libcbor

Documentation for version |release|, updated on |today|.

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

[1]	See :doc:`rfc_conformance`

[2]	With the exception of custom memory allocators (see :doc:`api/item_reference_counting`)

Contents

.. toctree::

   getting_started
   using
   api
   streaming
   tests
   rfc_conformance
   internal
   changelog
   development