: title 48 px, bullets 24 px, code 19 px; the build warns when a slide's code would drop below 18 px. Syntax colours
are the `code-*` tokens of the brand (also used by `css/brand.css`). A CSS animation dissolves each slide over the
previous one and fills the progress bar; with reduced motion only the first slide shows.
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#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script
# /// script
# requires-python = ">=3.9"
# dependencies = ["fonttools==4.67.0", "uharfbuzz==0.57.0"]
# ///
"""Animated SVG slideshow prototype for nlohmann/json, all text outlined (harfbuzz shaping, glyphs as <path> + <use>).
Usage: uv run --script build.py OUT.svg [seconds-per-slide] [auto|light|dark]
auto (the default) follows prefers-color-scheme. light and dark fix the colours, for pages with their own theme
toggle (MkDocs Material), which an <img> cannot see.
The pinned versions keep the output byte-identical; a different harfbuzz may shape slightly differently.
"""
import re, sys, os
import uharfbuzz as hb
from fontTools.pens.svgPathPen import SVGPathPen
HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
FONTS = os.path.join(HERE, "fonts")
W, H = 1200, 675
TOTAL = 0 # number of slides, set once slides.md is read (for the "02 / 20" labels and the progress segments)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- glyphs
class Face:
def __init__(self, file, key, feats=None):
blob = hb.Blob.from_file_path(os.path.join(FONTS, file))
self.face = hb.Face(blob)
self.upem = self.face.upem
self.key = key
self.feats = feats or {}
def font(self, var):
f = hb.Font(self.face)
f.set_variations(var)
return f
INTER = Face("Inter.ttf", "i", {"cv11": True, "ss03": True, "kern": True})
MONO = Face("JetBrainsMono.ttf", "m", {"calt": False, "liga": False})
GLYPHS = {} # (face, var, gid) -> id
DEFS = []
def gid_ref(face, font, var, gid):
k = (face.key, tuple(sorted(var.items())), gid)
if k not in GLYPHS:
pen = SVGPathPen(None, ntos=lambda v: str(round(v)))
font.draw_glyph_with_pen(gid, pen)
d = pen.getCommands()
gidname = f"g{len(GLYPHS):x}"
GLYPHS[k] = gidname if d else None
if d:
DEFS.append(f'<path id="{gidname}" d="{d}"/>')
return GLYPHS[k]
def shape(face, text, wght, size, track=0.0):
if not text:
return [], 0, face.upem
var = {"wght": wght}
if face is INTER:
var["opsz"] = max(14, min(32, size))
font = face.font(var)
buf = hb.Buffer()
buf.add_str(text)
buf.guess_segment_properties()
hb.shape(font, buf, face.feats)
out, x = [], 0
tr = track * face.upem
for info, pos in zip(buf.glyph_infos, buf.glyph_positions):
out.append((gid_ref(face, font, var, info.codepoint), x + pos.x_offset, pos.y_offset))
x += pos.x_advance + tr
return out, x - tr, face.upem
def width(text, face=INTER, wght=400, size=16, track=0.0):
_, w, upem = shape(face, text, wght, size, track)
return w * size / upem
def run(text, x, y, size, wght=400, cls="tx", face=INTER, track=0.0):
"""One line of text, baseline at y. Returns (svg, width_px)."""
glyphs, w, upem = shape(face, text, wght, size, track)
s = size / upem
uses = "".join(f'<use href="#{g}" x="{gx}"' + (f' y="{-gy}"' if gy else "") + "/>"
for g, gx, gy in glyphs if g)
return (f'<g class="{cls}" transform="translate({x:g} {y:g}) scale({s:.6g} {-s:.6g})">{uses}</g>', w * s)
def runs(parts, x, y, size, face=INTER, track=0.0):
"""Several (text, wght, cls) pieces on one line."""
out = []
for text, wght, cls in parts:
svg, w = run(text, x, y, size, wght, cls, face, track)
out.append(svg)
x += w + track * size
return "".join(out), x
def wrap(text, maxw, size, wght=400):
lines = _wrap(text, maxw, size, wght)
# no one-word widow: pull the last word of the previous line down if it still fits
if len(lines) > 1 and " " not in lines[-1] and " " in lines[-2]:
head, last = lines[-2].rsplit(" ", 1)
if width(last + " " + lines[-1], size=size, wght=wght) <= maxw:
lines[-2:] = [head, last + " " + lines[-1]]
return lines
def _wrap(text, maxw, size, wght=400):
lines, cur = [], ""
for word in text.split(" "):
t = (cur + " " + word).strip()
if cur and width(t, size=size, wght=wght) > maxw:
lines.append(cur)
cur = word
else:
cur = t
return lines + [cur]
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- pieces
def wordmark(x, y, size, on="page"):
"""The wordmark with hand kerning around the slash (see the logo in the brand kit). Below 32 px it switches to the
small optical master (nlohmann 250 / slash 450), because Thin falls apart at footer size."""
