A lightweight H/JSON library for Lua

Ported from hjson-py. Inspired by rxi - json.lua.

• Implemented in pure Lua: tested with Lua 5.3 and 5.4

luarocks install hjson-lua

1. drop hjson.lua and hjson folder folder into your project
2. require hjson.lua
   • hjson = require "hjson"

Library exports json.lua like and JS like api.

• Lua object to HJSON - returns HJSON string
  • encode(obj, options)
  • stringify(obj, options)
  • Parameters:
    • obj - Lua object - table, string, number, nil, boolean
    • options table with following values:
      • indent - default " ". Accepts string of whitespace characters or a number representing number of spaces (non indented HJSON is JSON, automatically forwards to _to_json version)
      • skip_keys - default true Skips invalid keys. If false throws error on invalid key.
        • Valid key types: boolean, nil, string
      • sort_keys - whether to sort keys in objects
      • item_sort_key - sort function which is passed to table.sort sorting object keys
      • invalid_objects_as_type if true functions and others objects are replaced with their type name in format __lua_<type> e.g. __lua_function
• Lua object to JSON - returns JSON string
  • encode(obj, options)
  • stringify(obj, options)
  • Parameters:
    • obj - Lua object - table, string, number, nil, boolean
    • options table with following values:
      • indent - default " ". Accepts string of whitespace characters or a number representing number of spaces (non indented HJSON is JSON, automatically forwards to _to_json version)
      • skip_keys - default true Skips invalid keys. If false throws error on invalid key.
        • Valid key types: boolean, nil, string
      • sort_keys - whether to sort keys in objects
      • item_sort_key - sort function which is passed to table.sort sorting object keys
      • invalid_objects_as_type if true functions and others objects are replaced with their type name in format __lua_<type> e.g. __lua_function
• H/JSON to Lua object - returns Lua object
  • decode(str, strict, object_hook, object_pairs_hook)
  • parse(str, strict, object_hook, object_pairs_hook)
  • Parameters:
    • str has to be valid HJSON string
    • strict default true . If true parse/decode fails on invalid control characters.
    • object_hook - function(obj) hook which allows to adjust tables generated from JSON on per JSON object basis (including nested objects). obj is lua table.
    • object_pairs_hook - function(pairs) hook which allows to adjust table before generation. pairs is table (in array form) composited from key/value pairs. It is called before the table for object_hook is generated.

null values contained within an array or object are converted to nil and are therefore lost upon decoding.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.