diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b25dda88..69c02640 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,18 +45,10 @@ file(GLOB AWS_AUTH_PRIVATE_HEADERS
         "include/aws/auth/private/*.h"
         )
 
-file(GLOB AWS_AUTH_EXTERNAL_HEADERS
-        "include/aws/auth/external/*.h"
-        )
-
 file(GLOB AWS_AUTH_ROOT_SRC
         "source/*.c"
         )
 
-file(GLOB AWS_AUTH_EXTERNAL_SRC
-        "source/external/*.c"
-        )
-
 if (WIN32)
     if (MSVC)
         source_group("Header Files\\aws\\auth" FILES ${AWS_AUTH_HEADERS})
@@ -74,12 +66,10 @@ endif()
 file(GLOB AUTH_HEADERS
         ${AWS_AUTH_ROOT_HEADERS}
         ${AWS_AUTH_PRIVATE_HEADERS}
-        ${AWS_AUTH_EXTERNAL_HEADERS}
         )
 
 file(GLOB AUTH_SRC
         ${AWS_AUTH_ROOT_SRC}
-        ${AWS_AUTH_EXTERNAL_SRC}
         )
 
 add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} ${LIBTYPE} ${AUTH_HEADERS} ${AUTH_SRC})
diff --git a/include/aws/auth/external/cJSON.h b/include/aws/auth/external/cJSON.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 1968e38e..00000000
--- a/include/aws/auth/external/cJSON.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,294 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (c) 2009-2017 Dave Gamble and cJSON contributors
-
-  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-  THE SOFTWARE.
-*/
-
-/*
- * This file has been modified from its original version by Amazon:
- *   (1) Address clang-tidy errors by renaming function parameters in a number of places
- *   to match their .c counterparts.
- *   (2) Misc tweaks to unchecked writes to make security static analysis happier
- */
-
-/* clang-format off */
-
-#ifndef cJSON__h
-#define cJSON__h
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C"
-{
-#endif
-
-#if !defined(__WINDOWS__) && (defined(WIN32) || defined(WIN64) || defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(_WIN32))
-#define __WINDOWS__
-#endif
-
-#ifdef __WINDOWS__
-
-/* When compiling for windows, we specify a specific calling convention to avoid issues where we are being called from a project with a different default calling convention.  For windows you have 3 define options:
-
-CJSON_HIDE_SYMBOLS - Define this in the case where you don't want to ever dllexport symbols
-CJSON_EXPORT_SYMBOLS - Define this on library build when you want to dllexport symbols (default)
-CJSON_IMPORT_SYMBOLS - Define this if you want to dllimport symbol
-
-For *nix builds that support visibility attribute, you can define similar behavior by
-
-setting default visibility to hidden by adding
--fvisibility=hidden (for gcc)
-or
--xldscope=hidden (for sun cc)
-to CFLAGS
-
-then using the CJSON_API_VISIBILITY flag to "export" the same symbols the way CJSON_EXPORT_SYMBOLS does
-
-*/
-
-#define CJSON_CDECL __cdecl
-#define CJSON_STDCALL __stdcall
-
-/* export symbols by default, this is necessary for copy pasting the C and header file */
-#if !defined(CJSON_HIDE_SYMBOLS) && !defined(CJSON_IMPORT_SYMBOLS) && !defined(CJSON_EXPORT_SYMBOLS)
-#define CJSON_EXPORT_SYMBOLS
-#endif
-
-#if defined(CJSON_HIDE_SYMBOLS)
-#define CJSON_PUBLIC(type)   type CJSON_STDCALL
-#elif defined(CJSON_EXPORT_SYMBOLS)
-#define CJSON_PUBLIC(type)   __declspec(dllexport) type CJSON_STDCALL
-#elif defined(CJSON_IMPORT_SYMBOLS)
-#define CJSON_PUBLIC(type)   __declspec(dllimport) type CJSON_STDCALL
-#endif
-#else /* !__WINDOWS__ */
-#define CJSON_CDECL
-#define CJSON_STDCALL
-
-#if (defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__SUNPRO_CC) || defined (__SUNPRO_C)) && defined(CJSON_API_VISIBILITY)
-#define CJSON_PUBLIC(type)   __attribute__((visibility("default"))) type
-#else
-#define CJSON_PUBLIC(type) type
-#endif
-#endif
-
-/* project version */
-#define CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define CJSON_VERSION_MINOR 7
-#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 12
-
-#include <stddef.h>
-
-/* cJSON Types: */
-#define cJSON_Invalid (0)
-#define cJSON_False  (1 << 0)
-#define cJSON_True   (1 << 1)
-#define cJSON_NULL   (1 << 2)
-#define cJSON_Number (1 << 3)
-#define cJSON_String (1 << 4)
-#define cJSON_Array  (1 << 5)
-#define cJSON_Object (1 << 6)
-#define cJSON_Raw    (1 << 7) /* raw json */
-
-#define cJSON_IsReference 256
-#define cJSON_StringIsConst 512
-
-/* The cJSON structure: */
-typedef struct cJSON
-{
-    /* next/prev allow you to walk array/object chains. Alternatively, use GetArraySize/GetArrayItem/GetObjectItem */
-    struct cJSON *next;
-    struct cJSON *prev;
-    /* An array or object item will have a child pointer pointing to a chain of the items in the array/object. */
-    struct cJSON *child;
-
-    /* The type of the item, as above. */
-    int type;
-
-    /* The item's string, if type==cJSON_String  and type == cJSON_Raw */
-    char *valuestring;
-    /* writing to valueint is DEPRECATED, use cJSON_SetNumberValue instead */
-    int valueint;
-    /* The item's number, if type==cJSON_Number */
-    double valuedouble;
-
-    /* The item's name string, if this item is the child of, or is in the list of subitems of an object. */
-    char *string;
-} cJSON;
-
-typedef struct cJSON_Hooks
-{
-      /* malloc/free are CDECL on Windows regardless of the default calling convention of the compiler, so ensure the hooks allow passing those functions directly. */
-      void *(CJSON_CDECL *malloc_fn)(size_t sz);
-      void (CJSON_CDECL *free_fn)(void *ptr);
-} cJSON_Hooks;
-
-typedef int cJSON_bool;
-
-/* Limits how deeply nested arrays/objects can be before cJSON rejects to parse them.
- * This is to prevent stack overflows. */
-#ifndef CJSON_NESTING_LIMIT
-#define CJSON_NESTING_LIMIT 1000
-#endif
-
-/* returns the version of cJSON as a string */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(const char*) cJSON_Version(void);
-
-/* Supply malloc, realloc and free functions to cJSON */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_InitHooks(cJSON_Hooks* hooks);
-
-/* Memory Management: the caller is always responsible to free the results from all variants of cJSON_Parse (with cJSON_Delete) and cJSON_Print (with stdlib free, cJSON_Hooks.free_fn, or cJSON_free as appropriate). The exception is cJSON_PrintPreallocated, where the caller has full responsibility of the buffer. */
-/* Supply a block of JSON, and this returns a cJSON object you can interrogate. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_Parse(const char *value);
-/* ParseWithOpts allows you to require (and check) that the JSON is null terminated, and to retrieve the pointer to the final byte parsed. */
-/* If you supply a ptr in return_parse_end and parsing fails, then return_parse_end will contain a pointer to the error so will match cJSON_GetErrorPtr(). */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_ParseWithOpts(const char *value, const char **return_parse_end, cJSON_bool require_null_terminated);
-
-/* Render a cJSON entity to text for transfer/storage. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_Print(const cJSON *item);
-/* Render a cJSON entity to text for transfer/storage without any formatting. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_PrintUnformatted(const cJSON *item);
-/* Render a cJSON entity to text using a buffered strategy. prebuffer is a guess at the final size. guessing well reduces reallocation. fmt=0 gives unformatted, =1 gives formatted */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_PrintBuffered(const cJSON *item, int prebuffer, cJSON_bool fmt);
-/* Render a cJSON entity to text using a buffer already allocated in memory with given length. Returns 1 on success and 0 on failure. */
-/* NOTE: cJSON is not always 100% accurate in estimating how much memory it will use, so to be safe allocate 5 bytes more than you actually need */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_PrintPreallocated(cJSON *item, char *buf, const int len, const cJSON_bool fmt);
-/* Delete a cJSON entity and all subentities. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_Delete(cJSON *item);
-
-/* Returns the number of items in an array (or object). */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(int) cJSON_GetArraySize(const cJSON *array);
-/* Retrieve item number "index" from array "array". Returns NULL if unsuccessful. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_GetArrayItem(const cJSON *array, int index);
-/* Get item "string" from object. Case insensitive. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_GetObjectItem(const cJSON * const object, const char * const string);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(const cJSON * const object, const char * const string);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_HasObjectItem(const cJSON *object, const char *string);
-/* For analysing failed parses. This returns a pointer to the parse error. You'll probably need to look a few chars back to make sense of it. Defined when cJSON_Parse() returns 0. 0 when cJSON_Parse() succeeds. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(const char *) cJSON_GetErrorPtr(void);
-
-/* Check if the item is a string and return its valuestring */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_GetStringValue(cJSON *item);
-
-/* These functions check the type of an item */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsInvalid(const cJSON * const item);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsFalse(const cJSON * const item);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsTrue(const cJSON * const item);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsBool(const cJSON * const item);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsNull(const cJSON * const item);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsNumber(const cJSON * const item);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsString(const cJSON * const item);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsArray(const cJSON * const item);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsObject(const cJSON * const item);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsRaw(const cJSON * const item);
-
-/* These calls create a cJSON item of the appropriate type. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateNull(void);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateTrue(void);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateFalse(void);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateBool(cJSON_bool b);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateNumber(double num);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateString(const char *string);
-/* raw json */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateRaw(const char *raw);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateArray(void);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateObject(void);
-
-/* Create a string where valuestring references a string so
- * it will not be freed by cJSON_Delete */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateStringReference(const char *string);
-/* Create an object/arrray that only references it's elements so
- * they will not be freed by cJSON_Delete */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateObjectReference(const cJSON *child);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateArrayReference(const cJSON *child);
-
-/* These utilities create an Array of count items. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateIntArray(const int *numbers, int count);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateFloatArray(const float *numbers, int count);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateDoubleArray(const double *numbers, int count);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateStringArray(const char **strings, int count);
-
-/* Append item to the specified array/object. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_AddItemToArray(cJSON *array, cJSON *item);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_AddItemToObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item);
-/* Use this when string is definitely const (i.e. a literal, or as good as), and will definitely survive the cJSON object.
- * WARNING: When this function was used, make sure to always check that (item->type & cJSON_StringIsConst) is zero before
- * writing to `item->string` */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_AddItemToObjectCS(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item);
-/* Append reference to item to the specified array/object. Use this when you want to add an existing cJSON to a new cJSON, but don't want to corrupt your existing cJSON. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_AddItemReferenceToArray(cJSON *array, cJSON *item);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_AddItemReferenceToObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item);
-
-/* Remove/Detatch items from Arrays/Objects. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemViaPointer(cJSON *parent, cJSON * const item);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(cJSON *array, int which);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_DeleteItemFromArray(cJSON *array, int which);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemFromObject(cJSON *object, const char *string);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemFromObjectCaseSensitive(cJSON *object, const char *string);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_DeleteItemFromObject(cJSON *object, const char *string);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_DeleteItemFromObjectCaseSensitive(cJSON *object, const char *string);
-
-/* Update array items. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_InsertItemInArray(cJSON *array, int which, cJSON *newitem); /* Shifts pre-existing items to the right. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_ReplaceItemViaPointer(cJSON * const parent, cJSON * const item, cJSON * replacement);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_ReplaceItemInArray(cJSON *array, int which, cJSON *newitem);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_ReplaceItemInObject(cJSON *object,const char *string,cJSON *newitem);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_ReplaceItemInObjectCaseSensitive(cJSON *object,const char *string,cJSON *newitem);
-
-/* Duplicate a cJSON item */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_Duplicate(const cJSON *item, cJSON_bool recurse);
-/* Duplicate will create a new, identical cJSON item to the one you pass, in new memory that will
-need to be released. With recurse!=0, it will duplicate any children connected to the item.
-The item->next and ->prev pointers are always zero on return from Duplicate. */
-/* Recursively compare two cJSON items for equality. If either a or b is NULL or invalid, they will be considered unequal.
- * case_sensitive determines if object keys are treated case sensitive (1) or case insensitive (0) */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_Compare(const cJSON * const a, const cJSON * const b, const cJSON_bool case_sensitive);
-
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_Minify(char *json);
-
-/* Helper functions for creating and adding items to an object at the same time.
- * They return the added item or NULL on failure. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddNullToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddTrueToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddFalseToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddBoolToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const cJSON_bool boolean);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddNumberToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const double number);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddStringToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const char * const string);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddRawToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const char * const raw);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddObjectToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddArrayToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name);
-
-/* When assigning an integer value, it needs to be propagated to valuedouble too. */
-#define cJSON_SetIntValue(object, number) ((object) ? (object)->valueint = (object)->valuedouble = (number) : (number))
-/* helper for the cJSON_SetNumberValue macro */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(double) cJSON_SetNumberHelper(cJSON *object, double number);
-#define cJSON_SetNumberValue(object, number) ((object != NULL) ? cJSON_SetNumberHelper(object, (double)number) : (number))
-
-/* Macro for iterating over an array or object */
-#define cJSON_ArrayForEach(element, array) for(element = (array != NULL) ? (array)->child : NULL; element != NULL; element = element->next)
-
-/* malloc/free objects using the malloc/free functions that have been set with cJSON_InitHooks */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void *) cJSON_malloc(size_t size);
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_free(void *object);
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif
diff --git a/include/aws/auth/private/credentials_utils.h b/include/aws/auth/private/credentials_utils.h
index ce85521c..1fbe8011 100644
--- a/include/aws/auth/private/credentials_utils.h
+++ b/include/aws/auth/private/credentials_utils.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <aws/auth/auth.h>
 #include <aws/auth/credentials.h>
-#include <aws/auth/external/cJSON.h>
+#include <aws/common/json.h>
 #include <aws/http/connection_manager.h>
 
 struct aws_http_connection;
@@ -135,13 +135,13 @@ struct aws_parse_credentials_from_json_doc_options {
  * performe a case insensitive search.
  */
 AWS_AUTH_API
-struct aws_credentials *aws_parse_credentials_from_cjson_object(
+struct aws_credentials *aws_parse_credentials_from_aws_json_object(
     struct aws_allocator *allocator,
-    struct cJSON *document_root,
+    struct aws_json_value *document_root,
     const struct aws_parse_credentials_from_json_doc_options *options);
 
 /**
- * This API is similar to aws_parse_credentials_from_cjson_object,
+ * This API is similar to aws_parse_credentials_from_aws_json_object,
  * except it accpets a char buffer json document as it's input.
  */
 AWS_AUTH_API
diff --git a/source/auth.c b/source/auth.c
index 7bcdf9a0..0a7d7d8f 100644
--- a/source/auth.c
+++ b/source/auth.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  */
 #include <aws/auth/auth.h>
 
-#include <aws/auth/external/cJSON.h>
 #include <aws/auth/private/aws_signing.h>
 
 #include <aws/cal/cal.h>
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <aws/sdkutils/sdkutils.h>
 
 #include <aws/common/error.h>
+#include <aws/common/json.h>
 
 #define AWS_DEFINE_ERROR_INFO_AUTH(CODE, STR) AWS_DEFINE_ERROR_INFO(CODE, STR, "aws-c-auth")
 
@@ -114,14 +114,6 @@ static struct aws_log_subject_info_list s_auth_log_subject_list = {
 static bool s_library_initialized = false;
 static struct aws_allocator *s_library_allocator = NULL;
 
-static void *s_cJSONAlloc(size_t sz) {
-    return aws_mem_acquire(s_library_allocator, sz);
-}
-
-static void s_cJSONFree(void *ptr) {
-    aws_mem_release(s_library_allocator, ptr);
-}
-
 void aws_auth_library_init(struct aws_allocator *allocator) {
     if (s_library_initialized) {
         return;
@@ -141,11 +133,6 @@ void aws_auth_library_init(struct aws_allocator *allocator) {
     aws_register_log_subject_info_list(&s_auth_log_subject_list);
 
     AWS_FATAL_ASSERT(aws_signing_init_signing_tables(allocator) == AWS_OP_SUCCESS);
-
-    struct cJSON_Hooks allocation_hooks = {.malloc_fn = s_cJSONAlloc, .free_fn = s_cJSONFree};
-
-    cJSON_InitHooks(&allocation_hooks);
-
     s_library_initialized = true;
 }
 
diff --git a/source/aws_imds_client.c b/source/aws_imds_client.c
index 1dcc0918..45ff8e9b 100644
--- a/source/aws_imds_client.c
+++ b/source/aws_imds_client.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include <aws/io/socket.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 
+#include <aws/common/json.h>
+
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
 #    pragma warning(disable : 4204)
 #    pragma warning(disable : 4232)
@@ -1059,32 +1061,46 @@ static void s_process_credentials_resource(const struct aws_byte_buf *resource,
   "InstanceProfileId" : "AIPAQOHATHEGTGNQ5THQB"
 }
  */
-static int s_parse_iam_profile(cJSON *document_root, struct aws_imds_iam_profile *dest) {
+static int s_parse_iam_profile(struct aws_json_value *document_root, struct aws_imds_iam_profile *dest) {
 
     bool success = false;
 
-    cJSON *last_updated = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "LastUpdated");
-    if (!cJSON_IsString(last_updated) || (last_updated->valuestring == NULL)) {
+    struct aws_byte_cursor last_updated_cursor;
+    struct aws_json_value *last_updated =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("LastUpdated"));
+    if (last_updated == NULL) {
+        last_updated = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("lastupdated"));
+    }
+    if (!aws_json_value_is_string(last_updated) ||
+        (aws_json_value_get_string(last_updated, &last_updated_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR)) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_IMDS_CLIENT, "Failed to parse LastUpdated from Json document for iam profile.");
         goto done;
     }
 
-    cJSON *profile_arn = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "InstanceProfileArn");
-    if (!cJSON_IsString(profile_arn) || (profile_arn->valuestring == NULL)) {
+    struct aws_byte_cursor profile_arn_cursor;
+    struct aws_json_value *profile_arn =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("InstanceProfileArn"));
+    if (profile_arn == NULL) {
+        profile_arn = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("instanceprofilearn"));
+    }
+    if (!aws_json_value_is_string(profile_arn) ||
+        (aws_json_value_get_string(profile_arn, &profile_arn_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR)) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_IMDS_CLIENT, "Failed to parse InstanceProfileArn from Json document for iam profile.");
         goto done;
     }
 
-    cJSON *profile_id = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "InstanceProfileId");
-    if (!cJSON_IsString(profile_id) || (profile_id->valuestring == NULL)) {
+    struct aws_byte_cursor profile_id_cursor;
+    struct aws_json_value *profile_id =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("InstanceProfileId"));
+    if (profile_id == NULL) {
+        profile_id = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("instanceprofileid"));
+    }
+    if (!aws_json_value_is_string(profile_id) ||
+        (aws_json_value_get_string(profile_id, &profile_id_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR)) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_IMDS_CLIENT, "Failed to parse InstanceProfileId from Json document for iam profile.");
         goto done;
     }
 
-    struct aws_byte_cursor last_updated_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(last_updated->valuestring);
-    struct aws_byte_cursor profile_arn_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(profile_arn->valuestring);
-    struct aws_byte_cursor profile_id_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(profile_id->valuestring);
-
     if (last_updated_cursor.len == 0 || profile_arn_cursor.len == 0 || profile_id_cursor.len == 0) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_IMDS_CLIENT, "Parsed an unexpected Json document fro iam profile.");
         goto done;
@@ -1107,7 +1123,7 @@ static int s_parse_iam_profile(cJSON *document_root, struct aws_imds_iam_profile
 
 static void s_process_iam_profile(const struct aws_byte_buf *resource, int error_code, void *user_data) {
     struct imds_get_iam_user_data *wrapped_user_data = user_data;
-    cJSON *document_root = NULL;
+    struct aws_json_value *document_root = NULL;
     struct aws_imds_iam_profile iam;
     AWS_ZERO_STRUCT(iam);
 
@@ -1126,7 +1142,8 @@ static void s_process_iam_profile(const struct aws_byte_buf *resource, int error
         goto on_finish;
     }
 