a, sl = ("wm-a", "wm-s") if on == "page" else ("on-a", "on-s")
small = size < 32
w = (250, 450, 800) if small else (100, 400, 800)
k = (0.004, 0.024) if small else (-0.006, 0.012)
out = []
for i, (t, wg, c) in enumerate([("nlohmann", w[0], a), ("/", w[1], sl), ("json", w[2], a)]):
svg, wd = run(t, x, y, size, wg, c, track=-0.02)
out.append(svg)
x += wd - 0.02 * size + (k[i] * size if i < 2 else 0)
return "".join(out), x
KW = {"using", "auto", "return", "const", "struct", "for", "override"}
TYPES = {"int", "void", "bool", "double", "char", "float"}
CONSTANTS = {"true", "false", "nullptr"}
TOKEN = re.compile(r'(//.*$)|(R"\(.*?\)"|R"\(.*$|"(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*"|\'(?:[^\'\\]|\\.)\')|(<[\w/.]+>(?=\s*$))|(#\w+)'
r'|(\b\d+(?:\.\d+)?\b)|(\b[A-Za-z_]\w*\b)|(\s+)|(.)')
def code_block(lines, x, y, size, lh):
"""Lines of C++; a raw string literal may span lines."""
out, in_raw = [], False
for line in lines:
if line:
svg, in_raw = code_line(line, x, y, size, in_raw)
out.append(svg)
y += lh
else:
y += lh * BLANK
return "".join(out)
BLANK = 0.55 # an empty code line is a paragraph break, not a full line
def code_height(lines, size, lh):
n_full = sum(1 for l in lines if l)
n_blank = len(lines) - n_full
return lh * (n_full - 1) + lh * BLANK * n_blank + size
def code_line(line, x, y, size, in_raw=False):
if line.startswith("$ "):
return runs([("$ ", 400, "tx3"), (line[2:], 400, "tx")], x, y, size, MONO)[0], False
out, cx = [], x
if in_raw:
end = line.find(')"')
head = line if end < 0 else line[:end + 2]
svg, w = run(head, cx, y, size, 400, "str", MONO)
out.append(svg)
if end < 0:
return "".join(out), True
cx += w
line = line[end + 2:]
in_raw = False
for m in TOKEN.finditer(line):
com, st, inc, pp, num, ident, ws, other = m.groups()
t = m.group(0)
if st and st.startswith('R"(') and not st.endswith(')"'):
in_raw = True
face, wght, cls = MONO, 400, "tx"
if com:
cls = "com" # upright: JetBrains Mono Italic's cursive f reads as a florin at README size
elif st or inc:
cls = "str"
elif pp:
cls = "pp"
elif ident in KW:
wght, cls = 600, "kw"
elif ident in TYPES:
cls = "ty"
elif num or ident in CONSTANTS:
cls = "num"
elif ident and line[m.end():m.end() + 1] == "(":
cls = "fn" # a call or definition: name directly followed by "("
svg, w = run(t, cx, y, size, wght, cls, face)
if not ws:
out.append(svg)
cx += w
return "".join(out), in_raw
SEG, SEG_GAP = 20, 5
def progress(idx, n_proto, y):
"""TOTAL segments at the bottom right; earlier slides full, current one fills over the slide's time."""
