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# nlohmann::basic_json::from_bson
```
// (1)
template<typename InputType>
static basic_json from_bson(InputType&& i,
const bool strict = true,
const bool allow_exceptions = true);
// (2)
template<typename IteratorType>
static basic_json from_bson(IteratorType first, IteratorType last,
const bool strict = true,
const bool allow_exceptions = true);
```
Deserializes a given input to a JSON value using the BSON (Binary JSON) serialization format.
1. Reads from a compatible input.
1. Reads from an iterator range.
The exact mapping and its limitations are described on a [dedicated page](https://json.nlohmann.me/features/binary_formats/bson/index.md).
## Template parameters
`InputType` : A compatible input, for instance:
```
- an `std::istream` object
- a `FILE` pointer
- a C-style array of characters
- a pointer to a null-terminated string of single byte characters
- an object `obj` for which `begin(obj)` and `end(obj)` produces a valid pair of iterators.
```
`IteratorType` : a compatible iterator type
## Parameters
`i` (in) : an input in BSON format convertible to an input adapter
`first` (in) : iterator to the start of the input
`last` (in) : iterator to the end of the input
`strict` (in) : whether to expect the input to be consumed until EOF (`true` by default)
`allow_exceptions` (in) : whether to throw exceptions in case of a parse error (optional, `true` by default)
## Return value
deserialized JSON value; in case of a parse error and `allow_exceptions` set to `false`, the return value will be `value_t::discarded`. The latter can be checked with [`is_discarded`](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/is_discarded/index.md).
## Exception safety
Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON value.
## Exceptions
- Throws [`parse_error.110`](https://json.nlohmann.me/home/exceptions/#jsonexceptionparse_error110) if the given input ends prematurely or the end of the input was not reached when `strict` was set to true
- Throws [`parse_error.112`](https://json.nlohmann.me/home/exceptions/#jsonexceptionparse_error112) if a parse error occurs (e.g., an invalid string or byte array length)
- Throws [`parse_error.114`](https://json.nlohmann.me/home/exceptions/#jsonexceptionparse_error114) if an unsupported BSON record type is encountered
## Complexity
Linear in the size of the input.
## Examples
Example
The example shows the deserialization of a byte vector in BSON format to a JSON value.
```
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
using json = nlohmann::json;
int main()
{
// create byte vector
std::vector<std::uint8_t> v = {0x1b, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6d,
0x70, 0x61, 0x63, 0x74, 0x00, 0x01, 0x10, 0x73,
0x63, 0x68, 0x65, 0x6d, 0x61, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00
};
// deserialize it with BSON
json j = json::from_bson(v);
// print the deserialized JSON value
std::cout << std::setw(2) << j << std::endl;
}
```
Output:
```
{
"compact": true,
"schema": 0
}
```
## See also
- [BSON specification](http://bsonspec.org/spec.html)
- [to_bson](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/to_bson/index.md) for the analogous serialization
- [from_cbor](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/from_cbor/index.md) for the related CBOR format
- [from_msgpack](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/from_msgpack/index.md) for the related MessagePack format
- [from_ubjson](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/from_ubjson/index.md) for the related UBJSON format
- [from_bjdata](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/from_bjdata/index.md) for the related BJData format
## Version history
- Added in version 3.4.0.
Deprecation
- Overload (2) replaces calls to `from_bson` with a pointer and a length as first two parameters, which has been deprecated in version 3.8.0. This overload will be removed in version 4.0.0. Please replace all calls like `from_bson(ptr, len, ...);` with `from_bson(ptr, ptr+len, ...);`.
- Overload (2) replaces calls to `from_bson` with a pair of iterators as their first parameter, which has been deprecated in version 3.8.0. This overload will be removed in version 4.0.0. Please replace all calls like `from_bson({ptr, ptr+len}, ...);` with `from_bson(ptr, ptr+len, ...);`.
You should be warned by your compiler with a `-Wdeprecated-declarations` warning if you are using a deprecated function.