-    document_root = cJSON_Parse((const char *)json_data.buffer);
+    struct aws_byte_cursor json_data_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_buf(&json_data);
+    document_root = aws_json_value_new_from_string(aws_default_allocator(), json_data_cursor);
     if (document_root == NULL) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_IMDS_CLIENT, "Failed to parse document as Json document for iam profile.");
         goto on_finish;
@@ -1141,7 +1158,7 @@ static void s_process_iam_profile(const struct aws_byte_buf *resource, int error
     aws_byte_buf_clean_up_secure(&json_data);
     aws_mem_release(wrapped_user_data->allocator, wrapped_user_data);
     if (document_root != NULL) {
-        cJSON_Delete(document_root);
+        aws_json_value_destroy(document_root);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1164,108 +1181,228 @@ static void s_process_iam_profile(const struct aws_byte_buf *resource, int error
   "version" : "2017-09-30"
   }
  */
-static int s_parse_instance_info(cJSON *document_root, struct aws_imds_instance_info *dest) {
+static int s_parse_instance_info(struct aws_json_value *document_root, struct aws_imds_instance_info *dest) {
 
     bool success = false;
-    cJSON *account_id = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "accountId");
-    if (!cJSON_IsString(account_id) || (account_id->valuestring == NULL)) {
+
+    struct aws_byte_cursor account_id_cursor;
+    struct aws_json_value *account_id =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("accountId"));
+    if (account_id == NULL) {
+        account_id = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("accountid"));
+        if (account_id == NULL) {
+            account_id = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("AccountId"));
+        }
+    }
+    if (!aws_json_value_is_string(account_id) ||
+        (aws_json_value_get_string(account_id, &account_id_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR)) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_IMDS_CLIENT, "Failed to parse accountId from Json document for ec2 instance info.");
         goto done;
     }
-    dest->account_id = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(account_id->valuestring);
+    dest->account_id = account_id_cursor;
 
-    cJSON *architecture = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "architecture");
-    if (!cJSON_IsString(architecture) || (architecture->valuestring == NULL)) {
+    struct aws_byte_cursor architecture_cursor;
+    struct aws_json_value *architecture =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("architecture"));
+    if (architecture == NULL) {
+        architecture = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("Architecture"));
+    }
+    if (!aws_json_value_is_string(architecture) ||
+        (aws_json_value_get_string(architecture, &architecture_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR)) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_IMDS_CLIENT, "Failed to parse architecture from Json document for ec2 instance info.");
         goto done;
     }
-    dest->architecture = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(architecture->valuestring);
-
-    cJSON *availability_zone = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "availabilityZone");
-    if (!cJSON_IsString(availability_zone) || (availability_zone->valuestring == NULL)) {
+    dest->architecture = architecture_cursor;
+
+    struct aws_byte_cursor availability_zone_cursor;
+    struct aws_json_value *availability_zone =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("availabilityZone"));
+    if (availability_zone == NULL) {
+        availability_zone =
+            aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("availabilityzone"));
+        if (availability_zone == NULL) {
+            availability_zone =
+                aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("AvailabilityZone"));
+        }
+    }
+    if (!aws_json_value_is_string(availability_zone) ||
+        (aws_json_value_get_string(availability_zone, &availability_zone_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR)) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(
             AWS_LS_IMDS_CLIENT, "Failed to parse availabilityZone from Json document for ec2 instance info.");
         goto done;
     }
-    dest->availability_zone = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(availability_zone->valuestring);
+    dest->availability_zone = availability_zone_cursor;
 
-    cJSON *billing_products = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "billingProducts");
-    if (cJSON_IsArray(billing_products)) {
-        cJSON *element;
-        cJSON_ArrayForEach(element, billing_products) {
-            if (cJSON_IsString(element) && (element->valuestring != NULL)) {
-                struct aws_byte_cursor item = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(element->valuestring);
+    struct aws_byte_cursor billing_products_cursor;
+    struct aws_json_value *billing_products =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("billingProducts"));
+    if (billing_products == NULL) {
+        billing_products = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("billingproducts"));
+        if (billing_products == NULL) {
+            billing_products =
+                aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("BillingProducts"));
+        }
+    }
+    if (aws_json_value_is_array(billing_products)) {
+        struct aws_json_value *element;
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < aws_json_get_array_size(billing_products); i++) {
+            element = aws_json_get_array_element(billing_products, i);
+            if (aws_json_value_is_string(element) &&
+                aws_json_value_get_string(element, &billing_products_cursor) != AWS_OP_ERR) {
+                struct aws_byte_cursor item = billing_products_cursor;
                 aws_array_list_push_back(&dest->billing_products, (const void *)&item);
             }
         }
     }
 
-    cJSON *marketplace_product_codes = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "marketplaceProductCodes");
-    if (cJSON_IsArray(marketplace_product_codes)) {
-        cJSON *element;
-        cJSON_ArrayForEach(element, marketplace_product_codes) {
-            if (cJSON_IsString(element) && (element->valuestring != NULL)) {
-                struct aws_byte_cursor item = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(element->valuestring);
-                aws_array_list_push_back(&dest->marketplace_product_codes, (const void *)&item);
+    struct aws_byte_cursor marketplace_product_codes_cursor;
+    struct aws_json_value *marketplace_product_codes =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("marketplaceProductCodes"));
+    if (marketplace_product_codes == NULL) {
+        marketplace_product_codes =
+            aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("marketplaceproductcodes"));
+        if (marketplace_product_codes == NULL) {
+            marketplace_product_codes =
+                aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("MarketplaceProductCodes"));
+        }
+    }
+    if (aws_json_value_is_array(marketplace_product_codes)) {
+        struct aws_json_value *element;
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < aws_json_get_array_size(marketplace_product_codes); i++) {
+            element = aws_json_get_array_element(marketplace_product_codes, i);
+            if (aws_json_value_is_string(element) &&
+                aws_json_value_get_string(element, &marketplace_product_codes_cursor) != AWS_OP_ERR) {
+                struct aws_byte_cursor item = marketplace_product_codes_cursor;
+                aws_array_list_push_back(&dest->billing_products, (const void *)&item);
             }
         }
     }
 
-    cJSON *image_id = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "imageId");
-    if (cJSON_IsString(image_id) && (image_id->valuestring != NULL)) {
-        dest->image_id = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(image_id->valuestring);
+    struct aws_byte_cursor image_id_cursor;
+    struct aws_json_value *image_id =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("imageId"));
+    if (image_id == NULL) {
+        image_id = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("imageid"));
+        if (image_id == NULL) {
+            image_id = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("ImageId"));
+        }
+    }
+    if (aws_json_value_is_string(image_id) && (aws_json_value_get_string(image_id, &image_id_cursor) != AWS_OP_ERR)) {
+        dest->image_id = image_id_cursor;
     }
 
-    cJSON *instance_id = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "instanceId");
-    if (!cJSON_IsString(instance_id) || (instance_id->valuestring == NULL)) {
+    struct aws_byte_cursor instance_id_cursor;
+    struct aws_json_value *instance_id =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("instanceId"));
+    if (instance_id == NULL) {
+        instance_id = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("instanceid"));
+        if (instance_id == NULL) {
+            instance_id = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("InstanceId"));
+        }
+    }
+    if (!aws_json_value_is_string(instance_id) ||
+        (aws_json_value_get_string(instance_id, &instance_id_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR)) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_IMDS_CLIENT, "Failed to parse instanceId from Json document for ec2 instance info.");
         goto done;
     }
-    dest->instance_id = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(instance_id->valuestring);
+    dest->instance_id = instance_id_cursor;
 
-    cJSON *instance_type = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "instanceType");
-    if (!cJSON_IsString(instance_type) || (instance_type->valuestring == NULL)) {
+    struct aws_byte_cursor instance_type_cursor;
+    struct aws_json_value *instance_type =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("instanceType"));
+    if (instance_type == NULL) {
+        instance_type = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("instancetype"));
+        if (instance_type == NULL) {
+            instance_type = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("InstanceType"));
+        }
+    }
+    if (!aws_json_value_is_string(instance_type) ||
+        (aws_json_value_get_string(instance_type, &instance_type_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR)) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_IMDS_CLIENT, "Failed to parse instanceType from Json document for ec2 instance info.");
         goto done;
     }
-    dest->instance_type = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(instance_type->valuestring);
+    dest->instance_type = instance_type_cursor;
 
-    cJSON *kernel_id = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "kernelId");
-    if (cJSON_IsString(kernel_id) && (kernel_id->valuestring != NULL)) {
-        dest->kernel_id = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(kernel_id->valuestring);
+    struct aws_byte_cursor kernel_id_cursor;
+    struct aws_json_value *kernel_id =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("kernelId"));
+    if (kernel_id == NULL) {
+        kernel_id = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("kernelid"));
+        if (kernel_id == NULL) {
+            kernel_id = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("KernelId"));
+        }
+    }
+    if (aws_json_value_is_string(kernel_id) &&
+        (aws_json_value_get_string(kernel_id, &kernel_id_cursor) != AWS_OP_ERR)) {
+        dest->kernel_id = kernel_id_cursor;
     }
 
-    cJSON *private_ip = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "privateIp");
-    if (cJSON_IsString(private_ip) && (private_ip->valuestring != NULL)) {
-        dest->private_ip = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(private_ip->valuestring);
+    struct aws_byte_cursor private_ip_cursor;
+    struct aws_json_value *private_ip =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("privateIp"));
+    if (private_ip == NULL) {
+        private_ip = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("privateip"));
+        if (private_ip == NULL) {
+            private_ip = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("PrivateIp"));
+        }
+    }
+    if (aws_json_value_is_string(private_ip) &&
+        (aws_json_value_get_string(private_ip, &private_ip_cursor) != AWS_OP_ERR)) {
+        dest->private_ip = private_ip_cursor;
     }
 
-    cJSON *ramdisk_id = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "ramdiskId");
-    if (cJSON_IsString(ramdisk_id) && (ramdisk_id->valuestring != NULL)) {
-        dest->ramdisk_id = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(ramdisk_id->valuestring);
+    struct aws_byte_cursor ramdisk_id_cursor;
+    struct aws_json_value *ramdisk_id =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("ramdiskId"));
+    if (ramdisk_id == NULL) {
+        ramdisk_id = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("ramdiskid"));
+        if (ramdisk_id == NULL) {
+            ramdisk_id = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("RamdiskId"));
+        }
+    }
+    if (aws_json_value_is_string(ramdisk_id) &&
+        (aws_json_value_get_string(ramdisk_id, &ramdisk_id_cursor) != AWS_OP_ERR)) {
+        dest->ramdisk_id = ramdisk_id_cursor;
     }
 
-    cJSON *region = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "region");
-    if (!cJSON_IsString(region) || (region->valuestring == NULL)) {
+    struct aws_byte_cursor region_cursor;
+    struct aws_json_value *region = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("region"));
+    if (region == NULL) {
+        region = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("Region"));
+    }
+    if (!aws_json_value_is_string(region) || (aws_json_value_get_string(region, &region_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR)) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_IMDS_CLIENT, "Failed to parse region from Json document for ec2 instance info.");
         goto done;
     }
-    dest->region = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(region->valuestring);
+    dest->region = region_cursor;
 
-    cJSON *version = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "version");
-    if (!cJSON_IsString(version) || (version->valuestring == NULL)) {
+    struct aws_byte_cursor version_cursor;
+    struct aws_json_value *version =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("version"));
+    if (version == NULL) {
+        version = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("Version"));
+    }
+    if (!aws_json_value_is_string(version) || (aws_json_value_get_string(version, &version_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR)) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_IMDS_CLIENT, "Failed to parse version from Json document for ec2 instance info.");
         goto done;
     }
-    dest->version = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(version->valuestring);
+    dest->version = version_cursor;
 
-    cJSON *pending_time = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "pendingTime");
-    if (!cJSON_IsString(pending_time) || (pending_time->valuestring == NULL)) {
+    struct aws_byte_cursor pending_time_cursor;
+    struct aws_json_value *pending_time =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("pendingTime"));
+    if (pending_time == NULL) {
+        pending_time = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("pendingtime"));
+        if (pending_time == NULL) {
+            pending_time = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("PendingTime"));
+        }
+    }
+    if (!aws_json_value_is_string(pending_time) ||
+        (aws_json_value_get_string(pending_time, &pending_time_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR)) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_IMDS_CLIENT, "Failed to parse pendingTime from Json document for ec2 instance info.");
         goto done;
     }
 
-    struct aws_byte_cursor pending_time_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(pending_time->valuestring);
     if (aws_date_time_init_from_str_cursor(&dest->pending_time, &pending_time_cursor, AWS_DATE_FORMAT_ISO_8601)) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(
             AWS_LS_IMDS_CLIENT, "pendingTime in instance info Json document is not a valid ISO_8601 date string.");
@@ -1285,7 +1422,7 @@ static void s_process_instance_info(const struct aws_byte_buf *resource, int err
     struct aws_byte_buf json_data;
     AWS_ZERO_STRUCT(json_data);
 
-    cJSON *document_root = NULL;
+    struct aws_json_value *document_root = NULL;
 
     if (aws_array_list_init_dynamic(
             &instance_info.billing_products, wrapped_user_data->allocator, 10, sizeof(struct aws_byte_cursor))) {
@@ -1312,7 +1449,8 @@ static void s_process_instance_info(const struct aws_byte_buf *resource, int err
         goto on_finish;
     }
 
-    document_root = cJSON_Parse((const char *)json_data.buffer);
+    struct aws_byte_cursor json_data_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_buf(&json_data);
+    document_root = aws_json_value_new_from_string(aws_default_allocator(), json_data_cursor);
     if (document_root == NULL) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_IMDS_CLIENT, "Failed to parse document as Json document for ec2 instance info.");
         goto on_finish;
@@ -1329,7 +1467,7 @@ static void s_process_instance_info(const struct aws_byte_buf *resource, int err
     aws_byte_buf_clean_up_secure(&json_data);
     aws_mem_release(wrapped_user_data->allocator, wrapped_user_data);
     if (document_root != NULL) {
-        cJSON_Delete(document_root);
+        aws_json_value_destroy(document_root);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/source/credentials_provider_ecs.c b/source/credentials_provider_ecs.c
index 7e17c113..b69c9c78 100644
--- a/source/credentials_provider_ecs.c
+++ b/source/credentials_provider_ecs.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 #include <aws/auth/credentials.h>
 
-#include <aws/auth/external/cJSON.h>
 #include <aws/auth/private/credentials_utils.h>
 #include <aws/common/clock.h>
 #include <aws/common/date_time.h>
diff --git a/source/credentials_provider_process.c b/source/credentials_provider_process.c
index 18e37db1..3475a18a 100644
--- a/source/credentials_provider_process.c
+++ b/source/credentials_provider_process.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <aws/auth/credentials.h>
-#include <aws/auth/external/cJSON.h>
 #include <aws/auth/private/aws_profile.h>
 #include <aws/auth/private/credentials_utils.h>
 #include <aws/common/clock.h>
diff --git a/source/credentials_provider_sts_web_identity.c b/source/credentials_provider_sts_web_identity.c
index 51f08ced..cd1b2d02 100644
--- a/source/credentials_provider_sts_web_identity.c
+++ b/source/credentials_provider_sts_web_identity.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 #include <aws/auth/credentials.h>
 
-#include <aws/auth/external/cJSON.h>
 #include <aws/auth/private/aws_profile.h>
 #include <aws/auth/private/credentials_utils.h>
 #include <aws/common/clock.h>
diff --git a/source/credentials_provider_x509.c b/source/credentials_provider_x509.c
index 6272fd62..32348e12 100644
--- a/source/credentials_provider_x509.c
+++ b/source/credentials_provider_x509.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 #include <aws/auth/credentials.h>
 
-#include <aws/auth/external/cJSON.h>
 #include <aws/auth/private/credentials_utils.h>
 #include <aws/common/clock.h>
 #include <aws/common/date_time.h>
@@ -19,6 +18,8 @@
 #include <aws/io/tls_channel_handler.h>
 #include <aws/io/uri.h>
 
+#include <aws/common/json.h>
+
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
 #    pragma warning(disable : 4204)
 #    pragma warning(disable : 4232)
@@ -146,13 +147,14 @@ static struct aws_credentials *s_parse_credentials_from_iot_core_document(
     struct aws_byte_buf *document) {
 
     struct aws_credentials *credentials = NULL;
-    cJSON *document_root = NULL;
+    struct aws_json_value *document_root = NULL;
 
     if (aws_byte_buf_append_null_terminator(document)) {
         goto done;
     }
 
-    document_root = cJSON_Parse((const char *)document->buffer);
+    struct aws_byte_cursor document_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_buf(document);
+    document_root = aws_json_value_new_from_string(allocator, document_cursor);
     if (document_root == NULL) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_AUTH_CREDENTIALS_PROVIDER, "Failed to parse IoT Core response as Json document.");
         goto done;
@@ -161,8 +163,9 @@ static struct aws_credentials *s_parse_credentials_from_iot_core_document(
     /*
      * pull out the root "Credentials" components
      */
-    cJSON *creds = cJSON_GetObjectItem(document_root, "credentials");
-    if (!cJSON_IsObject(creds)) {
+    struct aws_json_value *creds =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("credentials"));
+    if (!aws_json_value_is_object(creds)) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_AUTH_CREDENTIALS_PROVIDER, "Failed to parse credentials from IoT Core response.");
         goto done;
     }
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ static struct aws_credentials *s_parse_credentials_from_iot_core_document(
         .expiration_required = false,
     };
 
-    credentials = aws_parse_credentials_from_cjson_object(allocator, creds, &parse_options);
+    credentials = aws_parse_credentials_from_aws_json_object(allocator, creds, &parse_options);
     if (!credentials) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_AUTH_CREDENTIALS_PROVIDER, "X509 credentials provider failed to parse credentials");
     }
@@ -184,7 +187,7 @@ static struct aws_credentials *s_parse_credentials_from_iot_core_document(
 done:
 
     if (document_root != NULL) {
-        cJSON_Delete(document_root);
+        aws_json_value_destroy(document_root);
     }
 
     return credentials;
diff --git a/source/credentials_utils.c b/source/credentials_utils.c
index 3e8b90c4..16678a98 100644
--- a/source/credentials_utils.c
+++ b/source/credentials_utils.c
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0.
  */
 
-#include <aws/auth/external/cJSON.h>
 #include <aws/auth/private/credentials_utils.h>
-#include <aws/common/date_time.h>
 #include <aws/common/string.h>
 #include <aws/common/uuid.h>
 
+#include <aws/common/date_time.h>
+#include <aws/common/json.h>
+
 void aws_credentials_query_init(
     struct aws_credentials_query *query,
     struct aws_credentials_provider *provider,
@@ -48,9 +49,9 @@ void aws_credentials_provider_invoke_shutdown_callback(struct aws_credentials_pr
     }
 }
 
-struct aws_credentials *aws_parse_credentials_from_cjson_object(
+struct aws_credentials *aws_parse_credentials_from_aws_json_object(
     struct aws_allocator *allocator,
-    struct cJSON *document_root,
+    struct aws_json_value *document_root,
     const struct aws_parse_credentials_from_json_doc_options *options) {
 
     AWS_FATAL_ASSERT(allocator);
@@ -68,41 +69,50 @@ struct aws_credentials *aws_parse_credentials_from_cjson_object(
     }
 
     struct aws_credentials *credentials = NULL;
-    cJSON *access_key_id = NULL;
-    cJSON *secrete_access_key = NULL;
-    cJSON *token = NULL;
-    cJSON *creds_expiration = NULL;
+    struct aws_json_value *access_key_id = NULL;
+    struct aws_json_value *secrete_access_key = NULL;
+    struct aws_json_value *token = NULL;
+    struct aws_json_value *creds_expiration = NULL;
 
     bool parse_error = true;
 
     /*
      * Pull out the credentials components
      */
-    access_key_id = cJSON_GetObjectItem(document_root, options->access_key_id_name);
-    if (!cJSON_IsString(access_key_id) || (access_key_id->valuestring == NULL)) {
+    struct aws_byte_cursor access_key_id_cursor;
+    access_key_id =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str((char *)options->access_key_id_name));
+    if (!aws_json_value_is_string(access_key_id) ||
+        aws_json_value_get_string(access_key_id, &access_key_id_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_AUTH_CREDENTIALS_PROVIDER, "Failed to parse AccessKeyId from Json document.");
         goto done;
     }
 
-    secrete_access_key = cJSON_GetObjectItem(document_root, options->secrete_access_key_name);
-    if (!cJSON_IsString(secrete_access_key) || (secrete_access_key->valuestring == NULL)) {
+    struct aws_byte_cursor secrete_access_key_cursor;
+    secrete_access_key = aws_json_value_get_from_object(
+        document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str((char *)options->secrete_access_key_name));
+    if (!aws_json_value_is_string(secrete_access_key) ||
+        aws_json_value_get_string(secrete_access_key, &secrete_access_key_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_AUTH_CREDENTIALS_PROVIDER, "Failed to parse SecretAccessKey from Json document.");
         goto done;
     }
 