seg, gap = SEG, SEG_GAP
x0 = W - 64 - TOTAL * seg - (TOTAL - 1) * gap
out = []
for k in range(TOTAL):
x = x0 + k * (seg + gap)
out.append(f'<rect class="seg" x="{x}" y="{y}" width="{seg}" height="3" rx="1.5"/>')
if k < idx:
out.append(f'<rect class="seg-on" x="{x}" y="{y}" width="{seg}" height="3" rx="1.5"/>')
elif k == idx:
out.append(f'<rect class="seg-on fill" x="{x}" y="{y}" width="{seg}" height="3" rx="1.5"/>')
return "".join(out)
def pattern_def():
tile = [("{", 14, 34), ("]", 92, 22), (":", 136, 60), ("[", 52, 82), (",", 118, 112),
("}", 20, 140), (":", 78, 150), ("{", 140, 158)]
glyphs = "".join(run(c, x, y, 26, 600, "pat", MONO)[0] for c, x, y in tile)
return f'<pattern id="pat" width="160" height="160" patternUnits="userSpaceOnUse">{glyphs}</pattern>'
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- slides
CODE_SIZES = []
SLOGAN = "What if JSON was part of modern C++?"
def band_bg():
"""Hero gradient plus the syntax pattern, faded out towards the text side (left)."""
return ('<rect width="1200" height="675" fill="url(#hero)"/>'
'<rect width="1200" height="675" fill="url(#pat)" mask="url(#patfade)"/>')
def footer_band(idx, n, left=None):
out = []
if left:
out.append(run(left, 64, FOOT_Y, 20, 600, "on-tx")[0])
out.append(progress(idx, n, FOOT_Y - 7.5).replace('class="seg"', 'class="seg on-band"').replace('class="seg-on', 'class="seg-on on-band'))
return "".join(out)
FOOT_Y = 640 # one footer baseline on every slide: wordmark or URL left, progress right
def slide_title(idx, n):
out = [band_bg()]
x = 96
label = "VERSION 3.13.0"
lw = width(label, MONO, 500, 15, 0.04)
out.append(f'<rect class="chip" x="{x}" y="186" width="{lw + 28:.1f}" height="34" rx="4"/>')
out.append(run(label, x + 14, 208.5, 15, 500, "on-tx", MONO, 0.04)[0])
out.append(wordmark(x - 6, 336, 112, on="band")[0])
out.append(runs([("// ", 400, "w70"), (SLOGAN, 400, "on-s")], x, 404, 26, MONO)[0])
out.append(footer_band(idx, n, "github.com/nlohmann/json"))
return "".join(out)
def slide_feature(idx, n, title, bullets, code, badge=None):
out = ['<rect class="bg" width="1200" height="675"/>']
x, top, bottom = 64, 136, 596
# title row: 48/800, -3 %
svg, tw = run(title, x - 2, 98, 48, 800, "tx", track=-0.03)
out.append(svg)
if badge:
cx = x + tw + 16
cw = width(badge, MONO, 600, 13, 0.06) + 18
out.append(f'<rect class="red" x="{cx:.1f}" y="68.5" width="{cw:.1f}" height="26" rx="4"/>')
out.append(run(badge, cx + 9, 86.2, 13, 600, "on-tx", MONO, 0.06)[0])
# code panel: fixed left edge, fixed width, fixed top on every slide; only its height follows the code
pad, lf = 28, 1.45
px, pw = 488, 1136 - 488
em = max(width(l, MONO, 400, 1) for l in code)
cs = 19.0
while cs > 14 and (em * cs > pw - 2 * pad or code_height(code, cs, lf * cs) > bottom - top - 2 * pad):
cs -= 0.5
CODE_SIZES.append((title, cs))
if cs < 18:
print(f" warning: {title!r} code at {cs} px ({em * 19:.0f} px wide at 19 px)", file=sys.stderr)
lh = lf * cs
ph = max(2 * pad + code_height(code, cs, lh), 240)
out.append(f'<rect class="panel" x="{px}" y="{top}" width="{pw}" height="{ph:.0f}" rx="6"/>')
first = top + pad + cs * 0.78
out.append(code_block(code, px + pad, first, cs, lh))
# bullets: 24/400 on 34, first baseline level with the first code baseline
colw = px - x - 40
