1# [libcbor](https://github.com/PJK/libcbor) 2 3[](https://travis-ci.org/PJK/libcbor) 4[](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/PJK/libcbor) 5[](https://readthedocs.org/projects/libcbor/?badge=latest) 6[](https://repology.org/project/libcbor/versions) 7[](https://codecov.io/gh/PJK/libcbor) 8 9**libcbor** is a C library for parsing and generating [CBOR](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7049), the general-purpose schema-less binary data format. 10 11## Main features 12 - Complete RFC conformance 13 - Robust C99 implementation 14 - Layered architecture offers both control and convenience 15 - Flexible memory management 16 - No shared global state - threading friendly 17 - Proper handling of UTF-8 18 - Full support for streams & incremental processing 19 - Extensive documentation and test suite 20 - No runtime dependencies, small footprint 21 22## Getting started 23 24### Compile from source 25 26```bash 27git clone https://github.com/PJK/libcbor 28cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCBOR_CUSTOM_ALLOC=ON libcbor 29make 30make install 31``` 32 33### Homebrew 34 35```bash 36brew install libcbor 37``` 38 39### Ubuntu 18.04 and above 40 41```bash 42sudo add-apt-repository universe 43sudo apt-get install libcbor-dev 44``` 45 46### Fedora & RPM friends 47 48```bash 49yum install libcbor-devel 50``` 51 52### Others 53 54<details> 55 <summary>Packaged libcbor is available from 15+ major repositories. Click here for more detail</summary> 56 57 [](https://repology.org/project/libcbor/versions) 58</details> 59 60## Usage example 61 62```c 63#include <cbor.h> 64#include <stdio.h> 65 66int main(int argc, char * argv[]) 67{ 68 /* Preallocate the map structure */ 69 cbor_item_t * root = cbor_new_definite_map(2); 70 /* Add the content */ 71 cbor_map_add(root, (struct cbor_pair) { 72 .key = cbor_move(cbor_build_string("Is CBOR awesome?")), 73 .value = cbor_move(cbor_build_bool(true)) 74 }); 75 cbor_map_add(root, (struct cbor_pair) { 76 .key = cbor_move(cbor_build_uint8(42)), 77 .value = cbor_move(cbor_build_string("Is the answer")) 78 }); 79 /* Output: `length` bytes of data in the `buffer` */ 80 unsigned char * buffer; 81 size_t buffer_size, 82 length = cbor_serialize_alloc(root, &buffer, &buffer_size); 83 84 fwrite(buffer, 1, length, stdout); 85 free(buffer); 86 87 fflush(stdout); 88 cbor_decref(&root); 89} 90``` 91 92## Documentation 93Get the latest documentation at [libcbor.readthedocs.org](http://libcbor.readthedocs.org/) 94 95## Contributions 96 97All bug reports and contributions are welcome. Please see https://github.com/PJK/libcbor for more info. 98 99Kudos to all the [contributors](https://github.com/PJK/libcbor/graphs/contributors)! 100 101## License 102The MIT License (MIT) 103 104Copyright (c) Pavel Kalvoda, 2014-2020 105 106Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 107of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal 108in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights 109to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell 110copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 111furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: 112 113The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all 114copies or substantial portions of the Software. 115 116THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 117IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 118FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 119AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 120LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 121OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE 122SOFTWARE. 123
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