+    struct aws_byte_cursor token_cursor;
     if (options->token_name) {
-        token = cJSON_GetObjectItem(document_root, options->token_name);
-        if (!cJSON_IsString(token) || (token->valuestring == NULL)) {
-            if (options->token_required) {
-                AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_AUTH_CREDENTIALS_PROVIDER, "Failed to parse Token from Json document.");
-                goto done;
-            }
+        token = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str((char *)options->token_name));
+        if (!aws_json_value_is_string(token) || aws_json_value_get_string(token, &token_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR) {
+            AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_AUTH_CREDENTIALS_PROVIDER, "Failed to parse Token from Json document.");
+            goto done;
         }
     }
 
+    // needed to avoid uninitialized local variable error
+    struct aws_byte_cursor creds_expiration_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("");
     if (options->expiration_name) {
-        creds_expiration = cJSON_GetObjectItem(document_root, options->expiration_name);
-        if (!cJSON_IsString(creds_expiration) || (creds_expiration->valuestring == NULL)) {
+        creds_expiration =
+            aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str((char *)options->expiration_name));
+        if (!aws_json_value_is_string(creds_expiration) ||
+            aws_json_value_get_string(creds_expiration, &creds_expiration_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR) {
             if (options->expiration_required) {
                 AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_AUTH_CREDENTIALS_PROVIDER, "Failed to parse Expiration from Json document.");
                 goto done;
@@ -112,7 +122,6 @@ struct aws_credentials *aws_parse_credentials_from_cjson_object(
 
     uint64_t expiration_timepoint_in_seconds = UINT64_MAX;
     if (creds_expiration) {
-        struct aws_byte_cursor creds_expiration_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(creds_expiration->valuestring);
         if (options->expiration_required && creds_expiration_cursor.len == 0) {
             AWS_LOGF_ERROR(
                 AWS_LS_AUTH_CREDENTIALS_PROVIDER,
@@ -142,10 +151,7 @@ struct aws_credentials *aws_parse_credentials_from_cjson_object(
     /*
      * Build the credentials
      */
-    struct aws_byte_cursor access_key_id_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(access_key_id->valuestring);
-    struct aws_byte_cursor secret_access_key_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(secrete_access_key->valuestring);
-
-    if (access_key_id_cursor.len == 0 || secret_access_key_cursor.len == 0) {
+    if (access_key_id_cursor.len == 0 || secrete_access_key_cursor.len == 0) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(
             AWS_LS_AUTH_CREDENTIALS_PROVIDER,
             "Parsed an unexpected credentials json document, either access key, secret key is empty.")
@@ -156,7 +162,7 @@ struct aws_credentials *aws_parse_credentials_from_cjson_object(
     AWS_ZERO_STRUCT(session_token_cursor);
 
     if (token) {
-        session_token_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(token->valuestring);
+        aws_json_value_get_string(token, &session_token_cursor);
         if (options->token_required && session_token_cursor.len == 0) {
             AWS_LOGF_ERROR(
                 AWS_LS_AUTH_CREDENTIALS_PROVIDER, "Parsed an unexpected credentials json document with empty token.")
@@ -167,7 +173,7 @@ struct aws_credentials *aws_parse_credentials_from_cjson_object(
     credentials = aws_credentials_new(
         allocator,
         access_key_id_cursor,
-        secret_access_key_cursor,
+        secrete_access_key_cursor,
         session_token_cursor,
         expiration_timepoint_in_seconds);
 
@@ -191,12 +197,13 @@ struct aws_credentials *aws_parse_credentials_from_json_document(
     const char *document,
     const struct aws_parse_credentials_from_json_doc_options *options) {
 