by = first
for b in bullets:
out.append(f'<rect class="blk" x="{x}" y="{by - 10.6:.1f}" width="8" height="8" rx="1.5"/>')
for line in wrap(b, colw - 24, 24):
out.append(run(line, x + 24, by, 24, 400, "tx2")[0])
by += 34
by += 16
# footer: small-master wordmark left, progress right, no rule, no numeral
out.append(wordmark(64, FOOT_Y, 22)[0])
out.append(progress(idx, n, FOOT_Y - 7.5))
return "".join(out)
def slide_closing(idx, n):
out = [band_bg()]
x = 96
out.append(wordmark(x - 4, 146, 80, on="band")[0])
out.append(runs([("// ", 400, "w70"), (SLOGAN, 400, "on-s")], x, 200, 22, MONO)[0])
info = [
("{", None),
(' "copyright": ', "(c) 2013-2026 Niels Lohmann"),
(' "license": ', "MIT"),
(' "docs": ', "json.nlohmann.me"),
(' "github": ', "github.com/nlohmann/json"),
(' "sponsor": ', "github.com/sponsors/nlohmann"),
(' "mail": ', "mail@nlohmann.me"),
("}", None),
]
cs, lh, pad = 21, 33, 28
py = 244
pw = max(width(k + '"' + (v or "") + '",', MONO, 400, cs) for k, v in info) + 2 * pad
out.append(f'<rect class="on-panel" x="{x}" y="{py}" width="{pw:.0f}" height="{2 * pad + lh * (len(info) - 1) + cs:.0f}" rx="6"/>')
y = py + pad + cs * 0.8
for k, (key, val) in enumerate(info):
if val is None:
out.append(run(key, x + pad, y, cs, 400, "on-tx", MONO)[0])
else:
comma = "," if k < len(info) - 2 else ""
out.append(runs([(key, 400, "on-tx"), (f'"{val}"', 400, "on-s"), (comma, 400, "on-tx")], x + pad, y, cs, MONO)[0])
y += lh
out.append(footer_band(idx, n))
return "".join(out)
def load_slides(path):
"""Feature slides from Markdown: '# Title {badge: TEXT}', '- bullet' lines, one fenced code block."""
text = re.sub(r"<!--.*?-->", "", open(path).read(), flags=re.S)
slides, cur, in_code = [], None, False
for no, line in enumerate(text.split("\n"), 1):
if in_code:
if line.startswith("```"):
in_code = False
else:
cur["code"].append(line)
elif line.startswith("```"):
in_code = True
elif line.startswith("# "):
title, badge = line[2:].strip(), None
m = re.search(r"\s*\{badge:\s*(.*?)\}$", title)
if m:
title, badge = title[:m.start()], m.group(1)
cur = {"title": title, "bullets": [], "code": [], "badge": badge}
slides.append(cur)
elif line.startswith("- ") and cur:
cur["bullets"].append(line[2:].strip())
elif line[:1] in " \t" and line.strip() and cur and cur["bullets"]:
cur["bullets"][-1] += " " + line.strip()
elif line.strip():
raise SystemExit(f"{path}:{no}: unexpected line: {line!r}")
for sl in slides:
while sl["code"] and not sl["code"][-1].strip():
sl["code"].pop()
if not sl["code"]:
raise SystemExit(f"{path}: slide {sl['title']!r} has no code block")
return slides
FEATURES = load_slides(os.path.join(HERE, "slides.md"))
def _feature(f):
return lambda i, n: slide_feature(i, n, f["title"], f["bullets"], f["code"], f["badge"])
SLIDES = [slide_title] + [_feature(f) for f in FEATURES] + [slide_closing]
TOTAL = len(SLIDES)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- assemble
def build(sec):
n = len(SLIDES)
T = n * sec
fade = 0.6
a, b, c = fade / T * 100, sec / T * 100, (sec + fade) / T * 100
def cls(i):
return "s s0" if i == 0 else "s sl" if i == n - 1 else "s"
bodies = [f'<g class="{cls(i)}" style="animation-delay:{i * sec:g}s">{fn(i, n)}</g>' for i, fn in enumerate(SLIDES)]
css = f"""
