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# <small>nlohmann::</small>operator""_json
```cpp
json operator ""_json(const char* s, std::size_t n);
json operator ""_json(const char8_t* s, std::size_t n); // since C++20
```
This operator implements a user-defined string literal for JSON objects. It can be used by adding `#!cpp _json` to a
string literal and returns a [`json`](json.md) object if no parse error occurred.
It is recommended to bring the operator into scope using any of the following lines:
```cpp
using nlohmann::literals::operator ""_json;
using namespace nlohmann::literals;
using namespace nlohmann::json_literals;
using namespace nlohmann::literals::json_literals;
using namespace nlohmann;
```
This is suggested to ease migration to the next major version release of the library. See
[`JSON_USE_GLOBAL_UDLS`](macros/json_use_global_udls.md#notes) for details.
## Parameters
`s` (in)
: a string representation of a JSON object
`n` (in)
: length of string `s`
## Return value
[`json`](json.md) value parsed from `s`
## Exceptions
The function can throw anything that [`parse(s, s+n)`](basic_json/parse.md) would throw.
## Complexity
Linear.
## Examples
??? example
The following code shows how to create JSON values from string literals.
```cpp
--8<-- "examples/operator_literal_json.cpp"
```
Output:
```json
--8<-- "examples/operator_literal_json.output"
```
## See also
- [Creating JSON values](../features/creating_values.md) - the article on creating JSON values
## Version history
- Added in version 1.0.0.
- Moved to namespace `nlohmann::literals::json_literals` in 3.11.0.
- Added `char8_t*` overload in 3.12.x.