-    cJSON *document_root = cJSON_Parse(document);
+    struct aws_json_value *document_root =
+        aws_json_value_new_from_string(allocator, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(document));
     if (document_root == NULL) {
         AWS_LOGF_ERROR(AWS_LS_AUTH_CREDENTIALS_PROVIDER, "Failed to parse document as Json document.");
         return NULL;
     }
-    struct aws_credentials *credentials = aws_parse_credentials_from_cjson_object(allocator, document_root, options);
-    cJSON_Delete(document_root);
+    struct aws_credentials *credentials = aws_parse_credentials_from_aws_json_object(allocator, document_root, options);
+    aws_json_value_destroy(document_root);
     return credentials;
 }
diff --git a/source/external/cJSON.c b/source/external/cJSON.c
deleted file mode 100644
index fc74bfb9..00000000
--- a/source/external/cJSON.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2987 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (c) 2009-2017 Dave Gamble and cJSON contributors
-
-  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-  THE SOFTWARE.
-
-*/
-
-/*
-This file has been modified from its original version by Amazon:
- *   (1) Include path
- *   (2) header order via clang-format
- *   (3) Clang-tidy error removal: Added parens around macro params in a number of macro bodies
- *   (4) NOLINT annotations to disable clang-tidy errors around raw/unsafe function use
- *   (5) strcpy() replaced with memcpy()
-*/
-
-/* clang-format off */
-
-/* cJSON */
-/* JSON parser in C. */
-
-/* disable warnings about old C89 functions in MSVC */
-#if !defined(_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE) && defined(_MSC_VER)
-#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
-#endif
-
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-#pragma GCC visibility push(default)
-#endif
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#pragma warning (push)
-/* disable warning about single line comments in system headers */
-#pragma warning (disable : 4001)
-#endif
-
-#include <ctype.h>
-#include <limits.h>
-#include <math.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-#ifdef ENABLE_LOCALES
-#include <locale.h>
-#endif
-
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#pragma warning (pop)
-#endif
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-#pragma GCC visibility pop
-#endif
-
-#include <aws/auth/external/cJSON.h>
-
-/* define our own boolean type */
-#ifdef true
-#undef true
-#endif
-#define true ((cJSON_bool)1)
-
-#ifdef false
-#undef false
-#endif
-#define false ((cJSON_bool)0)
-
-typedef struct {
-    const unsigned char *json;
-    size_t position;
-} error;
-static error global_error = { NULL, 0 };
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(const char *) cJSON_GetErrorPtr(void)
-{
-    return (const char*) (global_error.json + global_error.position);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_GetStringValue(cJSON *item) {
-    if (!cJSON_IsString(item)) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return item->valuestring;
-}
-
-/* This is a safeguard to prevent copy-pasters from using incompatible C and header files */
-#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 7) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 12)
-    #error cJSON.h and cJSON.c have different versions. Make sure that both have the same.
-#endif
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(const char*) cJSON_Version(void)
-{
-    static char version[15];
-    snprintf(version, sizeof(version) / sizeof(char), "%i.%i.%i", CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR, CJSON_VERSION_MINOR, CJSON_VERSION_PATCH);
-
-    return version;
-}
-
-/* Case insensitive string comparison, doesn't consider two NULL pointers equal though */
-static int case_insensitive_strcmp(const unsigned char *string1, const unsigned char *string2)
-{
-    if ((string1 == NULL) || (string2 == NULL))
-    {
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    if (string1 == string2)
-    {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    for(; tolower(*string1) == tolower(*string2); (void)string1++, string2++)
-    {
-        if (*string1 == '\0')
-        {
-            return 0;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return tolower(*string1) - tolower(*string2);
-}
-
-typedef struct internal_hooks
-{
-    void *(CJSON_CDECL *allocate)(size_t size);
-    void (CJSON_CDECL *deallocate)(void *pointer);
-    void *(CJSON_CDECL *reallocate)(void *pointer, size_t size);
-} internal_hooks;
-
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-/* work around MSVC error C2322: '...' address of dillimport '...' is not static */
-static void * CJSON_CDECL internal_malloc(size_t size)
-{
-    return malloc(size);
-}
-static void CJSON_CDECL internal_free(void *pointer)
-{
-    free(pointer);
-}
-static void * CJSON_CDECL internal_realloc(void *pointer, size_t size)
-{
-    return realloc(pointer, size);
-}
-#else
-#define internal_malloc malloc
-#define internal_free free
-#define internal_realloc realloc
-#endif
-
-/* strlen of character literals resolved at compile time */
-#define static_strlen(string_literal) (sizeof(string_literal) - sizeof(""))
-
-static internal_hooks global_hooks = { internal_malloc, internal_free, internal_realloc };
-
-static unsigned char* cJSON_strdup(const unsigned char* string, const internal_hooks * const hooks)
-{
-    size_t length = 0;
-    unsigned char *copy = NULL;
-
-    if (string == NULL)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    length = strlen((const char*)string) + sizeof("");
-    copy = (unsigned char*)hooks->allocate(length);
-    if (copy == NULL)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    memcpy(copy, string, length);
-
-    return copy;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_InitHooks(cJSON_Hooks* hooks)
-{
-    if (hooks == NULL)
-    {
-        /* Reset hooks */
-        global_hooks.allocate = malloc;
-        global_hooks.deallocate = free;
-        global_hooks.reallocate = realloc;
-        return;
-    }
-
-    global_hooks.allocate = malloc;
-    if (hooks->malloc_fn != NULL)
-    {
-        global_hooks.allocate = hooks->malloc_fn;
-    }
-
-    global_hooks.deallocate = free;
-    if (hooks->free_fn != NULL)
-    {
-        global_hooks.deallocate = hooks->free_fn;
-    }
-
-    /* use realloc only if both free and malloc are used */
-    global_hooks.reallocate = NULL;
-    if ((global_hooks.allocate == malloc) && (global_hooks.deallocate == free))
-    {
-        global_hooks.reallocate = realloc;
-    }
-}
-
-/* Internal constructor. */
-static cJSON *cJSON_New_Item(const internal_hooks * const hooks)
-{
-    cJSON* node = (cJSON*)hooks->allocate(sizeof(cJSON));
-    if (node)
-    {
-        memset(node, '\0', sizeof(cJSON));
-    }
-
-    return node;
-}
-
-/* Delete a cJSON structure. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_Delete(cJSON *item)
-{
-    cJSON *next = NULL;
-    while (item != NULL)
-    {
-        next = item->next;
-        if (!(item->type & cJSON_IsReference) && (item->child != NULL))
-        {
-            cJSON_Delete(item->child);
-        }
-        if (!(item->type & cJSON_IsReference) && (item->valuestring != NULL))
-        {
-            global_hooks.deallocate(item->valuestring);
-        }
-        if (!(item->type & cJSON_StringIsConst) && (item->string != NULL))
-        {
-            global_hooks.deallocate(item->string);
-        }
-        global_hooks.deallocate(item);
-        item = next;
-    }
-}
-
-/* get the decimal point character of the current locale */
-static unsigned char get_decimal_point(void)
-{
-#ifdef ENABLE_LOCALES
-    struct lconv *lconv = localeconv();
-    return (unsigned char) lconv->decimal_point[0];
-#else
-    return '.';
-#endif
-}
-
-typedef struct
-{
-    const unsigned char *content;
-    size_t length;
-    size_t offset;
-    size_t depth; /* How deeply nested (in arrays/objects) is the input at the current offset. */
-    internal_hooks hooks;
-} parse_buffer;
-
-/* check if the given size is left to read in a given parse buffer (starting with 1) */
-#define can_read(buffer, size) (((buffer) != NULL) && (((buffer)->offset + (size)) <= (buffer)->length))
-/* check if the buffer can be accessed at the given index (starting with 0) */
-#define can_access_at_index(buffer, index) (((buffer) != NULL) && (((buffer)->offset + (index)) < (buffer)->length))
-#define cannot_access_at_index(buffer, index) (!can_access_at_index(buffer, index))
-/* get a pointer to the buffer at the position */
-#define buffer_at_offset(buffer) ((buffer)->content + (buffer)->offset)
-
-/* Parse the input text to generate a number, and populate the result into item. */
-static cJSON_bool parse_number(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer)
-{
-    double number = 0;
-    unsigned char *after_end = NULL;
-    unsigned char number_c_string[64];
-    unsigned char decimal_point = get_decimal_point();
-    size_t i = 0;
-
-    if ((input_buffer == NULL) || (input_buffer->content == NULL))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* copy the number into a temporary buffer and replace '.' with the decimal point
-     * of the current locale (for strtod)
-     * This also takes care of '\0' not necessarily being available for marking the end of the input */
-    for (i = 0; (i < (sizeof(number_c_string) - 1)) && can_access_at_index(input_buffer, i); i++)
-    {
-        switch (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[i])
-        {
-            case '0':
-            case '1':
-            case '2':
-            case '3':
-            case '4':
-            case '5':
-            case '6':
-            case '7':
-            case '8':
-            case '9':
-            case '+':
-            case '-':
-            case 'e':
-            case 'E':
-                number_c_string[i] = buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[i];
-                break;
-
-            case '.':
-                number_c_string[i] = decimal_point;
-                break;
-
-            default:
-                goto loop_end;
-        }
-    }
-loop_end:
-    number_c_string[i] = '\0';
-
-    number = strtod((const char*)number_c_string, (char**)&after_end);
-    if (number_c_string == after_end)
-    {
-        return false; /* parse_error */
-    }
-
-    item->valuedouble = number;
-
-    /* use saturation in case of overflow */
-    if (number >= INT_MAX)
-    {
-        item->valueint = INT_MAX;
-    }
-    else if (number <= (double)INT_MIN)
-    {
-        item->valueint = INT_MIN;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        item->valueint = (int)number;
-    }
-
-    item->type = cJSON_Number;
-
-    input_buffer->offset += (size_t)(after_end - number_c_string);
-    return true;
-}
-
-/* don't ask me, but the original cJSON_SetNumberValue returns an integer or double */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(double) cJSON_SetNumberHelper(cJSON *object, double number)
-{
-    if (number >= INT_MAX)
-    {
-        object->valueint = INT_MAX;
-    }
-    else if (number <= (double)INT_MIN)
-    {
-        object->valueint = INT_MIN;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        object->valueint = (int)number;
-    }
-
-    return object->valuedouble = number;
-}
-
-typedef struct
-{
-    unsigned char *buffer;
-    size_t length;
-    size_t offset;
-    size_t depth; /* current nesting depth (for formatted printing) */
-    cJSON_bool noalloc;
-    cJSON_bool format; /* is this print a formatted print */
-    internal_hooks hooks;
-} printbuffer;
-
-/* realloc printbuffer if necessary to have at least "needed" bytes more */
-static unsigned char* ensure(printbuffer * const p, size_t needed)
-{
-    unsigned char *newbuffer = NULL;
-    size_t newsize = 0;
-
-    if ((p == NULL) || (p->buffer == NULL))
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if ((p->length > 0) && (p->offset >= p->length))
-    {
-        /* make sure that offset is valid */
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (needed > INT_MAX)
-    {
-        /* sizes bigger than INT_MAX are currently not supported */
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    needed += p->offset + 1;
-    if (needed <= p->length)
-    {
-        return p->buffer + p->offset;
-    }
-
-    if (p->noalloc) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    /* calculate new buffer size */
-    if (needed > (INT_MAX / 2))
-    {
-        /* overflow of int, use INT_MAX if possible */
-        if (needed <= INT_MAX)
-        {
-            newsize = INT_MAX;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            return NULL;
-        }
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        newsize = needed * 2;
-    }
-
-    if (p->hooks.reallocate != NULL)
-    {
-        /* reallocate with realloc if available */
-        newbuffer = (unsigned char*)p->hooks.reallocate(p->buffer, newsize);
-        if (newbuffer == NULL)
-        {
-            p->hooks.deallocate(p->buffer);
-            p->length = 0;
-            p->buffer = NULL;
-
-            return NULL;
-        }
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        /* otherwise reallocate manually */
-        newbuffer = (unsigned char*)p->hooks.allocate(newsize);
-        if (!newbuffer)
-        {
-            p->hooks.deallocate(p->buffer);
-            p->length = 0;
-            p->buffer = NULL;
-
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        if (newbuffer)
-        {
-            memcpy(newbuffer, p->buffer, p->offset + 1);
-        }
-        p->hooks.deallocate(p->buffer);
-    }
-    p->length = newsize;
-    p->buffer = newbuffer;
-
-    return newbuffer + p->offset;
-}
-
-/* calculate the new length of the string in a printbuffer and update the offset */
-static void update_offset(printbuffer * const buffer)
-{
-    const unsigned char *buffer_pointer = NULL;
-    if ((buffer == NULL) || (buffer->buffer == NULL))
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-    buffer_pointer = buffer->buffer + buffer->offset;
-
-    buffer->offset += strlen((const char*)buffer_pointer);
-}
-
-/* Render the number nicely from the given item into a string. */
-static cJSON_bool print_number(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer)
-{
-    unsigned char *output_pointer = NULL;
-    double d = item->valuedouble;
-    int length = 0;
-    size_t i = 0;
-    unsigned char number_buffer[26]; /* temporary buffer to print the number into */
-    unsigned char decimal_point = get_decimal_point();
-    double test;
-
-    if (output_buffer == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* This checks for NaN and Infinity */
-    if ((d * 0) != 0)
-    {
-        length = snprintf((char*)number_buffer, sizeof(number_buffer) / sizeof(char), "null");
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        /* Try 15 decimal places of precision to avoid nonsignificant nonzero digits */
-        length = snprintf((char*)number_buffer, sizeof(number_buffer) / sizeof(char), "%1.15g", d);
-
-        /* Check whether the original double can be recovered */
-        if ((sscanf((char*)number_buffer, "%lg", &test) != 1) || ((double)test != d))
-        {
-            /* If not, print with 17 decimal places of precision */
-            length = snprintf((char*)number_buffer, sizeof(number_buffer) / sizeof(char), "%1.17g", d);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /* sprintf failed or buffer overrun occurred */
-    if ((length < 0) || (length > (int)(sizeof(number_buffer) - 1)))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* reserve appropriate space in the output */
-    output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, (size_t)length + sizeof(""));
-    if (output_pointer == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* copy the printed number to the output and replace locale
-     * dependent decimal point with '.' */
-    for (i = 0; i < ((size_t)length); i++)
-    {
-        if (number_buffer[i] == decimal_point)
-        {
-            output_pointer[i] = '.';
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        output_pointer[i] = number_buffer[i];
-    }
-    output_pointer[i] = '\0';
-
-    output_buffer->offset += (size_t)length;
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-/* parse 4 digit hexadecimal number */
-static unsigned parse_hex4(const unsigned char * const input)
-{
-    unsigned int h = 0;
-    size_t i = 0;
-
-    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
-    {
-        /* parse digit */
-        if ((input[i] >= '0') && (input[i] <= '9'))
-        {
-            h += (unsigned int) input[i] - '0';
-        }
-        else if ((input[i] >= 'A') && (input[i] <= 'F'))
-        {
-            h += (unsigned int) 10 + input[i] - 'A';
-        }
-        else if ((input[i] >= 'a') && (input[i] <= 'f'))
-        {
-            h += (unsigned int) 10 + input[i] - 'a';
-        }
-        else /* invalid */
-        {
-            return 0;
-        }
-
-        if (i < 3)
-        {
-            /* shift left to make place for the next nibble */
-            h = h << 4;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return h;
-}
-
-/* converts a UTF-16 literal to UTF-8
- * A literal can be one or two sequences of the form \uXXXX */
-static unsigned char utf16_literal_to_utf8(const unsigned char * const input_pointer, const unsigned char * const input_end, unsigned char **output_pointer)
-{
-    long unsigned int codepoint = 0;
-    unsigned int first_code = 0;
-    const unsigned char *first_sequence = input_pointer;
-    unsigned char utf8_length = 0;
-    unsigned char utf8_position = 0;
-    unsigned char sequence_length = 0;
-    unsigned char first_byte_mark = 0;
-
-    if ((input_end - first_sequence) < 6)
-    {
-        /* input ends unexpectedly */
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    /* get the first utf16 sequence */
-    first_code = parse_hex4(first_sequence + 2);
-
-    /* check that the code is valid */
-    if (((first_code >= 0xDC00) && (first_code <= 0xDFFF)))
-    {
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    /* UTF16 surrogate pair */
-    if ((first_code >= 0xD800) && (first_code <= 0xDBFF))
-    {
-        const unsigned char *second_sequence = first_sequence + 6;
-        unsigned int second_code = 0;
-        sequence_length = 12; /* \uXXXX\uXXXX */
-
-        if ((input_end - second_sequence) < 6)
-        {
-            /* input ends unexpectedly */
-            goto fail;
-        }
-
-        if ((second_sequence[0] != '\\') || (second_sequence[1] != 'u'))
-        {
-            /* missing second half of the surrogate pair */
-            goto fail;
-        }
-
-        /* get the second utf16 sequence */
-        second_code = parse_hex4(second_sequence + 2);
-        /* check that the code is valid */
-        if ((second_code < 0xDC00) || (second_code > 0xDFFF))
-        {
-            /* invalid second half of the surrogate pair */
-            goto fail;
-        }
-
-
-        /* calculate the unicode codepoint from the surrogate pair */
-        codepoint = 0x10000 + (((first_code & 0x3FF) << 10) | (second_code & 0x3FF));
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        sequence_length = 6; /* \uXXXX */
-        codepoint = first_code;
-    }
-
-    /* encode as UTF-8
-     * takes at maximum 4 bytes to encode:
-     * 11110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx */
-    if (codepoint < 0x80)
-    {
-        /* normal ascii, encoding 0xxxxxxx */
-        utf8_length = 1;
-    }
-    else if (codepoint < 0x800)
-    {
-        /* two bytes, encoding 110xxxxx 10xxxxxx */
-        utf8_length = 2;
-        first_byte_mark = 0xC0; /* 11000000 */
-    }
-    else if (codepoint < 0x10000)
-    {
-        /* three bytes, encoding 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx */
-        utf8_length = 3;
-        first_byte_mark = 0xE0; /* 11100000 */
-    }
-    else if (codepoint <= 0x10FFFF)
-    {
-        /* four bytes, encoding 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx */
-        utf8_length = 4;
-        first_byte_mark = 0xF0; /* 11110000 */
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        /* invalid unicode codepoint */
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    /* encode as utf8 */
-    for (utf8_position = (unsigned char)(utf8_length - 1); utf8_position > 0; utf8_position--)
-    {
-        /* 10xxxxxx */
-        (*output_pointer)[utf8_position] = (unsigned char)((codepoint | 0x80) & 0xBF);
-        codepoint >>= 6;
-    }
-    /* encode first byte */
-    if (utf8_length > 1)
-    {
-        (*output_pointer)[0] = (unsigned char)((codepoint | first_byte_mark) & 0xFF);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        (*output_pointer)[0] = (unsigned char)(codepoint & 0x7F);
-    }
-
-    *output_pointer += utf8_length;
-
-    return sequence_length;
-
-fail:
-    return 0;
-}
-
-/* Parse the input text into an unescaped cinput, and populate item. */
-static cJSON_bool parse_string(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer)
-{
-    const unsigned char *input_pointer = buffer_at_offset(input_buffer) + 1;
-    const unsigned char *input_end = buffer_at_offset(input_buffer) + 1;
-    unsigned char *output_pointer = NULL;
-    unsigned char *output = NULL;
-
-    /* not a string */
-    if (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] != '\"')
-    {
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    {
-        /* calculate approximate size of the output (overestimate) */
-        size_t allocation_length = 0;
-        size_t skipped_bytes = 0;
-        while (((size_t)(input_end - input_buffer->content) < input_buffer->length) && (*input_end != '\"'))
-        {
-            /* is escape sequence */
-            if (input_end[0] == '\\')
-            {
-                if ((size_t)(input_end + 1 - input_buffer->content) >= input_buffer->length)
-                {
-                    /* prevent buffer overflow when last input character is a backslash */
-                    goto fail;
-                }
-                skipped_bytes++;
-                input_end++;
-            }
-            input_end++;
-        }
-        if (((size_t)(input_end - input_buffer->content) >= input_buffer->length) || (*input_end != '\"'))
-        {
-            goto fail; /* string ended unexpectedly */
-        }
-
-        /* This is at most how much we need for the output */
-        allocation_length = (size_t) (input_end - buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)) - skipped_bytes;
-        output = (unsigned char*)input_buffer->hooks.allocate(allocation_length + sizeof(""));
-        if (output == NULL)
-        {
-            goto fail; /* allocation failure */
-        }
-    }
-
-    output_pointer = output;
-    /* loop through the string literal */
-    while (input_pointer < input_end)
-    {
-        if (*input_pointer != '\\')
-        {
-            *output_pointer++ = *input_pointer++;
-        }
-        /* escape sequence */
-        else
-        {
-            unsigned char sequence_length = 2;
-            if ((input_end - input_pointer) < 1)
-            {
-                goto fail;
-            }
-
-            switch (input_pointer[1])
-            {
-                case 'b':
-                    *output_pointer++ = '\b';
-                    break;
-                case 'f':
-                    *output_pointer++ = '\f';
-                    break;
-                case 'n':
-                    *output_pointer++ = '\n';
-                    break;
-                case 'r':
-                    *output_pointer++ = '\r';
-                    break;
-                case 't':
-                    *output_pointer++ = '\t';
-                    break;
-                case '\"':
-                case '\\':
-                case '/':
-                    *output_pointer++ = input_pointer[1];
-                    break;
-
-                /* UTF-16 literal */
-                case 'u':
-                    sequence_length = utf16_literal_to_utf8(input_pointer, input_end, &output_pointer);
-                    if (sequence_length == 0)
-                    {
-                        /* failed to convert UTF16-literal to UTF-8 */
-                        goto fail;
-                    }
-                    break;
-
-                default:
-                    goto fail;
-            }
-            input_pointer += sequence_length;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /* zero terminate the output */
-    *output_pointer = '\0';
-
-    item->type = cJSON_String;
-    item->valuestring = (char*)output;
-
-    input_buffer->offset = (size_t) (input_end - input_buffer->content);
-    input_buffer->offset++;
-
-    return true;
-
-fail:
-    if (output != NULL)
-    {
-        input_buffer->hooks.deallocate(output);
-    }
-
-    if (input_pointer != NULL)
-    {
-        input_buffer->offset = (size_t)(input_pointer - input_buffer->content);
-    }
-
-    return false;
-}
-
-/* Render the cstring provided to an escaped version that can be printed. */
-static cJSON_bool print_string_ptr(const unsigned char * const input, printbuffer * const output_buffer)
-{
-    const unsigned char *input_pointer = NULL;
-    unsigned char *output = NULL;
-    unsigned char *output_pointer = NULL;
-    size_t output_length = 0;
-    /* numbers of additional characters needed for escaping */
-    size_t escape_characters = 0;
-
-    if (output_buffer == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* empty string */
-    if (input == NULL)
-    {
-        output = ensure(output_buffer, sizeof("\"\""));
-        if (output == NULL)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-        memcpy(output, "\"\"", 3); /* NOLINT */
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    /* set "flag" to 1 if something needs to be escaped */
-    for (input_pointer = input; *input_pointer; input_pointer++)
-    {
-        switch (*input_pointer)
-        {
-            case '\"':
-            case '\\':
-            case '\b':
-            case '\f':
-            case '\n':
-            case '\r':
-            case '\t':
-                /* one character escape sequence */
-                escape_characters++;
-                break;
-            default:
-                if (*input_pointer < 32)
-                {
-                    /* UTF-16 escape sequence uXXXX */
-                    escape_characters += 5;
-                }
-                break;
-        }
-    }
-    output_length = (size_t)(input_pointer - input) + escape_characters;
-
-    output = ensure(output_buffer, output_length + sizeof("\"\""));
-    if (output == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* no characters have to be escaped */
-    if (escape_characters == 0)
-    {
-        output[0] = '\"';
-        memcpy(output + 1, input, output_length);
-        output[output_length + 1] = '\"';
-        output[output_length + 2] = '\0';
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    output[0] = '\"';
-    output_pointer = output + 1;
-    /* copy the string */
-    for (input_pointer = input; *input_pointer != '\0'; (void)input_pointer++, output_pointer++)
-    {
-        if ((*input_pointer > 31) && (*input_pointer != '\"') && (*input_pointer != '\\'))
-        {
-            /* normal character, copy */
-            *output_pointer = *input_pointer;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            /* character needs to be escaped */
-            *output_pointer++ = '\\';
-            switch (*input_pointer)
-            {
-                case '\\':
-                    *output_pointer = '\\';
-                    break;
-                case '\"':
-                    *output_pointer = '\"';
-                    break;
-                case '\b':
-                    *output_pointer = 'b';
-                    break;
-                case '\f':
-                    *output_pointer = 'f';
-                    break;
-                case '\n':
-                    *output_pointer = 'n';
-                    break;
-                case '\r':
-                    *output_pointer = 'r';
-                    break;
-                case '\t':
-                    *output_pointer = 't';
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    /* escape and print as unicode codepoint */
-                    snprintf((char*)output_pointer, 6 * sizeof(char), "u%04x", *input_pointer);
-                    output_pointer += 4;
-                    break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    output[output_length + 1] = '\"';
-    output[output_length + 2] = '\0';
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-/* Invoke print_string_ptr (which is useful) on an item. */
-static cJSON_bool print_string(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const p)
-{
-    return print_string_ptr((unsigned char*)item->valuestring, p);
-}
-
-/* Predeclare these prototypes. */
-static cJSON_bool parse_value(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer); /* NOLINT */
-static cJSON_bool print_value(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer); /* NOLINT */
-static cJSON_bool parse_array(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer); /* NOLINT */
-static cJSON_bool print_array(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer); /* NOLINT */
-static cJSON_bool parse_object(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer); /* NOLINT */
-static cJSON_bool print_object(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer); /* NOLINT */
-
-/* Utility to jump whitespace and cr/lf */
-static parse_buffer *buffer_skip_whitespace(parse_buffer * const buffer)
-{
-    if ((buffer == NULL) || (buffer->content == NULL))
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    while (can_access_at_index(buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(buffer)[0] <= 32))
-    {
-       buffer->offset++;
-    }
-
-    if (buffer->offset == buffer->length)
-    {
-        buffer->offset--;
-    }
-
-    return buffer;
-}
-
-/* skip the UTF-8 BOM (byte order mark) if it is at the beginning of a buffer */
-static parse_buffer *skip_utf8_bom(parse_buffer * const buffer)
-{
-    if ((buffer == NULL) || (buffer->content == NULL) || (buffer->offset != 0))
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (can_access_at_index(buffer, 4) && (strncmp((const char*)buffer_at_offset(buffer), "\xEF\xBB\xBF", 3) == 0))
-    {
-        buffer->offset += 3;
-    }
-
-    return buffer;
-}
-
-/* Parse an object - create a new root, and populate. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_ParseWithOpts(const char *value, const char **return_parse_end, cJSON_bool require_null_terminated)
-{
-    parse_buffer buffer = { 0, 0, 0, 0, { 0, 0, 0 } };
-    cJSON *item = NULL;
-
-    /* reset error position */
-    global_error.json = NULL;
-    global_error.position = 0;
-
-    if (value == NULL)
-    {
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    buffer.content = (const unsigned char*)value;
-    buffer.length = strlen((const char*)value) + sizeof("");
-    buffer.offset = 0;
-    buffer.hooks = global_hooks;
-
-    item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if (item == NULL) /* memory fail */
-    {
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    if (!parse_value(item, buffer_skip_whitespace(skip_utf8_bom(&buffer))))
-    {
-        /* parse failure. ep is set. */
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    /* if we require null-terminated JSON without appended garbage, skip and then check for a null terminator */
-    if (require_null_terminated)
-    {
-        buffer_skip_whitespace(&buffer);
-        if ((buffer.offset >= buffer.length) || buffer_at_offset(&buffer)[0] != '\0')
-        {
-            goto fail;
-        }
-    }
-    if (return_parse_end)
-    {
-        *return_parse_end = (const char*)buffer_at_offset(&buffer);
-    }
-
-    return item;
-
-fail:
-    if (item != NULL)
-    {
-        cJSON_Delete(item);
-    }
-
-    if (value != NULL)
-    {
-        error local_error;
-        local_error.json = (const unsigned char*)value;
-        local_error.position = 0;
-
-        if (buffer.offset < buffer.length)
-        {
-            local_error.position = buffer.offset;
-        }
-        else if (buffer.length > 0)
-        {
-            local_error.position = buffer.length - 1;
-        }
-
-        if (return_parse_end != NULL)
-        {
-            *return_parse_end = (const char*)local_error.json + local_error.position;
-        }
-
-        global_error = local_error;
-    }
-
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-/* Default options for cJSON_Parse */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_Parse(const char *value)
-{
-    return cJSON_ParseWithOpts(value, 0, 0);
-}
-
-#define cjson_min(a, b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
-
-static unsigned char *print(const cJSON * const item, cJSON_bool format, const internal_hooks * const hooks)
-{
-    static const size_t default_buffer_size = 256;
-    printbuffer buffer[1];
-    unsigned char *printed = NULL;
-
-    memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
-
-    /* create buffer */
-    buffer->buffer = (unsigned char*) hooks->allocate(default_buffer_size);
-    buffer->length = default_buffer_size;
-    buffer->format = format;
-    buffer->hooks = *hooks;
-    if (buffer->buffer == NULL)
-    {
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    /* print the value */
-    if (!print_value(item, buffer))
-    {
-        goto fail;
-    }
-    update_offset(buffer);
-
-    /* check if reallocate is available */
-    if (hooks->reallocate != NULL)
-    {
-        printed = (unsigned char*) hooks->reallocate(buffer->buffer, buffer->offset + 1);
-        if (printed == NULL) {
-            goto fail;
-        }
-        buffer->buffer = NULL;
-    }
-    else /* otherwise copy the JSON over to a new buffer */
-    {
-        printed = (unsigned char*) hooks->allocate(buffer->offset + 1);
-        if (printed == NULL)
-        {
-            goto fail;
-        }
-        memcpy(printed, buffer->buffer, cjson_min(buffer->length, buffer->offset + 1));
-        printed[buffer->offset] = '\0'; /* just to be sure */
-
-        /* free the buffer */
-        hooks->deallocate(buffer->buffer);
-    }
-
-    return printed;
-
-fail:
-    if (buffer->buffer != NULL)
-    {
-        hooks->deallocate(buffer->buffer);
-    }
-
-    if (printed != NULL)
-    {
-        hooks->deallocate(printed);
-    }
-
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-/* Render a cJSON item/entity/structure to text. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_Print(const cJSON *item)
-{
-    return (char*)print(item, true, &global_hooks);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_PrintUnformatted(const cJSON *item)
-{
-    return (char*)print(item, false, &global_hooks);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_PrintBuffered(const cJSON *item, int prebuffer, cJSON_bool fmt)
-{
-    printbuffer p = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, { 0, 0, 0 } };
-
-    if (prebuffer < 0)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    p.buffer = (unsigned char*)global_hooks.allocate((size_t)prebuffer);
-    if (!p.buffer)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    p.length = (size_t)prebuffer;
-    p.offset = 0;
-    p.noalloc = false;
-    p.format = fmt;
-    p.hooks = global_hooks;
-
-    if (!print_value(item, &p))
-    {
-        global_hooks.deallocate(p.buffer);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return (char*)p.buffer;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_PrintPreallocated(cJSON *item, char *buf, const int len, const cJSON_bool fmt)
-{
-    printbuffer p = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, { 0, 0, 0 } };
-
-    if ((len < 0) || (buf == NULL))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    p.buffer = (unsigned char*)buf;
-    p.length = (size_t)len;
-    p.offset = 0;
-    p.noalloc = true;
-    p.format = fmt;
-    p.hooks = global_hooks;
-
-    return print_value(item, &p);
-}
-
-/* Parser core - when encountering text, process appropriately. */
-static cJSON_bool parse_value(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer)
-{
-    if ((input_buffer == NULL) || (input_buffer->content == NULL))
-    {
-        return false; /* no input */
-    }
-
-    /* parse the different types of values */
-    /* null */
-    if (can_read(input_buffer, 4) && (strncmp((const char*)buffer_at_offset(input_buffer), "null", 4) == 0))
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_NULL;
-        input_buffer->offset += 4;
-        return true;
-    }
-    /* false */
-    if (can_read(input_buffer, 5) && (strncmp((const char*)buffer_at_offset(input_buffer), "false", 5) == 0))
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_False;
-        input_buffer->offset += 5;
-        return true;
-    }
-    /* true */
-    if (can_read(input_buffer, 4) && (strncmp((const char*)buffer_at_offset(input_buffer), "true", 4) == 0))
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_True;
-        item->valueint = 1;
-        input_buffer->offset += 4;
-        return true;
-    }
-    /* string */
-    if (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == '\"'))
-    {
-        return parse_string(item, input_buffer);
-    }
-    /* number */
-    if (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && ((buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == '-') || ((buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] >= '0') && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] <= '9'))))
-    {
-        return parse_number(item, input_buffer);
-    }
-    /* array */
-    if (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == '['))
-    {
-        return parse_array(item, input_buffer);
-    }
-    /* object */
-    if (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == '{'))
-    {
-        return parse_object(item, input_buffer);
-    }
-
-    return false;
-}
-
-/* Render a value to text. */
-static cJSON_bool print_value(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer)
-{
-    unsigned char *output = NULL;
-
-    if ((item == NULL) || (output_buffer == NULL))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    switch ((item->type) & 0xFF)
-    {
-        case cJSON_NULL:
-            output = ensure(output_buffer, 5);
-            if (output == NULL)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-            memcpy(output, "null", 5); /* NOLINT */
-            return true;
-
-        case cJSON_False:
-            output = ensure(output_buffer, 6);
-            if (output == NULL)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-            memcpy(output, "false", 6); /* NOLINT */
-            return true;
-
-        case cJSON_True:
-            output = ensure(output_buffer, 5);
-            if (output == NULL)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-            memcpy(output, "true", 5); /* NOLINT */
-            return true;
-
-        case cJSON_Number:
-            return print_number(item, output_buffer);
-
-        case cJSON_Raw:
-        {
-            size_t raw_length = 0;
-            if (item->valuestring == NULL)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            raw_length = strlen(item->valuestring) + sizeof("");
-            output = ensure(output_buffer, raw_length);
-            if (output == NULL)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-            memcpy(output, item->valuestring, raw_length);
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        case cJSON_String:
-            return print_string(item, output_buffer);
-
-        case cJSON_Array:
-            return print_array(item, output_buffer);
-
-        case cJSON_Object:
-            return print_object(item, output_buffer);
-
-        default:
-            return false;
-    }
-}
-
-/* Build an array from input text. */
-static cJSON_bool parse_array(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer)
-{
-    cJSON *head = NULL; /* head of the linked list */
-    cJSON *current_item = NULL;
-
-    if (input_buffer->depth >= CJSON_NESTING_LIMIT)
-    {
-        return false; /* to deeply nested */
-    }
-    input_buffer->depth++;
-
-    if (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] != '[')
-    {
-        /* not an array */
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    input_buffer->offset++;
