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<p>
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 A JSON parser instance is useful to parse JSON data chunk by chunk, without 
 the need to assemble all data in advance.</p>







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	<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#parser.parse">parser:parse</a>&nbsp;(json)</td>
	<td class="summary">
 
Parses one chunk of JSON data.</td>
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	<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#parser.get">parser:get</a>&nbsp;()</td>
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Convert parsed JSON data into Lua table.</td>
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	<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#parser.set">parser:set</a>&nbsp;(data)</td>
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Put Lua data into the parser.</td>
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	<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#parser.stringify">parser:stringify</a>&nbsp;(pretty)</td>
	<td class="summary">
 
Serialize current parser state as JSON.</td>
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<h2><a name="functions"></a>Functions</h2>
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<dt><a name="parser.parse"></a><strong>parser:parse</strong>&nbsp;(json)</dt>
<dd>

 
Parses one chunk of JSON data. 



<h3>Parameters</h3>
<ul>
	
	<li>
	  json: String containing the JSON fragment to parse
	</li>
	
</ul>




<h3>Usage:</h3>
<pre>parser = luci.jsonc.new() 
 
while true do 
	chunk = ...  -- fetch a cunk of data, e.g. from a socket 
	finish, errmsg = <b>parser.parse(chunk)</b> 
 
	if finish == nil then 
		error("Cannot parse JSON: " .. errmsg) 
	end 
 
	if finish == true then 
		break 
	end 
end</pre>



<h3>Return value:</h3>
<ul> 
	<li><code>true</code> if a complete JSON object has been parsed and no further input is 
	    expected.</li> 
	<li><code>false</code> if further input is required</li> 
	<li><code>nil</code> if an error was encountered while parsing the current chunk. 
	    In this case a string describing the parse error is returned as second 
	    value.</li></ul>



<h3>See also:</h3>
<ul>
	
	<li><a href="#parser.get">
		parser:get
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<dt><a name="parser.get"></a><strong>parser:get</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
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Convert parsed JSON data into Lua table. 






<h3>Usage:</h3>
<pre>parser = luci.jsonc.new() 
parser:parse('{ "example": "test" }') 
 
data = parser:get() 
print(data.example)  -- "test"</pre>



<h3>Return value:</h3>
Parsed JSON object converted into a Lua table or <code>nil</code> if the parser 
	didn't finish or encountered an error.



<h3>See also:</h3>
<ul>
	
	<li><a href="#parser.parse">
		parser:parse
	</a>
	
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<dt><a name="parser.set"></a><strong>parser:set</strong>&nbsp;(data)</dt>
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Put Lua data into the parser. 



<h3>Parameters</h3>
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	<li>
	  data: Lua data to put into the parser object. The data is converted to an 
	internal JSON representation that can be dumped with <code>stringify()</code>. 
	The conversion follows the rules described in <code>luci.jsonc.stringify</code>.
	</li>
	
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<h3>Usage:</h3>
<pre>parser = luci.jsonc.new() 
parser:set({ "some", "data" })</pre>



<h3>Return value:</h3>
Nothing is returned.



<h3>See also:</h3>
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	<li><a href="#parser.stringify">
		parser:stringify
	</a>
	
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<dt><a name="parser.stringify"></a><strong>parser:stringify</strong>&nbsp;(pretty)</dt>
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Serialize current parser state as JSON. 



<h3>Parameters</h3>
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	<li>
	  pretty: A boolean value indicating whether the resulting JSON should be pretty printed.
	</li>
	
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<h3>Usage:</h3>
<pre>parser = luci.jsonc.new() 
parser:parse('{ "example": "test" }') 
print(parser:serialize())  -- '{"example":"test"}'</pre>



<h3>Return value:</h3>
Returns the serialized JSON data of this parser instance.



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