.bg{{fill:#fff}} .tx{{fill:#0f1419}} .tx2{{fill:#3d444f}} .tx3{{fill:#8a919c}} .com{{fill:#646d7a}}
.bl{{fill:#1747a6}} .blk{{fill:#1747a6}} .kw{{fill:#1747a6}} .ty{{fill:#0d6e72}} .fn{{fill:#6b3fb8}} .str{{fill:#23793a}} .num{{fill:#b04a07}} .pp{{fill:#a3247a}}
.panel{{fill:#f5f7fa;stroke:#e3e6eb;stroke-width:1}} .rule{{stroke:#e3e6eb;stroke-width:1}}
.wm-a{{fill:#0f1419}} .wm-s{{fill:#1747a6}}
.on-a,.on-tx{{fill:#fff}} .red{{fill:#d93a3f}} .on-panel{{fill:#fff;fill-opacity:.08;stroke:#fff;stroke-opacity:.16}} .on-s{{fill:#bcd3fb}} .w70{{fill:#fff;fill-opacity:.7}} .on-tx2{{fill:#dbe6fb}} .chip{{fill:#fff;fill-opacity:.14}}
.pat{{fill:#fff;fill-opacity:.09}}
.h1{{stop-color:#1d55c4}} .h2{{stop-color:#123a8a}}
.seg{{fill:#e3e6eb}} .seg-on{{fill:#1747a6}}
.seg.on-band{{fill:#fff;fill-opacity:.25}} .seg-on.on-band{{fill:#fff;fill-opacity:1}}
@media (prefers-color-scheme:dark){{
.bg{{fill:#0f1218}} .tx,.wm-a{{fill:#f2f4f7}} .tx2{{fill:#c3c8d1}} .tx3{{fill:#7b828e}} .com{{fill:#8b929e}}
.bl,.blk,.wm-s,.seg-on,.kw{{fill:#7aa7f5}} .ty{{fill:#4fd1c5}} .fn{{fill:#c4a3ff}} .str{{fill:#7ed491}} .num{{fill:#f5a65b}} .pp{{fill:#f48fc8}}
.panel{{fill:#171b23;stroke:#272c36}} .rule{{stroke:#272c36}} .seg{{fill:#272c36}}
.red{{fill:#c8383d}} .h1{{stop-color:#163f93}} .h2{{stop-color:#0c2556}}
}}
.s{{opacity:0;animation:show {T:g}s linear infinite backwards}}
.fill{{transform-box:fill-box;transform-origin:left;animation:fill {T:g}s linear infinite backwards;animation-delay:inherit}}
.s0{{animation-name:show0}} .sl{{animation-name:showl}}
@keyframes show{{0%{{opacity:0;animation-timing-function:cubic-bezier(.2,.6,.2,1)}} {a:.4f}%{{opacity:1}} {c:.4f}%{{opacity:1}} {c + .01:.4f}%{{opacity:0}} 100%{{opacity:0}}}}
@keyframes show0{{0%{{opacity:1}} {c:.4f}%{{opacity:1}} {c + .01:.4f}%{{opacity:0}} 100%{{opacity:0}}}}
@keyframes showl{{0%{{opacity:0;animation-timing-function:cubic-bezier(.2,.6,.2,1)}} {a:.4f}%{{opacity:1}} {b:.4f}%{{opacity:1}} {c:.4f}%{{opacity:0}} 100%{{opacity:0}}}}
@keyframes fill{{0%{{transform:scaleX(0)}} {b:.4f}%{{transform:scaleX(1)}} 100%{{transform:scaleX(1)}}}}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){{.s,.fill{{animation:none}} .s:first-of-type{{opacity:1}}}}
"""
css = re.sub(r"\n\s*", "", css)
pat = pattern_def()
return (f'<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 {W} {H}" width="{W}" height="{H}" role="img">'
f'<title>JSON for Modern C++: feature slideshow (animated, {n} slides, {sec:g} s each)</title>'
f'<style>{css}</style>'
f'<defs>{"".join(DEFS)}{pat}'
f'<linearGradient id="hero" gradientTransform="rotate(70 .5 .5)"><stop class="h1" offset="0"/><stop class="h2" offset="1"/></linearGradient>'
f'<linearGradient id="fadeg" x1="0" x2="1" y1="0" y2="0"><stop offset=".25" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity="0"/><stop offset=".85" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity="1"/></linearGradient>'
f'<mask id="patfade" maskUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x="0" y="0" width="{W}" height="{H}"><rect width="{W}" height="{H}" fill="url(#fadeg)"/></mask></defs>'
f'<rect class="bg" width="{W}" height="{H}"/>'
f'{"".join(bodies)}</svg>')
def fix_scheme(svg, scheme):
"""Drop the dark-mode block (light) or apply it unconditionally (dark)."""