-    buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
-    if (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == ']'))
-    {
-        /* empty array */
-        goto success;
-    }
-
-    /* check if we skipped to the end of the buffer */
-    if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0))
-    {
-        input_buffer->offset--;
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    /* step back to character in front of the first element */
-    input_buffer->offset--;
-    /* loop through the comma separated array elements */
-    do
-    {
-        /* allocate next item */
-        cJSON *new_item = cJSON_New_Item(&(input_buffer->hooks));
-        if (new_item == NULL)
-        {
-            goto fail; /* allocation failure */
-        }
-
-        /* attach next item to list */
-        if (head == NULL)
-        {
-            /* start the linked list */
-            current_item = head = new_item;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            /* add to the end and advance */
-            current_item->next = new_item;
-            new_item->prev = current_item;
-            current_item = new_item;
-        }
-
-        /* parse next value */
-        input_buffer->offset++;
-        buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
-        if (!parse_value(current_item, input_buffer))
-        {
-            goto fail; /* failed to parse value */
-        }
-        buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
-    }
-    while (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == ','));
-
-    if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) || buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] != ']')
-    {
-        goto fail; /* expected end of array */
-    }
-
-success:
-    input_buffer->depth--;
-
-    item->type = cJSON_Array;
-    item->child = head;
-
-    input_buffer->offset++;
-
-    return true;
-
-fail:
-    if (head != NULL)
-    {
-        cJSON_Delete(head);
-    }
-
-    return false;
-}
-
-/* Render an array to text */
-static cJSON_bool print_array(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer)
-{
-    unsigned char *output_pointer = NULL;
-    size_t length = 0;
-    cJSON *current_element = item->child;
-
-    if (output_buffer == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* Compose the output array. */
-    /* opening square bracket */
-    output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, 1);
-    if (output_pointer == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    *output_pointer = '[';
-    output_buffer->offset++;
-    output_buffer->depth++;
-
-    while (current_element != NULL)
-    {
-        if (!print_value(current_element, output_buffer))
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-        update_offset(output_buffer);
-        if (current_element->next)
-        {
-            length = (size_t) (output_buffer->format ? 2 : 1);
-            output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, length + 1);
-            if (output_pointer == NULL)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-            *output_pointer++ = ',';
-            if(output_buffer->format)
-            {
-                *output_pointer++ = ' ';
-            }
-            *output_pointer = '\0';
-            output_buffer->offset += length;
-        }
-        current_element = current_element->next;
-    }
-
-    output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, 2);
-    if (output_pointer == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-    *output_pointer++ = ']';
-    *output_pointer = '\0';
-    output_buffer->depth--;
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-/* Build an object from the text. */
-static cJSON_bool parse_object(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer)
-{
-    cJSON *head = NULL; /* linked list head */
-    cJSON *current_item = NULL;
-
-    if (input_buffer->depth >= CJSON_NESTING_LIMIT)
-    {
-        return false; /* to deeply nested */
-    }
-    input_buffer->depth++;
-
-    if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) || (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] != '{'))
-    {
-        goto fail; /* not an object */
-    }
-
-    input_buffer->offset++;
-    buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
-    if (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == '}'))
-    {
-        goto success; /* empty object */
-    }
-
-    /* check if we skipped to the end of the buffer */
-    if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0))
-    {
-        input_buffer->offset--;
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    /* step back to character in front of the first element */
-    input_buffer->offset--;
-    /* loop through the comma separated array elements */
-    do
-    {
-        /* allocate next item */
-        cJSON *new_item = cJSON_New_Item(&(input_buffer->hooks));
-        if (new_item == NULL)
-        {
-            goto fail; /* allocation failure */
-        }
-
-        /* attach next item to list */
-        if (head == NULL)
-        {
-            /* start the linked list */
-            current_item = head = new_item;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            /* add to the end and advance */
-            current_item->next = new_item;
-            new_item->prev = current_item;
-            current_item = new_item;
-        }
-
-        /* parse the name of the child */
-        input_buffer->offset++;
-        buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
-        if (!parse_string(current_item, input_buffer))
-        {
-            goto fail; /* failed to parse name */
-        }
-        buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
-
-        /* swap valuestring and string, because we parsed the name */
-        current_item->string = current_item->valuestring;
-        current_item->valuestring = NULL;
-
-        if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) || (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] != ':'))
-        {
-            goto fail; /* invalid object */
-        }
-
-        /* parse the value */
-        input_buffer->offset++;
-        buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
-        if (!parse_value(current_item, input_buffer))
-        {
-            goto fail; /* failed to parse value */
-        }
-        buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
-    }
-    while (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == ','));
-
-    if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) || (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] != '}'))
-    {
-        goto fail; /* expected end of object */
-    }
-
-success:
-    input_buffer->depth--;
-
-    item->type = cJSON_Object;
-    item->child = head;
-
-    input_buffer->offset++;
-    return true;
-
-fail:
-    if (head != NULL)
-    {
-        cJSON_Delete(head);
-    }
-
-    return false;
-}
-
-/* Render an object to text. */
-static cJSON_bool print_object(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer)
-{
-    unsigned char *output_pointer = NULL;
-    size_t length = 0;
-    cJSON *current_item = item->child;
-
-    if (output_buffer == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* Compose the output: */
-    length = (size_t) (output_buffer->format ? 2 : 1); /* fmt: {\n */
-    output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, length + 1);
-    if (output_pointer == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    *output_pointer++ = '{';
-    output_buffer->depth++;
-    if (output_buffer->format)
-    {
-        *output_pointer++ = '\n';
-    }
-    output_buffer->offset += length;
-
-    while (current_item)
-    {
-        if (output_buffer->format)
-        {
-            size_t i;
-            output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, output_buffer->depth);
-            if (output_pointer == NULL)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-            for (i = 0; i < output_buffer->depth; i++)
-            {
-                *output_pointer++ = '\t';
-            }
-            output_buffer->offset += output_buffer->depth;
-        }
-
-        /* print key */
-        if (!print_string_ptr((unsigned char*)current_item->string, output_buffer))
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-        update_offset(output_buffer);
-
-        length = (size_t) (output_buffer->format ? 2 : 1);
-        output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, length);
-        if (output_pointer == NULL)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-        *output_pointer++ = ':';
-        if (output_buffer->format)
-        {
-            *output_pointer++ = '\t';
-        }
-        output_buffer->offset += length;
-
-        /* print value */
-        if (!print_value(current_item, output_buffer))
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-        update_offset(output_buffer);
-
-        /* print comma if not last */
-        length = ((size_t)(output_buffer->format ? 1 : 0) + (size_t)(current_item->next ? 1 : 0));
-        output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, length + 1);
-        if (output_pointer == NULL)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if (current_item->next)
-        {
-            *output_pointer++ = ',';
-        }
-
-        if (output_buffer->format)
-        {
-            *output_pointer++ = '\n';
-        }
-        *output_pointer = '\0';
-        output_buffer->offset += length;
-
-        current_item = current_item->next;
-    }
-
-    output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, output_buffer->format ? (output_buffer->depth + 1) : 2);
-    if (output_pointer == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-    if (output_buffer->format)
-    {
-        size_t i;
-        for (i = 0; i < (output_buffer->depth - 1); i++)
-        {
-            *output_pointer++ = '\t';
-        }
-    }
-    *output_pointer++ = '}';
-    *output_pointer = '\0';
-    output_buffer->depth--;
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-/* Get Array size/item / object item. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(int) cJSON_GetArraySize(const cJSON *array)
-{
-    cJSON *child = NULL;
-    size_t size = 0;
-
-    if (array == NULL)
-    {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    child = array->child;
-
-    while(child != NULL)
-    {
-        size++;
-        child = child->next;
-    }
-
-    /* FIXME: Can overflow here. Cannot be fixed without breaking the API */
-
-    return (int)size;
-}
-
-static cJSON* get_array_item(const cJSON *array, size_t index)
-{
-    cJSON *current_child = NULL;
-
-    if (array == NULL)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    current_child = array->child;
-    while ((current_child != NULL) && (index > 0))
-    {
-        index--;
-        current_child = current_child->next;
-    }
-
-    return current_child;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_GetArrayItem(const cJSON *array, int index)
-{
-    if (index < 0)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return get_array_item(array, (size_t)index);
-}
-
-static cJSON *get_object_item(const cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const cJSON_bool case_sensitive)
-{
-    cJSON *current_element = NULL;
-
-    if ((object == NULL) || (name == NULL))
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    current_element = object->child;
-    if (case_sensitive)
-    {
-        while ((current_element != NULL) && (current_element->string != NULL) && (strcmp(name, current_element->string) != 0))
-        {
-            current_element = current_element->next;
-        }
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        while ((current_element != NULL) && (case_insensitive_strcmp((const unsigned char*)name, (const unsigned char*)(current_element->string)) != 0))
-        {
-            current_element = current_element->next;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if ((current_element == NULL) || (current_element->string == NULL)) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return current_element;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_GetObjectItem(const cJSON * const object, const char * const string)
-{
-    return get_object_item(object, string, false);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(const cJSON * const object, const char * const string)
-{
-    return get_object_item(object, string, true);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_HasObjectItem(const cJSON *object, const char *string)
-{
-    return cJSON_GetObjectItem(object, string) ? 1 : 0;
-}
-
-/* Utility for array list handling. */
-static void suffix_object(cJSON *prev, cJSON *item)
-{
-    prev->next = item;
-    item->prev = prev;
-}
-
-/* Utility for handling references. */
-static cJSON *create_reference(const cJSON *item, const internal_hooks * const hooks)
-{
-    cJSON *reference = NULL;
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    reference = cJSON_New_Item(hooks);
-    if (reference == NULL)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    memcpy(reference, item, sizeof(cJSON));
-    reference->string = NULL;
-    reference->type |= cJSON_IsReference;
-    reference->next = reference->prev = NULL;
-    return reference;
-}
-
-static cJSON_bool add_item_to_array(cJSON *array, cJSON *item)
-{
-    cJSON *child = NULL;
-
-    if ((item == NULL) || (array == NULL))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    child = array->child;
-
-    if (child == NULL)
-    {
-        /* list is empty, start new one */
-        array->child = item;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        /* append to the end */
-        while (child->next)
-        {
-            child = child->next;
-        }
-        suffix_object(child, item);
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-/* Add item to array/object. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_AddItemToArray(cJSON *array, cJSON *item)
-{
-    add_item_to_array(array, item);
-}
-
-#if defined(__clang__) || (defined(__GNUC__)  && ((__GNUC__ > 4) || ((__GNUC__ == 4) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ > 5))))
-    #pragma GCC diagnostic push
-#endif
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-    #if ((__GNUC__ > 4) || ((__GNUC__ == 4) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ > 1)))
-        #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wcast-qual"
-    #endif
-#endif
-/* helper function to cast away const */
-static void* cast_away_const(const void* string)
-{
-    return (void*)string;
-}
-#if defined(__clang__) || (defined(__GNUC__)  && ((__GNUC__ > 4) || ((__GNUC__ == 4) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ > 5))))
-    #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
-#endif
-
-
-static cJSON_bool add_item_to_object(cJSON * const object, const char * const string, cJSON * const item, const internal_hooks * const hooks, const cJSON_bool constant_key)
-{
-    char *new_key = NULL;
-    int new_type = cJSON_Invalid;
-
-    if ((object == NULL) || (string == NULL) || (item == NULL))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    if (constant_key)
-    {
-        new_key = (char*)cast_away_const(string);
-        new_type = item->type | cJSON_StringIsConst;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        new_key = (char*)cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)string, hooks);
-        if (new_key == NULL)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        new_type = item->type & ~cJSON_StringIsConst;
-    }
-
-    if (!(item->type & cJSON_StringIsConst) && (item->string != NULL))
-    {
-        hooks->deallocate(item->string);
-    }
-
-    item->string = new_key;
-    item->type = new_type;
-
-    return add_item_to_array(object, item);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_AddItemToObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item)
-{
-    add_item_to_object(object, string, item, &global_hooks, false);
-}
-
-/* Add an item to an object with constant string as key */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_AddItemToObjectCS(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item)
-{
-    add_item_to_object(object, string, item, &global_hooks, true);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_AddItemReferenceToArray(cJSON *array, cJSON *item)
-{
-    if (array == NULL)
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    add_item_to_array(array, create_reference(item, &global_hooks));
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_AddItemReferenceToObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item)
-{
-    if ((object == NULL) || (string == NULL))
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    add_item_to_object(object, string, create_reference(item, &global_hooks), &global_hooks, false);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddNullToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name)
-{
-    cJSON *null = cJSON_CreateNull();
-    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, null, &global_hooks, false))
-    {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_Delete(null);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddTrueToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name)
-{
-    cJSON *true_item = cJSON_CreateTrue();
-    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, true_item, &global_hooks, false))
-    {
-        return true_item;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_Delete(true_item);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddFalseToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name)
-{
-    cJSON *false_item = cJSON_CreateFalse();
-    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, false_item, &global_hooks, false))
-    {
-        return false_item;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_Delete(false_item);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddBoolToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const cJSON_bool boolean)
-{
-    cJSON *bool_item = cJSON_CreateBool(boolean);
-    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, bool_item, &global_hooks, false))
-    {
-        return bool_item;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_Delete(bool_item);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddNumberToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const double number)
-{
-    cJSON *number_item = cJSON_CreateNumber(number);
-    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, number_item, &global_hooks, false))
-    {
-        return number_item;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_Delete(number_item);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddStringToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const char * const string)
-{
-    cJSON *string_item = cJSON_CreateString(string);
-    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, string_item, &global_hooks, false))
-    {
-        return string_item;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_Delete(string_item);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddRawToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const char * const raw)
-{
-    cJSON *raw_item = cJSON_CreateRaw(raw);
-    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, raw_item, &global_hooks, false))
-    {
-        return raw_item;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_Delete(raw_item);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddObjectToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name)
-{
-    cJSON *object_item = cJSON_CreateObject();
-    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, object_item, &global_hooks, false))
-    {
-        return object_item;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_Delete(object_item);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddArrayToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name)
-{
-    cJSON *array = cJSON_CreateArray();
-    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, array, &global_hooks, false))
-    {
-        return array;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_Delete(array);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemViaPointer(cJSON *parent, cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if ((parent == NULL) || (item == NULL))
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (item->prev != NULL)
-    {
-        /* not the first element */
-        item->prev->next = item->next;
-    }
-    if (item->next != NULL)
-    {
-        /* not the last element */
-        item->next->prev = item->prev;
-    }
-
-    if (item == parent->child)
-    {
-        /* first element */
-        parent->child = item->next;
-    }
-    /* make sure the detached item doesn't point anywhere anymore */
-    item->prev = NULL;
-    item->next = NULL;
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(cJSON *array, int which)
-{
-    if (which < 0)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return cJSON_DetachItemViaPointer(array, get_array_item(array, (size_t)which));
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_DeleteItemFromArray(cJSON *array, int which)
-{
-    cJSON_Delete(cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(array, which));
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemFromObject(cJSON *object, const char *string)
-{
-    cJSON *to_detach = cJSON_GetObjectItem(object, string);
-
-    return cJSON_DetachItemViaPointer(object, to_detach);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemFromObjectCaseSensitive(cJSON *object, const char *string)
-{
-    cJSON *to_detach = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(object, string);
-
-    return cJSON_DetachItemViaPointer(object, to_detach);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_DeleteItemFromObject(cJSON *object, const char *string)
-{
-    cJSON_Delete(cJSON_DetachItemFromObject(object, string));
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_DeleteItemFromObjectCaseSensitive(cJSON *object, const char *string)
-{
-    cJSON_Delete(cJSON_DetachItemFromObjectCaseSensitive(object, string));
-}
-
-/* Replace array/object items with new ones. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_InsertItemInArray(cJSON *array, int which, cJSON *newitem)
-{
-    cJSON *after_inserted = NULL;
-
-    if (which < 0)
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    after_inserted = get_array_item(array, (size_t)which);
-    if (after_inserted == NULL)
-    {
-        add_item_to_array(array, newitem);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    newitem->next = after_inserted;
-    newitem->prev = after_inserted->prev;
-    after_inserted->prev = newitem;
-    if (after_inserted == array->child)
-    {
-        array->child = newitem;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        newitem->prev->next = newitem;
-    }
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_ReplaceItemViaPointer(cJSON * const parent, cJSON * const item, cJSON * replacement)
-{
-    if ((parent == NULL) || (replacement == NULL) || (item == NULL))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    if (replacement == item)
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    replacement->next = item->next;
-    replacement->prev = item->prev;
-
-    if (replacement->next != NULL)
-    {
-        replacement->next->prev = replacement;
-    }
-    if (replacement->prev != NULL)
-    {
-        replacement->prev->next = replacement;
-    }
-    if (parent->child == item)
-    {
-        parent->child = replacement;
-    }
-
-    item->next = NULL;
-    item->prev = NULL;
-    cJSON_Delete(item);
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_ReplaceItemInArray(cJSON *array, int which, cJSON *newitem)
-{
-    if (which < 0)
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_ReplaceItemViaPointer(array, get_array_item(array, (size_t)which), newitem);
-}
-
-static cJSON_bool replace_item_in_object(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *replacement, cJSON_bool case_sensitive)
-{
-    if ((replacement == NULL) || (string == NULL))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* replace the name in the replacement */
-    if (!(replacement->type & cJSON_StringIsConst) && (replacement->string != NULL))
-    {
-        cJSON_free(replacement->string);
-    }
-    replacement->string = (char*)cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)string, &global_hooks);
-    replacement->type &= ~cJSON_StringIsConst;
-
-    cJSON_ReplaceItemViaPointer(object, get_object_item(object, string, case_sensitive), replacement);
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_ReplaceItemInObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *newitem)
-{
-    replace_item_in_object(object, string, newitem, false);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_ReplaceItemInObjectCaseSensitive(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *newitem)
-{
-    replace_item_in_object(object, string, newitem, true);
-}
-
-/* Create basic types: */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateNull(void)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if(item)
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_NULL;
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateTrue(void)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if(item)
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_True;
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateFalse(void)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if(item)
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_False;
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateBool(cJSON_bool b)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if(item)
-    {
-        item->type = b ? cJSON_True : cJSON_False;
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateNumber(double num)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if(item)
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_Number;
-        item->valuedouble = num;
-
-        /* use saturation in case of overflow */
-        if (num >= INT_MAX)
-        {
-            item->valueint = INT_MAX;
-        }
-        else if (num <= (double)INT_MIN)
-        {
-            item->valueint = INT_MIN;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            item->valueint = (int)num;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateString(const char *string)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if(item)
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_String;
-        item->valuestring = (char*)cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)string, &global_hooks);
-        if(!item->valuestring)
-        {
-            cJSON_Delete(item);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateStringReference(const char *string)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if (item != NULL)
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_String | cJSON_IsReference;
-        item->valuestring = (char*)cast_away_const(string);
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateObjectReference(const cJSON *child)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if (item != NULL) {
-        item->type = cJSON_Object | cJSON_IsReference;
-        item->child = (cJSON*)cast_away_const(child);
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateArrayReference(const cJSON *child) {
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if (item != NULL) {
-        item->type = cJSON_Array | cJSON_IsReference;
-        item->child = (cJSON*)cast_away_const(child);
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateRaw(const char *raw)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if(item)
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_Raw;
-        item->valuestring = (char*)cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)raw, &global_hooks);
-        if(!item->valuestring)
-        {
-            cJSON_Delete(item);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateArray(void)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if(item)
-    {
-        item->type=cJSON_Array;
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateObject(void)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if (item)
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_Object;
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-/* Create Arrays: */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateIntArray(const int *numbers, int count)
-{
-    size_t i = 0;
-    cJSON *n = NULL;
-    cJSON *p = NULL;
-    cJSON *a = NULL;
-
-    if ((count < 0) || (numbers == NULL))
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    a = cJSON_CreateArray();
-    for(i = 0; a && (i < (size_t)count); i++)
-    {
-        n = cJSON_CreateNumber(numbers[i]);
-        if (!n)
-        {
-            cJSON_Delete(a);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        if(!i)
-        {
-            a->child = n;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            suffix_object(p, n);
-        }
-        p = n;
-    }
-
-    return a;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateFloatArray(const float *numbers, int count)
-{
-    size_t i = 0;
-    cJSON *n = NULL;
-    cJSON *p = NULL;
-    cJSON *a = NULL;
-
-    if ((count < 0) || (numbers == NULL))
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    a = cJSON_CreateArray();
-
-    for(i = 0; a && (i < (size_t)count); i++)
-    {
-        n = cJSON_CreateNumber((double)numbers[i]);
-        if(!n)
-        {
-            cJSON_Delete(a);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        if(!i)
-        {
-            a->child = n;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            suffix_object(p, n);
-        }
-        p = n;
-    }
-
-    return a;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateDoubleArray(const double *numbers, int count)
-{
-    size_t i = 0;
-    cJSON *n = NULL;
-    cJSON *p = NULL;
-    cJSON *a = NULL;
-
-    if ((count < 0) || (numbers == NULL))
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    a = cJSON_CreateArray();
-
-    for(i = 0;a && (i < (size_t)count); i++)
-    {
-        n = cJSON_CreateNumber(numbers[i]);
-        if(!n)
-        {
-            cJSON_Delete(a);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        if(!i)
-        {
-            a->child = n;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            suffix_object(p, n);
-        }
-        p = n;
-    }
-
-    return a;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateStringArray(const char **strings, int count)
-{
-    size_t i = 0;
-    cJSON *n = NULL;
-    cJSON *p = NULL;
-    cJSON *a = NULL;
-
-    if ((count < 0) || (strings == NULL))
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    a = cJSON_CreateArray();
-
-    for (i = 0; a && (i < (size_t)count); i++)
-    {
-        n = cJSON_CreateString(strings[i]);
-        if(!n)
-        {
-            cJSON_Delete(a);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        if(!i)
-        {
-            a->child = n;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            suffix_object(p,n);
-        }
-        p = n;
-    }
-
-    return a;
-}
-
-/* Duplication */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_Duplicate(const cJSON *item, cJSON_bool recurse)
-{
-    cJSON *newitem = NULL;
-    cJSON *child = NULL;
-    cJSON *next = NULL;
-    cJSON *newchild = NULL;
-
-    /* Bail on bad ptr */
-    if (!item)
-    {
-        goto fail;
-    }
-    /* Create new item */
-    newitem = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if (!newitem)
-    {
-        goto fail;
-    }
-    /* Copy over all vars */
-    newitem->type = item->type & (~cJSON_IsReference);
-    newitem->valueint = item->valueint;
-    newitem->valuedouble = item->valuedouble;
-    if (item->valuestring)
-    {
-        newitem->valuestring = (char*)cJSON_strdup((unsigned char*)item->valuestring, &global_hooks);
-        if (!newitem->valuestring)
-        {
-            goto fail;
-        }
-    }
-    if (item->string)
-    {
-        newitem->string = (item->type&cJSON_StringIsConst) ? item->string : (char*)cJSON_strdup((unsigned char*)item->string, &global_hooks);
-        if (!newitem->string)
-        {
-            goto fail;
-        }
-    }
-    /* If non-recursive, then we're done! */
-    if (!recurse)
-    {
-        return newitem;
-    }
-    /* Walk the ->next chain for the child. */
-    child = item->child;
-    while (child != NULL)
-    {
-        newchild = cJSON_Duplicate(child, true); /* Duplicate (with recurse) each item in the ->next chain */
-        if (!newchild)
-        {
-            goto fail;
-        }
-        if (next != NULL)
-        {
-            /* If newitem->child already set, then crosswire ->prev and ->next and move on */
-            next->next = newchild;
-            newchild->prev = next;
-            next = newchild;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            /* Set newitem->child and move to it */
-            newitem->child = newchild;
-            next = newchild;
-        }
-        child = child->next;
-    }
-
-    return newitem;
-
-fail:
-    if (newitem != NULL)
-    {
-        cJSON_Delete(newitem);
-    }
-
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-static void skip_oneline_comment(char **input)
-{
-    *input += static_strlen("//");
-
-    for (; (*input)[0] != '\0'; ++(*input))
-    {
-        if ((*input)[0] == '\n') {
-            *input += static_strlen("\n");
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-static void skip_multiline_comment(char **input)
-{
-    *input += static_strlen("/*");
-
-    for (; (*input)[0] != '\0'; ++(*input))
-    {
-        if (((*input)[0] == '*') && ((*input)[1] == '/'))
-        {
-            *input += static_strlen("*/");
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-static void minify_string(char **input, char **output) {
-    (*output)[0] = (*input)[0];
-    *input += static_strlen("\"");
-    *output += static_strlen("\"");
-
-
-    for (; (*input)[0] != '\0'; (void)++(*input), ++(*output)) {
-        (*output)[0] = (*input)[0];
-
-        if ((*input)[0] == '\"') {
-            (*output)[0] = '\"';
-            *input += static_strlen("\"");
-            *output += static_strlen("\"");
-            return;
-        } else if (((*input)[0] == '\\') && ((*input)[1] == '\"')) { /* NOLINT */
-            (*output)[1] = (*input)[1];
-            *input += static_strlen("\"");
-            *output += static_strlen("\"");
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_Minify(char *json)
-{
-    char *into = json;
-
-    if (json == NULL)
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    while (json[0] != '\0')
-    {
-        switch (json[0])
-        {
-            case ' ':
-            case '\t':
-            case '\r':
-            case '\n':
-                json++;
-                break;
-
-            case '/':
-                if (json[1] == '/')
-                {
-                    skip_oneline_comment(&json);
-                }
-                else if (json[1] == '*')
-                {
-                    skip_multiline_comment(&json);
-                } else {
-                    json++;
-                }
-                break;
-
-            case '\"':
-                minify_string(&json, (char**)&into);
-                break;
-
-            default:
-                into[0] = json[0];
-                json++;
-                into++;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /* and null-terminate. */
-    *into = '\0';
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsInvalid(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Invalid;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsFalse(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_False;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsTrue(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & 0xff) == cJSON_True;
-}
-
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsBool(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & (cJSON_True | cJSON_False)) != 0;
-}
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsNull(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsNumber(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Number;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsString(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_String;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsArray(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Array;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsObject(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Object;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsRaw(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Raw;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_Compare(const cJSON * const a, const cJSON * const b, const cJSON_bool case_sensitive)
-{
-    if ((a == NULL) || (b == NULL) || ((a->type & 0xFF) != (b->type & 0xFF)) || cJSON_IsInvalid(a))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* check if type is valid */
-    switch (a->type & 0xFF)
-    {
-        case cJSON_False:
-        case cJSON_True:
-        case cJSON_NULL:
-        case cJSON_Number:
-        case cJSON_String:
-        case cJSON_Raw:
-        case cJSON_Array:
-        case cJSON_Object:
-            break;
-
-        default:
-            return false;
-    }
-
-    /* identical objects are equal */
-    if (a == b)
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    switch (a->type & 0xFF)
-    {
-        /* in these cases and equal type is enough */
-        case cJSON_False:
-        case cJSON_True:
-        case cJSON_NULL:
-            return true;
-
-        case cJSON_Number:
-            if (a->valuedouble == b->valuedouble)
-            {
-                return true;
-            }
-            return false;
-
-        case cJSON_String:
-        case cJSON_Raw:
-            if ((a->valuestring == NULL) || (b->valuestring == NULL))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-            if (strcmp(a->valuestring, b->valuestring) == 0)
-            {
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            return false;
-
-        case cJSON_Array:
-        {
-            cJSON *a_element = a->child;
-            cJSON *b_element = b->child;
-
-            for (; (a_element != NULL) && (b_element != NULL);)
-            {
-                if (!cJSON_Compare(a_element, b_element, case_sensitive))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-
-                a_element = a_element->next;
-                b_element = b_element->next;
-            }
-
-            /* one of the arrays is longer than the other */
-            if (a_element != b_element) {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        case cJSON_Object:
-        {
-            cJSON *a_element = NULL;
-            cJSON *b_element = NULL;
-            cJSON_ArrayForEach(a_element, a)
-            {
-                /* TODO This has O(n^2) runtime, which is horrible! */
-                b_element = get_object_item(b, a_element->string, case_sensitive);
-                if (b_element == NULL)
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-
-                if (!cJSON_Compare(a_element, b_element, case_sensitive))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-
-            /* doing this twice, once on a and b to prevent true comparison if a subset of b
-             * TODO: Do this the proper way, this is just a fix for now */
-            cJSON_ArrayForEach(b_element, b)
-            {
-                a_element = get_object_item(a, b_element->string, case_sensitive);
-                if (a_element == NULL)
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-
-                if (!cJSON_Compare(b_element, a_element, case_sensitive))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        default:
-            return false;
-    }
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void *) cJSON_malloc(size_t size)
-{
-    return global_hooks.allocate(size);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_free(void *object)
-{
-    global_hooks.deallocate(object);
-}
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index e1ba8688..4841497c 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ enable_testing()
 
