libcbor¶
Documentation for version 0.8.0, updated on Jul 10, 2023.
Overview¶
libcbor is a C library for parsing and generating CBOR, the general-purpose schema-less binary data format.
- Main features
Complete RFC conformance [1]
Robust C99 implementation
Layered architecture offers both control and convenience
Flexible memory management
No shared global state - threading friendly [2]
Proper handling of UTF-8
Full support for streams & incremental processing
Extensive documentation and test suite
No runtime dependencies, small footprint
Contents¶
- Getting started
- Usage & preliminaries
- API
- Streaming & indefinite items
- Tests
- RFC conformance
- Internal mechanics
- Changelog
- Development