if scheme == "auto":
return svg
start = svg.index("@media (prefers-color-scheme:dark){")
i, depth = svg.index("{", start), 0
for j in range(i, len(svg)):
depth += {"{": 1, "}": -1}.get(svg[j], 0)
if depth == 0:
break
inner = svg[i + 1:j] if scheme == "dark" else ""
return svg[:start] + inner + svg[j + 1:]
if __name__ == "__main__":
out = sys.argv[1]
sec = float(sys.argv[2]) if len(sys.argv) > 2 else 15
scheme = sys.argv[3] if len(sys.argv) > 3 else "auto"
if scheme not in ("auto", "light", "dark"):
sys.exit(f"unknown colour scheme {scheme!r}: use auto, light or dark")
svg = fix_scheme(build(sec), scheme)
# defs are appended while slides render, so build the slides first (done inside build via f-string order)
open(out, "w").write(svg)
print(out, len(svg.encode()) // 1024, "KB,", len(GLYPHS), "glyphs; code px:", " ".join(f"{c:g}" for _, c in CODE_SIZES))
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<!--
Feature slides for the animated slideshow. build.py adds the title slide before them and the closing slide after them.
# Title one slide per heading; `{badge: TEXT}` at the end adds a red chip
- bullet bullets; a long bullet may continue on indented lines
```cpp ... ``` the code shown on the right (a line starting with `$ ` is a shell command)
-->
# Trivial integration
- single header file
- no build system needed
- vanilla C++11
- works with GCC 4.8+, Clang 3.4+ and MSVC 2015+
```cpp
#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
// for convenience
using json = nlohmann::json;
int main()
{
// a JSON pretty-printer in 3 lines
json j;
std::cin >> j;
std::cout << std::setw(4) << j << std::endl;
}
$ g++ pretty.cpp -std=c++11 -o pretty
```
# First-class datatype
- write JSON like any other C++ literal
- initializer lists become arrays and objects
```cpp
json j = {
{"pi", 3.141},
{"happy", true},
{"name", "Niels"},
{"nothing", nullptr},
{"answer", {
{"everything", 42}
}},
{"list", {1, 0, 2}},
{"object", {
{"currency", "USD"},
{"value", 42.99}
}}
};
```
# Array construction
- arrays work the way you expect
- adding to a null value makes it an array
```cpp
// create null value
json j;
// add via member function
j.push_back("Hello");
j.emplace_back("World");
// add via += operator
j += false;
// add via index
j[2] = 42.3;
// gaps are filled with null
j[4] = "World";
```
# Object construction
- objects work the way you expect
- adding to a null value makes it an object
```cpp
// create null value
json j;
// add via member function
j.emplace("key2", "value");
j.push_back({"key", "value"});
// add via += operator
j += {"another key", false};
// add via key
j["pi"] = 3.1415926;
j["answer"]["everything"] = 42;
```
# Container operations
- use JSON like an STL container
- satisfies the ReversibleContainer requirements
```cpp
// container empty?
j.empty();
// current number of elements
j.size();
// maximal number of elements
j.max_size();
// swap elements
j.swap(j2);
std::swap(j, j2);
// clear a container
j.clear();
```
# STL containers
- switch between STL and JSON containers
- conversion works in both directions
```cpp
// some STL containers
std::vector<int> v;
std::unordered_map<std::string, bool> m;
// automatic transformation
json j_array(v);
json j_object(m);
// works both ways
auto l = j_array.get<std::list<int>>();
auto u = j_object
.get<std::map<std::string, bool>>();
```
# Type conversion
- convert your own types to and from JSON
- one macro writes to_json and from_json
- or write both functions for full control
```cpp
// some user-defined type
struct person {
std::string name;
int age;
};
// defines to_json and from_json
NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE(person,
name, age)
// conversion in action
person p {"Ned Flanders", 60};
json j = p;
// {"age": 60, "name": "Ned Flanders"}
auto p2 = j.get<person>();
```
# Type deduction
- types are deduced automatically
- member functions tell you the type
```cpp
// type deduction
json j1 = nullptr;
json j2 = false;
json j3 = 12.23;
json j4 = {1, 2, 3};
json j5 = {{"key", "value"}};
json j6 = "Hello";
// quick checks
j1.is_null();
j2.is_boolean();
j3.is_number();
j4.is_array();
j5.is_object();
j6.is_string();
```
# Serialization
- to a string or a stream
- pretty-printing included
```cpp
// default serialization
auto s1 = j.dump();
// pretty-printed
int indent = 4;
std::string s2 = j.dump(indent);
// to stream
std::cout << j << std::endl;
// pretty-printed
std::cout << std::setw(indent) << j << std::endl;
```
# Deserialization
- parse strings, streams and files
- the _json literal puts plain JSON in your code
- comments and trailing commas on request
```cpp
// from string
json j1 = json::parse("[1,null,false]");
// from file
std::ifstream f("example.json");
json j2 = json::parse(f);
// from string literal
json j3 = "[3.14159]"_json;
// from raw string literal
json j4 = R"(
{"one": 1, "two": 2, "three": [1, 2, 3]}
)"_json;
```
# SAX parsing
- the parser can emit SAX events
- process input without building a JSON value
```cpp
// define a SAX event processor
struct sax_processor : json::json_sax_t
{
bool boolean(bool val) override
{
return true;
}
// implement other functions...