 file(GLOB TEST_SRC "*.c")
 file(GLOB TEST_HDRS "*.h")
-file(GLOB EXTERNAL_TEST_SRC "external/*.c")
-file(GLOB TESTS ${TEST_HDRS} ${TEST_SRC} ${EXTERNAL_TEST_SRC})
+file(GLOB TESTS ${TEST_HDRS} ${TEST_SRC})
 
 add_test_case(credentials_create_destroy_test)
 add_test_case(static_credentials_provider_basic_test)
diff --git a/tests/aws_imds_client_test.c b/tests/aws_imds_client_test.c
index c45695a5..0f18611e 100644
--- a/tests/aws_imds_client_test.c
+++ b/tests/aws_imds_client_test.c
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ static int s_aws_imds_tester_init(struct aws_allocator *allocator) {
     if (aws_byte_buf_init(&s_tester.resource, allocator, 256)) {
         return AWS_OP_ERR;
     }
+
     return AWS_OP_SUCCESS;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/credentials_provider_ecs_tests.c b/tests/credentials_provider_ecs_tests.c
index 73efca6b..774ffd51 100644
--- a/tests/credentials_provider_ecs_tests.c
+++ b/tests/credentials_provider_ecs_tests.c
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ static int s_aws_ecs_tester_init(struct aws_allocator *allocator) {
         return AWS_OP_ERR;
     }
 
+    aws_auth_library_init(allocator);
+
     /* default to everything successful */
     s_tester.is_connection_acquire_successful = true;
     s_tester.is_request_successful = true;
@@ -225,6 +227,7 @@ static void s_aws_ecs_tester_cleanup(void) {
     aws_condition_variable_clean_up(&s_tester.signal);
     aws_mutex_clean_up(&s_tester.lock);
     aws_credentials_release(s_tester.credentials);
+    aws_auth_library_clean_up();
 }
 
 static bool s_has_tester_received_credentials_callback(void *user_data) {
diff --git a/tests/credentials_provider_process_tests.c b/tests/credentials_provider_process_tests.c
index a416bcc4..1a524e18 100644
--- a/tests/credentials_provider_process_tests.c
+++ b/tests/credentials_provider_process_tests.c
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ static int s_aws_process_test_init_config_profile(
 }
 
 static int s_aws_process_tester_init(struct aws_allocator *allocator) {
-    (void)allocator;
+    aws_auth_library_init(allocator);
+
     if (aws_mutex_init(&s_tester.lock)) {
         return AWS_OP_ERR;
     }
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ static void s_aws_process_tester_cleanup(void) {
     aws_condition_variable_clean_up(&s_tester.signal);
     aws_mutex_clean_up(&s_tester.lock);
     aws_credentials_release(s_tester.credentials);
+    aws_auth_library_clean_up();
 }
 
