tsoding.frozen/docs/examples/json_printf.md

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title: json_printf() example

Note keys are not escaped. json_printf() escapes them.

  json_printf(&out, "{%Q: %d, x: [%B, %B], y: %Q}", "foo", 123, 0, -1, "hi");
  // Result:
  // {"foo": 123, "x": [false, true], "y": "hi"}

To print a complex object (for example, serialise a structure into an object), use %M format specifier:

  struct my_struct { int a, b; } mys = {1,2};
  json_printf(&out, "{foo: %M, bar: %d}", print_my_struct, &mys, 3);
  // Result:
  // {"foo": {"a": 1, "b": 2}, "bar": 3}

int print_my_struct(struct json_out *out, va_list *ap) {
  struct my_struct *p = va_arg(*ap, struct my_struct *);
  return json_printf(out, "{a: %d, b: %d}", p->a, p->b);
}