json/api/basic_json/input_format_t.md

nlohmann::basic_json::input_format_t

enum class input_format_t {
    json,
    cbor,
    msgpack,
    ubjson,
    bson,
    bjdata
};

This enumeration is used in the sax_parse function to choose the input format to parse:

json

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)

cbor

CBOR (Concise Binary Object Representation)

msgpack

MessagePack

ubjson

UBJSON (Universal Binary JSON)

bson

BSON (Binary JSON)

bjdata

BJData (Binary JData)

Examples

??? example

The example below shows how an `input_format_t` enum value is passed to `sax_parse` to set the input format to CBOR.

```cpp
--8<-- "examples/sax_parse__binary.cpp"
```

Output:

```json
--8<-- "examples/sax_parse__binary.output"
```

Version history

• Added in version 3.2.0.