 static bool s_has_tester_received_credentials_callback(void *user_data) {
diff --git a/tests/external/cJSON.c b/tests/external/cJSON.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ebdb10c..00000000
--- a/tests/external/cJSON.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2986 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (c) 2009-2017 Dave Gamble and cJSON contributors
-
-  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-  THE SOFTWARE.
-
-*/
-
-/*
-This file has been modified from its original version by Amazon:
- *   (1) Include path
- *   (2) header order via clang-format
- *   (3) Clang-tidy error removal: Added parens around macro params in a number of macro bodies
- *   (4) NOLINT annotations to disable clang-tidy errors around raw/unsafe function use
-*/
-
-/* clang-format off */
-
-/* cJSON */
-/* JSON parser in C. */
-
-/* disable warnings about old C89 functions in MSVC */
-#if !defined(_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE) && defined(_MSC_VER)
-#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
-#endif
-
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-#pragma GCC visibility push(default)
-#endif
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#pragma warning (push)
-/* disable warning about single line comments in system headers */
-#pragma warning (disable : 4001)
-#endif
-
-#include <ctype.h>
-#include <limits.h>
-#include <math.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-#ifdef ENABLE_LOCALES
-#include <locale.h>
-#endif
-
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#pragma warning (pop)
-#endif
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-#pragma GCC visibility pop
-#endif
-
-#include <aws/auth/external/cJSON.h>
-
-/* define our own boolean type */
-#ifdef true
-#undef true
-#endif
-#define true ((cJSON_bool)1)
-
-#ifdef false
-#undef false
-#endif
-#define false ((cJSON_bool)0)
-
-typedef struct {
-    const unsigned char *json;
-    size_t position;
-} error;
-static error global_error = { NULL, 0 };
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(const char *) cJSON_GetErrorPtr(void)
-{
-    return (const char*) (global_error.json + global_error.position);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_GetStringValue(cJSON *item) {
-    if (!cJSON_IsString(item)) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return item->valuestring;
-}
-
-/* This is a safeguard to prevent copy-pasters from using incompatible C and header files */
-#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 7) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 12)
-    #error cJSON.h and cJSON.c have different versions. Make sure that both have the same.
-#endif
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(const char*) cJSON_Version(void)
-{
-    static char version[15];
-    snprintf(version, sizeof(version) / sizeof(char), "%i.%i.%i", CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR, CJSON_VERSION_MINOR, CJSON_VERSION_PATCH);
-
-    return version;
-}
-
-/* Case insensitive string comparison, doesn't consider two NULL pointers equal though */
-static int case_insensitive_strcmp(const unsigned char *string1, const unsigned char *string2)
-{
-    if ((string1 == NULL) || (string2 == NULL))
-    {
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    if (string1 == string2)
-    {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    for(; tolower(*string1) == tolower(*string2); (void)string1++, string2++)
-    {
-        if (*string1 == '\0')
-        {
-            return 0;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return tolower(*string1) - tolower(*string2);
-}
-
-typedef struct internal_hooks
-{
-    void *(CJSON_CDECL *allocate)(size_t size);
-    void (CJSON_CDECL *deallocate)(void *pointer);
-    void *(CJSON_CDECL *reallocate)(void *pointer, size_t size);
-} internal_hooks;
-
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-/* work around MSVC error C2322: '...' address of dillimport '...' is not static */
-static void * CJSON_CDECL internal_malloc(size_t size)
-{
-    return malloc(size);
-}
-static void CJSON_CDECL internal_free(void *pointer)
-{
-    free(pointer);
-}
-static void * CJSON_CDECL internal_realloc(void *pointer, size_t size)
-{
-    return realloc(pointer, size);
-}
-#else
-#define internal_malloc malloc
-#define internal_free free
-#define internal_realloc realloc
-#endif
-
-/* strlen of character literals resolved at compile time */
-#define static_strlen(string_literal) (sizeof(string_literal) - sizeof(""))
-
-static internal_hooks global_hooks = { internal_malloc, internal_free, internal_realloc };
-
-static unsigned char* cJSON_strdup(const unsigned char* string, const internal_hooks * const hooks)
-{
-    size_t length = 0;
-    unsigned char *copy = NULL;
-
-    if (string == NULL)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    length = strlen((const char*)string) + sizeof("");
-    copy = (unsigned char*)hooks->allocate(length);
-    if (copy == NULL)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    memcpy(copy, string, length);
-
-    return copy;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_InitHooks(cJSON_Hooks* hooks)
-{
-    if (hooks == NULL)
-    {
-        /* Reset hooks */
-        global_hooks.allocate = malloc;
-        global_hooks.deallocate = free;
-        global_hooks.reallocate = realloc;
-        return;
-    }
-
-    global_hooks.allocate = malloc;
-    if (hooks->malloc_fn != NULL)
-    {
-        global_hooks.allocate = hooks->malloc_fn;
-    }
-
-    global_hooks.deallocate = free;
-    if (hooks->free_fn != NULL)
-    {
-        global_hooks.deallocate = hooks->free_fn;
-    }
-
-    /* use realloc only if both free and malloc are used */
-    global_hooks.reallocate = NULL;
-    if ((global_hooks.allocate == malloc) && (global_hooks.deallocate == free))
-    {
-        global_hooks.reallocate = realloc;
-    }
-}
-
-/* Internal constructor. */
-static cJSON *cJSON_New_Item(const internal_hooks * const hooks)
-{
-    cJSON* node = (cJSON*)hooks->allocate(sizeof(cJSON));
-    if (node)
-    {
-        memset(node, '\0', sizeof(cJSON));
-    }
-
-    return node;
-}
-
-/* Delete a cJSON structure. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_Delete(cJSON *item)
-{
-    cJSON *next = NULL;
-    while (item != NULL)
-    {
-        next = item->next;
-        if (!(item->type & cJSON_IsReference) && (item->child != NULL))
-        {
-            cJSON_Delete(item->child);
-        }
-        if (!(item->type & cJSON_IsReference) && (item->valuestring != NULL))
-        {
-            global_hooks.deallocate(item->valuestring);
-        }
-        if (!(item->type & cJSON_StringIsConst) && (item->string != NULL))
-        {
-            global_hooks.deallocate(item->string);
-        }
-        global_hooks.deallocate(item);
-        item = next;
-    }
-}
-
-/* get the decimal point character of the current locale */
-static unsigned char get_decimal_point(void)
-{
-#ifdef ENABLE_LOCALES
-    struct lconv *lconv = localeconv();
-    return (unsigned char) lconv->decimal_point[0];
-#else
-    return '.';
-#endif
-}
-
-typedef struct
-{
-    const unsigned char *content;
-    size_t length;
-    size_t offset;
-    size_t depth; /* How deeply nested (in arrays/objects) is the input at the current offset. */
-    internal_hooks hooks;
-} parse_buffer;
-
-/* check if the given size is left to read in a given parse buffer (starting with 1) */
-#define can_read(buffer, size) (((buffer) != NULL) && (((buffer)->offset + (size)) <= (buffer)->length))
-/* check if the buffer can be accessed at the given index (starting with 0) */
-#define can_access_at_index(buffer, index) (((buffer) != NULL) && (((buffer)->offset + (index)) < (buffer)->length))
-#define cannot_access_at_index(buffer, index) (!can_access_at_index(buffer, index))
-/* get a pointer to the buffer at the position */
-#define buffer_at_offset(buffer) ((buffer)->content + (buffer)->offset)
-
-/* Parse the input text to generate a number, and populate the result into item. */
-static cJSON_bool parse_number(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer)
-{
-    double number = 0;
-    unsigned char *after_end = NULL;
-    unsigned char number_c_string[64];
-    unsigned char decimal_point = get_decimal_point();
-    size_t i = 0;
-
-    if ((input_buffer == NULL) || (input_buffer->content == NULL))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* copy the number into a temporary buffer and replace '.' with the decimal point
-     * of the current locale (for strtod)
-     * This also takes care of '\0' not necessarily being available for marking the end of the input */
-    for (i = 0; (i < (sizeof(number_c_string) - 1)) && can_access_at_index(input_buffer, i); i++)
-    {
-        switch (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[i])
-        {
-            case '0':
-            case '1':
-            case '2':
-            case '3':
-            case '4':
-            case '5':
-            case '6':
-            case '7':
-            case '8':
-            case '9':
-            case '+':
-            case '-':
-            case 'e':
-            case 'E':
-                number_c_string[i] = buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[i];
-                break;
-
-            case '.':
-                number_c_string[i] = decimal_point;
-                break;
-
-            default:
-                goto loop_end;
-        }
-    }
-loop_end:
-    number_c_string[i] = '\0';
-
-    number = strtod((const char*)number_c_string, (char**)&after_end);
-    if (number_c_string == after_end)
-    {
-        return false; /* parse_error */
-    }
-
-    item->valuedouble = number;
-
-    /* use saturation in case of overflow */
-    if (number >= INT_MAX)
-    {
-        item->valueint = INT_MAX;
-    }
-    else if (number <= (double)INT_MIN)
-    {
-        item->valueint = INT_MIN;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        item->valueint = (int)number;
-    }
-
-    item->type = cJSON_Number;
-
-    input_buffer->offset += (size_t)(after_end - number_c_string);
-    return true;
-}
-
-/* don't ask me, but the original cJSON_SetNumberValue returns an integer or double */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(double) cJSON_SetNumberHelper(cJSON *object, double number)
-{
-    if (number >= INT_MAX)
-    {
-        object->valueint = INT_MAX;
-    }
-    else if (number <= (double)INT_MIN)
-    {
-        object->valueint = INT_MIN;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        object->valueint = (int)number;
-    }
-
-    return object->valuedouble = number;
-}
-
-typedef struct
-{
-    unsigned char *buffer;
-    size_t length;
-    size_t offset;
-    size_t depth; /* current nesting depth (for formatted printing) */
-    cJSON_bool noalloc;
-    cJSON_bool format; /* is this print a formatted print */
-    internal_hooks hooks;
-} printbuffer;
-
-/* realloc printbuffer if necessary to have at least "needed" bytes more */
-static unsigned char* ensure(printbuffer * const p, size_t needed)
-{
-    unsigned char *newbuffer = NULL;
-    size_t newsize = 0;
-
-    if ((p == NULL) || (p->buffer == NULL))
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if ((p->length > 0) && (p->offset >= p->length))
-    {
-        /* make sure that offset is valid */
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (needed > INT_MAX)
-    {
-        /* sizes bigger than INT_MAX are currently not supported */
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    needed += p->offset + 1;
-    if (needed <= p->length)
-    {
-        return p->buffer + p->offset;
-    }
-
-    if (p->noalloc) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    /* calculate new buffer size */
-    if (needed > (INT_MAX / 2))
-    {
-        /* overflow of int, use INT_MAX if possible */
-        if (needed <= INT_MAX)
-        {
-            newsize = INT_MAX;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            return NULL;
-        }
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        newsize = needed * 2;
-    }
-
-    if (p->hooks.reallocate != NULL)
-    {
-        /* reallocate with realloc if available */
-        newbuffer = (unsigned char*)p->hooks.reallocate(p->buffer, newsize);
-        if (newbuffer == NULL)
-        {
-            p->hooks.deallocate(p->buffer);
-            p->length = 0;
-            p->buffer = NULL;
-
-            return NULL;
-        }
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        /* otherwise reallocate manually */
-        newbuffer = (unsigned char*)p->hooks.allocate(newsize);
-        if (!newbuffer)
-        {
-            p->hooks.deallocate(p->buffer);
-            p->length = 0;
-            p->buffer = NULL;
-
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        if (newbuffer)
-        {
-            memcpy(newbuffer, p->buffer, p->offset + 1);
-        }
-        p->hooks.deallocate(p->buffer);
-    }
-    p->length = newsize;
-    p->buffer = newbuffer;
-
-    return newbuffer + p->offset;
-}
-
-/* calculate the new length of the string in a printbuffer and update the offset */
-static void update_offset(printbuffer * const buffer)
-{
-    const unsigned char *buffer_pointer = NULL;
-    if ((buffer == NULL) || (buffer->buffer == NULL))
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-    buffer_pointer = buffer->buffer + buffer->offset;
-
-    buffer->offset += strlen((const char*)buffer_pointer);
-}
-
-/* Render the number nicely from the given item into a string. */
-static cJSON_bool print_number(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer)
-{
-    unsigned char *output_pointer = NULL;
-    double d = item->valuedouble;
-    int length = 0;
-    size_t i = 0;
-    unsigned char number_buffer[26]; /* temporary buffer to print the number into */
-    unsigned char decimal_point = get_decimal_point();
-    double test;
-
-    if (output_buffer == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* This checks for NaN and Infinity */
-    if ((d * 0) != 0)
-    {
-        length = sprintf((char*)number_buffer, "null");
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        /* Try 15 decimal places of precision to avoid nonsignificant nonzero digits */
-        length = sprintf((char*)number_buffer, "%1.15g", d);
-
-        /* Check whether the original double can be recovered */
-        if ((sscanf((char*)number_buffer, "%lg", &test) != 1) || ((double)test != d))
-        {
-            /* If not, print with 17 decimal places of precision */
-            length = sprintf((char*)number_buffer, "%1.17g", d);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /* sprintf failed or buffer overrun occurred */
-    if ((length < 0) || (length > (int)(sizeof(number_buffer) - 1)))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* reserve appropriate space in the output */
-    output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, (size_t)length + sizeof(""));
-    if (output_pointer == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* copy the printed number to the output and replace locale
-     * dependent decimal point with '.' */
-    for (i = 0; i < ((size_t)length); i++)
-    {
-        if (number_buffer[i] == decimal_point)
-        {
-            output_pointer[i] = '.';
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        output_pointer[i] = number_buffer[i];
-    }
-    output_pointer[i] = '\0';
-
-    output_buffer->offset += (size_t)length;
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-/* parse 4 digit hexadecimal number */
-static unsigned parse_hex4(const unsigned char * const input)
-{
-    unsigned int h = 0;
-    size_t i = 0;
-
-    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
-    {
-        /* parse digit */
-        if ((input[i] >= '0') && (input[i] <= '9'))
-        {
-            h += (unsigned int) input[i] - '0';
-        }
-        else if ((input[i] >= 'A') && (input[i] <= 'F'))
-        {
-            h += (unsigned int) 10 + input[i] - 'A';
-        }
-        else if ((input[i] >= 'a') && (input[i] <= 'f'))
-        {
-            h += (unsigned int) 10 + input[i] - 'a';
-        }
-        else /* invalid */
-        {
-            return 0;
-        }
-
-        if (i < 3)
-        {
-            /* shift left to make place for the next nibble */
-            h = h << 4;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return h;
-}
-
-/* converts a UTF-16 literal to UTF-8
- * A literal can be one or two sequences of the form \uXXXX */
-static unsigned char utf16_literal_to_utf8(const unsigned char * const input_pointer, const unsigned char * const input_end, unsigned char **output_pointer)
-{
-    long unsigned int codepoint = 0;
-    unsigned int first_code = 0;
-    const unsigned char *first_sequence = input_pointer;
-    unsigned char utf8_length = 0;
-    unsigned char utf8_position = 0;
-    unsigned char sequence_length = 0;
-    unsigned char first_byte_mark = 0;
-
-    if ((input_end - first_sequence) < 6)
-    {
-        /* input ends unexpectedly */
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    /* get the first utf16 sequence */
-    first_code = parse_hex4(first_sequence + 2);
-
-    /* check that the code is valid */
-    if (((first_code >= 0xDC00) && (first_code <= 0xDFFF)))
-    {
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    /* UTF16 surrogate pair */
-    if ((first_code >= 0xD800) && (first_code <= 0xDBFF))
-    {
-        const unsigned char *second_sequence = first_sequence + 6;
-        unsigned int second_code = 0;
-        sequence_length = 12; /* \uXXXX\uXXXX */
-
-        if ((input_end - second_sequence) < 6)
-        {
-            /* input ends unexpectedly */
-            goto fail;
-        }
-
-        if ((second_sequence[0] != '\\') || (second_sequence[1] != 'u'))
-        {
-            /* missing second half of the surrogate pair */
-            goto fail;
-        }
-
-        /* get the second utf16 sequence */
-        second_code = parse_hex4(second_sequence + 2);
-        /* check that the code is valid */
-        if ((second_code < 0xDC00) || (second_code > 0xDFFF))
-        {
-            /* invalid second half of the surrogate pair */
-            goto fail;
-        }
-
-
-        /* calculate the unicode codepoint from the surrogate pair */
-        codepoint = 0x10000 + (((first_code & 0x3FF) << 10) | (second_code & 0x3FF));
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        sequence_length = 6; /* \uXXXX */
-        codepoint = first_code;
-    }
-
-    /* encode as UTF-8
-     * takes at maximum 4 bytes to encode:
-     * 11110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx */
-    if (codepoint < 0x80)
-    {
-        /* normal ascii, encoding 0xxxxxxx */
-        utf8_length = 1;
-    }
-    else if (codepoint < 0x800)
-    {
-        /* two bytes, encoding 110xxxxx 10xxxxxx */
-        utf8_length = 2;
-        first_byte_mark = 0xC0; /* 11000000 */
-    }
-    else if (codepoint < 0x10000)
-    {
-        /* three bytes, encoding 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx */
-        utf8_length = 3;
-        first_byte_mark = 0xE0; /* 11100000 */
-    }
-    else if (codepoint <= 0x10FFFF)
-    {
-        /* four bytes, encoding 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx */
-        utf8_length = 4;
-        first_byte_mark = 0xF0; /* 11110000 */
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        /* invalid unicode codepoint */
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    /* encode as utf8 */
-    for (utf8_position = (unsigned char)(utf8_length - 1); utf8_position > 0; utf8_position--)
-    {
-        /* 10xxxxxx */
-        (*output_pointer)[utf8_position] = (unsigned char)((codepoint | 0x80) & 0xBF);
-        codepoint >>= 6;
-    }
-    /* encode first byte */
-    if (utf8_length > 1)
-    {
-        (*output_pointer)[0] = (unsigned char)((codepoint | first_byte_mark) & 0xFF);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        (*output_pointer)[0] = (unsigned char)(codepoint & 0x7F);
-    }
-
-    *output_pointer += utf8_length;
-
-    return sequence_length;
-
-fail:
-    return 0;
-}
-
-/* Parse the input text into an unescaped cinput, and populate item. */
-static cJSON_bool parse_string(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer)
-{
-    const unsigned char *input_pointer = buffer_at_offset(input_buffer) + 1;
-    const unsigned char *input_end = buffer_at_offset(input_buffer) + 1;
-    unsigned char *output_pointer = NULL;
-    unsigned char *output = NULL;
-
-    /* not a string */
-    if (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] != '\"')
-    {
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    {
-        /* calculate approximate size of the output (overestimate) */
-        size_t allocation_length = 0;
-        size_t skipped_bytes = 0;
-        while (((size_t)(input_end - input_buffer->content) < input_buffer->length) && (*input_end != '\"'))
-        {
-            /* is escape sequence */
-            if (input_end[0] == '\\')
-            {
-                if ((size_t)(input_end + 1 - input_buffer->content) >= input_buffer->length)
-                {
-                    /* prevent buffer overflow when last input character is a backslash */
-                    goto fail;
-                }
-                skipped_bytes++;
-                input_end++;
-            }
-            input_end++;
-        }
-        if (((size_t)(input_end - input_buffer->content) >= input_buffer->length) || (*input_end != '\"'))
-        {
-            goto fail; /* string ended unexpectedly */
-        }
-
-        /* This is at most how much we need for the output */
-        allocation_length = (size_t) (input_end - buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)) - skipped_bytes;
-        output = (unsigned char*)input_buffer->hooks.allocate(allocation_length + sizeof(""));
-        if (output == NULL)
-        {
-            goto fail; /* allocation failure */
-        }
-    }
-
-    output_pointer = output;
-    /* loop through the string literal */
-    while (input_pointer < input_end)
-    {
-        if (*input_pointer != '\\')
-        {
-            *output_pointer++ = *input_pointer++;
-        }
-        /* escape sequence */
-        else
-        {
-            unsigned char sequence_length = 2;
-            if ((input_end - input_pointer) < 1)
-            {
-                goto fail;
-            }
-
-            switch (input_pointer[1])
-            {
-                case 'b':
-                    *output_pointer++ = '\b';
-                    break;
-                case 'f':
-                    *output_pointer++ = '\f';
-                    break;
-                case 'n':
-                    *output_pointer++ = '\n';
-                    break;
-                case 'r':
-                    *output_pointer++ = '\r';
-                    break;
-                case 't':
-                    *output_pointer++ = '\t';
-                    break;
-                case '\"':
-                case '\\':
-                case '/':
-                    *output_pointer++ = input_pointer[1];
-                    break;
-
-                /* UTF-16 literal */
-                case 'u':
-                    sequence_length = utf16_literal_to_utf8(input_pointer, input_end, &output_pointer);
-                    if (sequence_length == 0)
-                    {
-                        /* failed to convert UTF16-literal to UTF-8 */
-                        goto fail;
-                    }
-                    break;
-
-                default:
-                    goto fail;
-            }
-            input_pointer += sequence_length;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /* zero terminate the output */
-    *output_pointer = '\0';
-
-    item->type = cJSON_String;
-    item->valuestring = (char*)output;
-
-    input_buffer->offset = (size_t) (input_end - input_buffer->content);
-    input_buffer->offset++;
-
-    return true;
-
-fail:
-    if (output != NULL)
-    {
-        input_buffer->hooks.deallocate(output);
-    }
-
-    if (input_pointer != NULL)
-    {
-        input_buffer->offset = (size_t)(input_pointer - input_buffer->content);
-    }
-
-    return false;
-}
-
-/* Render the cstring provided to an escaped version that can be printed. */
-static cJSON_bool print_string_ptr(const unsigned char * const input, printbuffer * const output_buffer)
-{
-    const unsigned char *input_pointer = NULL;
-    unsigned char *output = NULL;
-    unsigned char *output_pointer = NULL;
-    size_t output_length = 0;
-    /* numbers of additional characters needed for escaping */
-    size_t escape_characters = 0;
-
-    if (output_buffer == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* empty string */
-    if (input == NULL)
-    {
-        output = ensure(output_buffer, sizeof("\"\""));
-        if (output == NULL)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-        strcpy((char*)output, "\"\""); /* NOLINT */
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    /* set "flag" to 1 if something needs to be escaped */
-    for (input_pointer = input; *input_pointer; input_pointer++)
-    {
-        switch (*input_pointer)
-        {
-            case '\"':
-            case '\\':
-            case '\b':
-            case '\f':
-            case '\n':
-            case '\r':
-            case '\t':
-                /* one character escape sequence */
-                escape_characters++;
-                break;
-            default:
-                if (*input_pointer < 32)
-                {
-                    /* UTF-16 escape sequence uXXXX */
-                    escape_characters += 5;
-                }
-                break;
-        }
-    }
-    output_length = (size_t)(input_pointer - input) + escape_characters;
-
-    output = ensure(output_buffer, output_length + sizeof("\"\""));
-    if (output == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* no characters have to be escaped */
-    if (escape_characters == 0)
-    {
-        output[0] = '\"';
-        memcpy(output + 1, input, output_length);
-        output[output_length + 1] = '\"';
-        output[output_length + 2] = '\0';
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    output[0] = '\"';
-    output_pointer = output + 1;
-    /* copy the string */
-    for (input_pointer = input; *input_pointer != '\0'; (void)input_pointer++, output_pointer++)
-    {
-        if ((*input_pointer > 31) && (*input_pointer != '\"') && (*input_pointer != '\\'))
-        {
-            /* normal character, copy */
-            *output_pointer = *input_pointer;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            /* character needs to be escaped */
-            *output_pointer++ = '\\';
-            switch (*input_pointer)
-            {
-                case '\\':
-                    *output_pointer = '\\';
-                    break;
-                case '\"':
-                    *output_pointer = '\"';
-                    break;
-                case '\b':
-                    *output_pointer = 'b';
-                    break;
-                case '\f':
-                    *output_pointer = 'f';
-                    break;
-                case '\n':
-                    *output_pointer = 'n';
-                    break;
-                case '\r':
-                    *output_pointer = 'r';
-                    break;
-                case '\t':
-                    *output_pointer = 't';
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    /* escape and print as unicode codepoint */
-                    sprintf((char*)output_pointer, "u%04x", *input_pointer);
-                    output_pointer += 4;
-                    break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    output[output_length + 1] = '\"';
-    output[output_length + 2] = '\0';
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-/* Invoke print_string_ptr (which is useful) on an item. */
-static cJSON_bool print_string(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const p)
-{
-    return print_string_ptr((unsigned char*)item->valuestring, p);
-}
-
-/* Predeclare these prototypes. */
-static cJSON_bool parse_value(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer); /* NOLINT */
-static cJSON_bool print_value(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer); /* NOLINT */
-static cJSON_bool parse_array(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer); /* NOLINT */
-static cJSON_bool print_array(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer); /* NOLINT */
-static cJSON_bool parse_object(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer); /* NOLINT */
-static cJSON_bool print_object(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer); /* NOLINT */
-
-/* Utility to jump whitespace and cr/lf */
-static parse_buffer *buffer_skip_whitespace(parse_buffer * const buffer)
-{
-    if ((buffer == NULL) || (buffer->content == NULL))
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    while (can_access_at_index(buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(buffer)[0] <= 32))
-    {
-       buffer->offset++;
-    }
-
-    if (buffer->offset == buffer->length)
-    {
-        buffer->offset--;
-    }
-
-    return buffer;
-}
-
-/* skip the UTF-8 BOM (byte order mark) if it is at the beginning of a buffer */
-static parse_buffer *skip_utf8_bom(parse_buffer * const buffer)
-{
-    if ((buffer == NULL) || (buffer->content == NULL) || (buffer->offset != 0))
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (can_access_at_index(buffer, 4) && (strncmp((const char*)buffer_at_offset(buffer), "\xEF\xBB\xBF", 3) == 0))
-    {
-        buffer->offset += 3;
-    }
-
-    return buffer;
-}
-
-/* Parse an object - create a new root, and populate. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_ParseWithOpts(const char *value, const char **return_parse_end, cJSON_bool require_null_terminated)
-{
-    parse_buffer buffer = { 0, 0, 0, 0, { 0, 0, 0 } };
-    cJSON *item = NULL;
-
-    /* reset error position */
-    global_error.json = NULL;
-    global_error.position = 0;
-
-    if (value == NULL)
-    {
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    buffer.content = (const unsigned char*)value;
-    buffer.length = strlen((const char*)value) + sizeof("");
-    buffer.offset = 0;
-    buffer.hooks = global_hooks;
-
-    item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if (item == NULL) /* memory fail */
-    {
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    if (!parse_value(item, buffer_skip_whitespace(skip_utf8_bom(&buffer))))
-    {
-        /* parse failure. ep is set. */
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    /* if we require null-terminated JSON without appended garbage, skip and then check for a null terminator */
-    if (require_null_terminated)
-    {
-        buffer_skip_whitespace(&buffer);
-        if ((buffer.offset >= buffer.length) || buffer_at_offset(&buffer)[0] != '\0')
-        {
-            goto fail;
-        }
-    }
-    if (return_parse_end)
-    {
-        *return_parse_end = (const char*)buffer_at_offset(&buffer);
-    }
-
-    return item;
-
-fail:
-    if (item != NULL)
-    {
-        cJSON_Delete(item);
-    }
-
-    if (value != NULL)
-    {
-        error local_error;
-        local_error.json = (const unsigned char*)value;
-        local_error.position = 0;
-
-        if (buffer.offset < buffer.length)
-        {
-            local_error.position = buffer.offset;
-        }
-        else if (buffer.length > 0)
-        {
-            local_error.position = buffer.length - 1;
-        }
-
-        if (return_parse_end != NULL)
-        {
-            *return_parse_end = (const char*)local_error.json + local_error.position;
-        }
-
-        global_error = local_error;
-    }
-
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-/* Default options for cJSON_Parse */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_Parse(const char *value)
-{
-    return cJSON_ParseWithOpts(value, 0, 0);
-}
-
-#define cjson_min(a, b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
-
-static unsigned char *print(const cJSON * const item, cJSON_bool format, const internal_hooks * const hooks)
-{
-    static const size_t default_buffer_size = 256;
-    printbuffer buffer[1];
-    unsigned char *printed = NULL;
-
-    memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
-
-    /* create buffer */
-    buffer->buffer = (unsigned char*) hooks->allocate(default_buffer_size);
-    buffer->length = default_buffer_size;
-    buffer->format = format;
-    buffer->hooks = *hooks;
-    if (buffer->buffer == NULL)
-    {
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    /* print the value */
-    if (!print_value(item, buffer))
-    {
-        goto fail;
-    }
-    update_offset(buffer);
-
-    /* check if reallocate is available */
-    if (hooks->reallocate != NULL)
-    {
-        printed = (unsigned char*) hooks->reallocate(buffer->buffer, buffer->offset + 1);
-        if (printed == NULL) {
-            goto fail;
-        }
-        buffer->buffer = NULL;
-    }
-    else /* otherwise copy the JSON over to a new buffer */
-    {
-        printed = (unsigned char*) hooks->allocate(buffer->offset + 1);
-        if (printed == NULL)
-        {
-            goto fail;
-        }
-        memcpy(printed, buffer->buffer, cjson_min(buffer->length, buffer->offset + 1));
-        printed[buffer->offset] = '\0'; /* just to be sure */
-
-        /* free the buffer */