};
// create object
sax_processor my_processor;
// use it to process input
json::sax_parse(input, &my_processor);
```
# Zero-copy views {badge: NEW IN 3.13}
- parse without building a tree: 16 bytes per value
- strings and numbers stay in the source text
- materialize a json value only where you need one
```cpp
#include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>
// parse into a flat index, not a tree
std::ifstream f("big.json");
auto doc = nlohmann::json_document::parse(f);
// read-only views with familiar access
auto view = doc.root();
double pi = view["pi"].get<double>();
for (auto v : view["list"])
std::cout << v.get<int>() << '\n';
// build a json value only where needed
json part = view["list"].materialize();
```
# JSON Pointer
- address any element with a JSON Pointer
- flatten a value to pointer/value pairs, and back
```cpp
json j = {"good", "bad", "ugly"};
// JSON pointer to the 3rd list element
auto ptr = json::json_pointer("/2");
// use JSON pointer to access element
j[ptr] = {{"it", "cattivo"}};
// user-defined string literal
j["/2/en"_json_pointer] = "ugly";
// ["good","bad",{"en":"ugly","it":"cattivo"}]
json flat = j.flatten();
// {"/0":"good","/1":"bad","/2/en":"ugly",
// "/2/it":"cattivo"}
json j2 = flat.unflatten(); // j == j2
```
# JSON Patches
- use JSON Patch to describe edit operations
- create diffs from two JSON values
- or use a JSON Merge Patch that looks like the document
```cpp
json source = R"({"F": "Paris", "D": "Berlin"})"_json;
// a JSON Patch (RFC 6902)
json p1 = R"([
{"op": "add", "path": "/GB", "value": "London"}
])"_json;
json target = source.patch(p1);
// create a diff from two JSON values
json p2 = json::diff(target, source);
// [{"op": "remove", "path": "/GB"}]
// a JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7396)
target.merge_patch(R"({"F": null})"_json);
// {"D": "Berlin", "GB": "London"}
```
# Binary formats
- compact binary representations
- BJData, BON8, BSON, CBOR, MessagePack and UBJSON
```cpp
// a JSON value
json j = R"({"compact": true, "schema": 0})"_json;
// serialize to CBOR
std::vector<std::uint8_t> v = json::to_cbor(j);
// 0xA2, 0x67, 0x63, 0x6F, 0x6D, 0x70, 0x61,
// 0x63, 0x74, 0xF5, 0x66, 0x73, 0x63, 0x68,
// 0x65, 0x6D, 0x61, 0x00
// roundtrip
json j_from_cbor = json::from_cbor(v);
// the same for the other formats
auto b = json::to_bon8(j);
auto m = json::to_msgpack(j);
```
# Algorithms
- the standard algorithms just work
- sort, find, count, merge and more
```cpp
// sort JSON containers
std::sort(j.begin(), j.end());
// find element
auto pos = std::find(j.begin(), j.end(),
json("needle"));
// count all numbers
auto n = std::count_if(j.begin(), j.end(),
[](const json& v) { return v.is_number(); });
// merge two sorted containers
std::merge(j1.begin(), j1.end(),
j2.begin(), j2.end(),
std::back_inserter(j3));
```
# Iterators
- iterators, const iterators, and reverse iterators
- random access for arrays
- items() gives you keys and values
```cpp
json j = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
// range for
for (auto& el : j)
{
// print all values
std::cerr << el << '\n';
}
// classical iterators
for (auto it = j.begin(); it != j.end(); ++it)
{
// double all values
*it = it->get<int>() * 2;
}
```
# Structured bindings
- since C++17, unpack keys and values with structured bindings
```cpp
// JSON object
auto j = R"({"foo": 23, "bar": 42})"_json;
// structured bindings
for (auto& [key, val] : j.items())
{
std::cerr << key << ':' << val << '\n';
}
```