-        hooks->deallocate(buffer->buffer);
-    }
-
-    return printed;
-
-fail:
-    if (buffer->buffer != NULL)
-    {
-        hooks->deallocate(buffer->buffer);
-    }
-
-    if (printed != NULL)
-    {
-        hooks->deallocate(printed);
-    }
-
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-/* Render a cJSON item/entity/structure to text. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_Print(const cJSON *item)
-{
-    return (char*)print(item, true, &global_hooks);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_PrintUnformatted(const cJSON *item)
-{
-    return (char*)print(item, false, &global_hooks);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_PrintBuffered(const cJSON *item, int prebuffer, cJSON_bool fmt)
-{
-    printbuffer p = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, { 0, 0, 0 } };
-
-    if (prebuffer < 0)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    p.buffer = (unsigned char*)global_hooks.allocate((size_t)prebuffer);
-    if (!p.buffer)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    p.length = (size_t)prebuffer;
-    p.offset = 0;
-    p.noalloc = false;
-    p.format = fmt;
-    p.hooks = global_hooks;
-
-    if (!print_value(item, &p))
-    {
-        global_hooks.deallocate(p.buffer);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return (char*)p.buffer;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_PrintPreallocated(cJSON *item, char *buf, const int len, const cJSON_bool fmt)
-{
-    printbuffer p = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, { 0, 0, 0 } };
-
-    if ((len < 0) || (buf == NULL))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    p.buffer = (unsigned char*)buf;
-    p.length = (size_t)len;
-    p.offset = 0;
-    p.noalloc = true;
-    p.format = fmt;
-    p.hooks = global_hooks;
-
-    return print_value(item, &p);
-}
-
-/* Parser core - when encountering text, process appropriately. */
-static cJSON_bool parse_value(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer)
-{
-    if ((input_buffer == NULL) || (input_buffer->content == NULL))
-    {
-        return false; /* no input */
-    }
-
-    /* parse the different types of values */
-    /* null */
-    if (can_read(input_buffer, 4) && (strncmp((const char*)buffer_at_offset(input_buffer), "null", 4) == 0))
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_NULL;
-        input_buffer->offset += 4;
-        return true;
-    }
-    /* false */
-    if (can_read(input_buffer, 5) && (strncmp((const char*)buffer_at_offset(input_buffer), "false", 5) == 0))
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_False;
-        input_buffer->offset += 5;
-        return true;
-    }
-    /* true */
-    if (can_read(input_buffer, 4) && (strncmp((const char*)buffer_at_offset(input_buffer), "true", 4) == 0))
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_True;
-        item->valueint = 1;
-        input_buffer->offset += 4;
-        return true;
-    }
-    /* string */
-    if (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == '\"'))
-    {
-        return parse_string(item, input_buffer);
-    }
-    /* number */
-    if (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && ((buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == '-') || ((buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] >= '0') && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] <= '9'))))
-    {
-        return parse_number(item, input_buffer);
-    }
-    /* array */
-    if (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == '['))
-    {
-        return parse_array(item, input_buffer);
-    }
-    /* object */
-    if (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == '{'))
-    {
-        return parse_object(item, input_buffer);
-    }
-
-    return false;
-}
-
-/* Render a value to text. */
-static cJSON_bool print_value(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer)
-{
-    unsigned char *output = NULL;
-
-    if ((item == NULL) || (output_buffer == NULL))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    switch ((item->type) & 0xFF)
-    {
-        case cJSON_NULL:
-            output = ensure(output_buffer, 5);
-            if (output == NULL)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-            strcpy((char*)output, "null"); /* NOLINT */
-            return true;
-
-        case cJSON_False:
-            output = ensure(output_buffer, 6);
-            if (output == NULL)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-            strcpy((char*)output, "false"); /* NOLINT */
-            return true;
-
-        case cJSON_True:
-            output = ensure(output_buffer, 5);
-            if (output == NULL)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-            strcpy((char*)output, "true"); /* NOLINT */
-            return true;
-
-        case cJSON_Number:
-            return print_number(item, output_buffer);
-
-        case cJSON_Raw:
-        {
-            size_t raw_length = 0;
-            if (item->valuestring == NULL)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            raw_length = strlen(item->valuestring) + sizeof("");
-            output = ensure(output_buffer, raw_length);
-            if (output == NULL)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-            memcpy(output, item->valuestring, raw_length);
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        case cJSON_String:
-            return print_string(item, output_buffer);
-
-        case cJSON_Array:
-            return print_array(item, output_buffer);
-
-        case cJSON_Object:
-            return print_object(item, output_buffer);
-
-        default:
-            return false;
-    }
-}
-
-/* Build an array from input text. */
-static cJSON_bool parse_array(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer)
-{
-    cJSON *head = NULL; /* head of the linked list */
-    cJSON *current_item = NULL;
-
-    if (input_buffer->depth >= CJSON_NESTING_LIMIT)
-    {
-        return false; /* to deeply nested */
-    }
-    input_buffer->depth++;
-
-    if (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] != '[')
-    {
-        /* not an array */
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    input_buffer->offset++;
-    buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
-    if (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == ']'))
-    {
-        /* empty array */
-        goto success;
-    }
-
-    /* check if we skipped to the end of the buffer */
-    if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0))
-    {
-        input_buffer->offset--;
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    /* step back to character in front of the first element */
-    input_buffer->offset--;
-    /* loop through the comma separated array elements */
-    do
-    {
-        /* allocate next item */
-        cJSON *new_item = cJSON_New_Item(&(input_buffer->hooks));
-        if (new_item == NULL)
-        {
-            goto fail; /* allocation failure */
-        }
-
-        /* attach next item to list */
-        if (head == NULL)
-        {
-            /* start the linked list */
-            current_item = head = new_item;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            /* add to the end and advance */
-            current_item->next = new_item;
-            new_item->prev = current_item;
-            current_item = new_item;
-        }
-
-        /* parse next value */
-        input_buffer->offset++;
-        buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
-        if (!parse_value(current_item, input_buffer))
-        {
-            goto fail; /* failed to parse value */
-        }
-        buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
-    }
-    while (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == ','));
-
-    if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) || buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] != ']')
-    {
-        goto fail; /* expected end of array */
-    }
-
-success:
-    input_buffer->depth--;
-
-    item->type = cJSON_Array;
-    item->child = head;
-
-    input_buffer->offset++;
-
-    return true;
-
-fail:
-    if (head != NULL)
-    {
-        cJSON_Delete(head);
-    }
-
-    return false;
-}
-
-/* Render an array to text */
-static cJSON_bool print_array(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer)
-{
-    unsigned char *output_pointer = NULL;
-    size_t length = 0;
-    cJSON *current_element = item->child;
-
-    if (output_buffer == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* Compose the output array. */
-    /* opening square bracket */
-    output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, 1);
-    if (output_pointer == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    *output_pointer = '[';
-    output_buffer->offset++;
-    output_buffer->depth++;
-
-    while (current_element != NULL)
-    {
-        if (!print_value(current_element, output_buffer))
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-        update_offset(output_buffer);
-        if (current_element->next)
-        {
-            length = (size_t) (output_buffer->format ? 2 : 1);
-            output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, length + 1);
-            if (output_pointer == NULL)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-            *output_pointer++ = ',';
-            if(output_buffer->format)
-            {
-                *output_pointer++ = ' ';
-            }
-            *output_pointer = '\0';
-            output_buffer->offset += length;
-        }
-        current_element = current_element->next;
-    }
-
-    output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, 2);
-    if (output_pointer == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-    *output_pointer++ = ']';
-    *output_pointer = '\0';
-    output_buffer->depth--;
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-/* Build an object from the text. */
-static cJSON_bool parse_object(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer)
-{
-    cJSON *head = NULL; /* linked list head */
-    cJSON *current_item = NULL;
-
-    if (input_buffer->depth >= CJSON_NESTING_LIMIT)
-    {
-        return false; /* to deeply nested */
-    }
-    input_buffer->depth++;
-
-    if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) || (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] != '{'))
-    {
-        goto fail; /* not an object */
-    }
-
-    input_buffer->offset++;
-    buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
-    if (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == '}'))
-    {
-        goto success; /* empty object */
-    }
-
-    /* check if we skipped to the end of the buffer */
-    if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0))
-    {
-        input_buffer->offset--;
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    /* step back to character in front of the first element */
-    input_buffer->offset--;
-    /* loop through the comma separated array elements */
-    do
-    {
-        /* allocate next item */
-        cJSON *new_item = cJSON_New_Item(&(input_buffer->hooks));
-        if (new_item == NULL)
-        {
-            goto fail; /* allocation failure */
-        }
-
-        /* attach next item to list */
-        if (head == NULL)
-        {
-            /* start the linked list */
-            current_item = head = new_item;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            /* add to the end and advance */
-            current_item->next = new_item;
-            new_item->prev = current_item;
-            current_item = new_item;
-        }
-
-        /* parse the name of the child */
-        input_buffer->offset++;
-        buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
-        if (!parse_string(current_item, input_buffer))
-        {
-            goto fail; /* failed to parse name */
-        }
-        buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
-
-        /* swap valuestring and string, because we parsed the name */
-        current_item->string = current_item->valuestring;
-        current_item->valuestring = NULL;
-
-        if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) || (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] != ':'))
-        {
-            goto fail; /* invalid object */
-        }
-
-        /* parse the value */
-        input_buffer->offset++;
-        buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
-        if (!parse_value(current_item, input_buffer))
-        {
-            goto fail; /* failed to parse value */
-        }
-        buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
-    }
-    while (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == ','));
-
-    if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) || (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] != '}'))
-    {
-        goto fail; /* expected end of object */
-    }
-
-success:
-    input_buffer->depth--;
-
-    item->type = cJSON_Object;
-    item->child = head;
-
-    input_buffer->offset++;
-    return true;
-
-fail:
-    if (head != NULL)
-    {
-        cJSON_Delete(head);
-    }
-
-    return false;
-}
-
-/* Render an object to text. */
-static cJSON_bool print_object(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer)
-{
-    unsigned char *output_pointer = NULL;
-    size_t length = 0;
-    cJSON *current_item = item->child;
-
-    if (output_buffer == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* Compose the output: */
-    length = (size_t) (output_buffer->format ? 2 : 1); /* fmt: {\n */
-    output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, length + 1);
-    if (output_pointer == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    *output_pointer++ = '{';
-    output_buffer->depth++;
-    if (output_buffer->format)
-    {
-        *output_pointer++ = '\n';
-    }
-    output_buffer->offset += length;
-
-    while (current_item)
-    {
-        if (output_buffer->format)
-        {
-            size_t i;
-            output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, output_buffer->depth);
-            if (output_pointer == NULL)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-            for (i = 0; i < output_buffer->depth; i++)
-            {
-                *output_pointer++ = '\t';
-            }
-            output_buffer->offset += output_buffer->depth;
-        }
-
-        /* print key */
-        if (!print_string_ptr((unsigned char*)current_item->string, output_buffer))
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-        update_offset(output_buffer);
-
-        length = (size_t) (output_buffer->format ? 2 : 1);
-        output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, length);
-        if (output_pointer == NULL)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-        *output_pointer++ = ':';
-        if (output_buffer->format)
-        {
-            *output_pointer++ = '\t';
-        }
-        output_buffer->offset += length;
-
-        /* print value */
-        if (!print_value(current_item, output_buffer))
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-        update_offset(output_buffer);
-
-        /* print comma if not last */
-        length = ((size_t)(output_buffer->format ? 1 : 0) + (size_t)(current_item->next ? 1 : 0));
-        output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, length + 1);
-        if (output_pointer == NULL)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if (current_item->next)
-        {
-            *output_pointer++ = ',';
-        }
-
-        if (output_buffer->format)
-        {
-            *output_pointer++ = '\n';
-        }
-        *output_pointer = '\0';
-        output_buffer->offset += length;
-
-        current_item = current_item->next;
-    }
-
-    output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, output_buffer->format ? (output_buffer->depth + 1) : 2);
-    if (output_pointer == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-    if (output_buffer->format)
-    {
-        size_t i;
-        for (i = 0; i < (output_buffer->depth - 1); i++)
-        {
-            *output_pointer++ = '\t';
-        }
-    }
-    *output_pointer++ = '}';
-    *output_pointer = '\0';
-    output_buffer->depth--;
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-/* Get Array size/item / object item. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(int) cJSON_GetArraySize(const cJSON *array)
-{
-    cJSON *child = NULL;
-    size_t size = 0;
-
-    if (array == NULL)
-    {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    child = array->child;
-
-    while(child != NULL)
-    {
-        size++;
-        child = child->next;
-    }
-
-    /* FIXME: Can overflow here. Cannot be fixed without breaking the API */
-
-    return (int)size;
-}
-
-static cJSON* get_array_item(const cJSON *array, size_t index)
-{
-    cJSON *current_child = NULL;
-
-    if (array == NULL)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    current_child = array->child;
-    while ((current_child != NULL) && (index > 0))
-    {
-        index--;
-        current_child = current_child->next;
-    }
-
-    return current_child;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_GetArrayItem(const cJSON *array, int index)
-{
-    if (index < 0)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return get_array_item(array, (size_t)index);
-}
-
-static cJSON *get_object_item(const cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const cJSON_bool case_sensitive)
-{
-    cJSON *current_element = NULL;
-
-    if ((object == NULL) || (name == NULL))
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    current_element = object->child;
-    if (case_sensitive)
-    {
-        while ((current_element != NULL) && (current_element->string != NULL) && (strcmp(name, current_element->string) != 0))
-        {
-            current_element = current_element->next;
-        }
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        while ((current_element != NULL) && (case_insensitive_strcmp((const unsigned char*)name, (const unsigned char*)(current_element->string)) != 0))
-        {
-            current_element = current_element->next;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if ((current_element == NULL) || (current_element->string == NULL)) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return current_element;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_GetObjectItem(const cJSON * const object, const char * const string)
-{
-    return get_object_item(object, string, false);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(const cJSON * const object, const char * const string)
-{
-    return get_object_item(object, string, true);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_HasObjectItem(const cJSON *object, const char *string)
-{
-    return cJSON_GetObjectItem(object, string) ? 1 : 0;
-}
-
-/* Utility for array list handling. */
-static void suffix_object(cJSON *prev, cJSON *item)
-{
-    prev->next = item;
-    item->prev = prev;
-}
-
-/* Utility for handling references. */
-static cJSON *create_reference(const cJSON *item, const internal_hooks * const hooks)
-{
-    cJSON *reference = NULL;
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    reference = cJSON_New_Item(hooks);
-    if (reference == NULL)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    memcpy(reference, item, sizeof(cJSON));
-    reference->string = NULL;
-    reference->type |= cJSON_IsReference;
-    reference->next = reference->prev = NULL;
-    return reference;
-}
-
-static cJSON_bool add_item_to_array(cJSON *array, cJSON *item)
-{
-    cJSON *child = NULL;
-
-    if ((item == NULL) || (array == NULL))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    child = array->child;
-
-    if (child == NULL)
-    {
-        /* list is empty, start new one */
-        array->child = item;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        /* append to the end */
-        while (child->next)
-        {
-            child = child->next;
-        }
-        suffix_object(child, item);
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-/* Add item to array/object. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_AddItemToArray(cJSON *array, cJSON *item)
-{
-    add_item_to_array(array, item);
-}
-
-#if defined(__clang__) || (defined(__GNUC__)  && ((__GNUC__ > 4) || ((__GNUC__ == 4) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ > 5))))
-    #pragma GCC diagnostic push
-#endif
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-    #if ((__GNUC__ > 4) || ((__GNUC__ == 4) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ > 1)))
-        #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wcast-qual"
-    #endif
-#endif
-/* helper function to cast away const */
-static void* cast_away_const(const void* string)
-{
-    return (void*)string;
-}
-#if defined(__clang__) || (defined(__GNUC__)  && ((__GNUC__ > 4) || ((__GNUC__ == 4) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ > 5))))
-    #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
-#endif
-
-
-static cJSON_bool add_item_to_object(cJSON * const object, const char * const string, cJSON * const item, const internal_hooks * const hooks, const cJSON_bool constant_key)
-{
-    char *new_key = NULL;
-    int new_type = cJSON_Invalid;
-
-    if ((object == NULL) || (string == NULL) || (item == NULL))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    if (constant_key)
-    {
-        new_key = (char*)cast_away_const(string);
-        new_type = item->type | cJSON_StringIsConst;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        new_key = (char*)cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)string, hooks);
-        if (new_key == NULL)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        new_type = item->type & ~cJSON_StringIsConst;
-    }
-
-    if (!(item->type & cJSON_StringIsConst) && (item->string != NULL))
-    {
-        hooks->deallocate(item->string);
-    }
-
-    item->string = new_key;
-    item->type = new_type;
-
-    return add_item_to_array(object, item);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_AddItemToObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item)
-{
-    add_item_to_object(object, string, item, &global_hooks, false);
-}
-
-/* Add an item to an object with constant string as key */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_AddItemToObjectCS(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item)
-{
-    add_item_to_object(object, string, item, &global_hooks, true);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_AddItemReferenceToArray(cJSON *array, cJSON *item)
-{
-    if (array == NULL)
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    add_item_to_array(array, create_reference(item, &global_hooks));
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_AddItemReferenceToObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item)
-{
-    if ((object == NULL) || (string == NULL))
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    add_item_to_object(object, string, create_reference(item, &global_hooks), &global_hooks, false);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddNullToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name)
-{
-    cJSON *null = cJSON_CreateNull();
-    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, null, &global_hooks, false))
-    {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_Delete(null);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddTrueToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name)
-{
-    cJSON *true_item = cJSON_CreateTrue();
-    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, true_item, &global_hooks, false))
-    {
-        return true_item;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_Delete(true_item);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddFalseToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name)
-{
-    cJSON *false_item = cJSON_CreateFalse();
-    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, false_item, &global_hooks, false))
-    {
-        return false_item;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_Delete(false_item);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddBoolToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const cJSON_bool boolean)
-{
-    cJSON *bool_item = cJSON_CreateBool(boolean);
-    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, bool_item, &global_hooks, false))
-    {
-        return bool_item;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_Delete(bool_item);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddNumberToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const double number)
-{
-    cJSON *number_item = cJSON_CreateNumber(number);
-    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, number_item, &global_hooks, false))
-    {
-        return number_item;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_Delete(number_item);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddStringToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const char * const string)
-{
-    cJSON *string_item = cJSON_CreateString(string);
-    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, string_item, &global_hooks, false))
-    {
-        return string_item;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_Delete(string_item);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddRawToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const char * const raw)
-{
-    cJSON *raw_item = cJSON_CreateRaw(raw);
-    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, raw_item, &global_hooks, false))
-    {
-        return raw_item;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_Delete(raw_item);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddObjectToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name)
-{
-    cJSON *object_item = cJSON_CreateObject();
-    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, object_item, &global_hooks, false))
-    {
-        return object_item;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_Delete(object_item);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddArrayToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name)
-{
-    cJSON *array = cJSON_CreateArray();
-    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, array, &global_hooks, false))
-    {
-        return array;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_Delete(array);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemViaPointer(cJSON *parent, cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if ((parent == NULL) || (item == NULL))
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (item->prev != NULL)
-    {
-        /* not the first element */
-        item->prev->next = item->next;
-    }
-    if (item->next != NULL)
-    {
-        /* not the last element */
-        item->next->prev = item->prev;
-    }
-
-    if (item == parent->child)
-    {
-        /* first element */
-        parent->child = item->next;
-    }
-    /* make sure the detached item doesn't point anywhere anymore */
-    item->prev = NULL;
-    item->next = NULL;
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(cJSON *array, int which)
-{
-    if (which < 0)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return cJSON_DetachItemViaPointer(array, get_array_item(array, (size_t)which));
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_DeleteItemFromArray(cJSON *array, int which)
-{
-    cJSON_Delete(cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(array, which));
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemFromObject(cJSON *object, const char *string)
-{
-    cJSON *to_detach = cJSON_GetObjectItem(object, string);
-
-    return cJSON_DetachItemViaPointer(object, to_detach);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemFromObjectCaseSensitive(cJSON *object, const char *string)
-{
-    cJSON *to_detach = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(object, string);
-
-    return cJSON_DetachItemViaPointer(object, to_detach);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_DeleteItemFromObject(cJSON *object, const char *string)
-{
-    cJSON_Delete(cJSON_DetachItemFromObject(object, string));
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_DeleteItemFromObjectCaseSensitive(cJSON *object, const char *string)
-{
-    cJSON_Delete(cJSON_DetachItemFromObjectCaseSensitive(object, string));
-}
-
-/* Replace array/object items with new ones. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_InsertItemInArray(cJSON *array, int which, cJSON *newitem)
-{
-    cJSON *after_inserted = NULL;
-
-    if (which < 0)
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    after_inserted = get_array_item(array, (size_t)which);
-    if (after_inserted == NULL)
-    {
-        add_item_to_array(array, newitem);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    newitem->next = after_inserted;
-    newitem->prev = after_inserted->prev;
-    after_inserted->prev = newitem;
-    if (after_inserted == array->child)
-    {
-        array->child = newitem;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        newitem->prev->next = newitem;
-    }
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_ReplaceItemViaPointer(cJSON * const parent, cJSON * const item, cJSON * replacement)
-{
-    if ((parent == NULL) || (replacement == NULL) || (item == NULL))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    if (replacement == item)
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    replacement->next = item->next;
-    replacement->prev = item->prev;
-
-    if (replacement->next != NULL)
-    {
-        replacement->next->prev = replacement;
-    }
-    if (replacement->prev != NULL)
-    {
-        replacement->prev->next = replacement;
-    }
-    if (parent->child == item)
-    {
-        parent->child = replacement;
-    }
-
-    item->next = NULL;
-    item->prev = NULL;
-    cJSON_Delete(item);
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_ReplaceItemInArray(cJSON *array, int which, cJSON *newitem)
-{
-    if (which < 0)
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    cJSON_ReplaceItemViaPointer(array, get_array_item(array, (size_t)which), newitem);
-}
-
-static cJSON_bool replace_item_in_object(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *replacement, cJSON_bool case_sensitive)
-{
-    if ((replacement == NULL) || (string == NULL))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* replace the name in the replacement */
-    if (!(replacement->type & cJSON_StringIsConst) && (replacement->string != NULL))
-    {
-        cJSON_free(replacement->string);
-    }
-    replacement->string = (char*)cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)string, &global_hooks);
-    replacement->type &= ~cJSON_StringIsConst;
-
-    cJSON_ReplaceItemViaPointer(object, get_object_item(object, string, case_sensitive), replacement);
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_ReplaceItemInObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *newitem)
-{
-    replace_item_in_object(object, string, newitem, false);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_ReplaceItemInObjectCaseSensitive(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *newitem)
-{
-    replace_item_in_object(object, string, newitem, true);
-}
-
-/* Create basic types: */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateNull(void)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if(item)
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_NULL;
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateTrue(void)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if(item)
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_True;
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateFalse(void)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if(item)
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_False;
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateBool(cJSON_bool b)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if(item)
-    {
-        item->type = b ? cJSON_True : cJSON_False;
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateNumber(double num)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if(item)
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_Number;
-        item->valuedouble = num;
-
-        /* use saturation in case of overflow */
-        if (num >= INT_MAX)
-        {
-            item->valueint = INT_MAX;
-        }
-        else if (num <= (double)INT_MIN)
-        {
-            item->valueint = INT_MIN;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            item->valueint = (int)num;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateString(const char *string)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if(item)
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_String;
-        item->valuestring = (char*)cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)string, &global_hooks);
-        if(!item->valuestring)
-        {
-            cJSON_Delete(item);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateStringReference(const char *string)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if (item != NULL)
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_String | cJSON_IsReference;
-        item->valuestring = (char*)cast_away_const(string);
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateObjectReference(const cJSON *child)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if (item != NULL) {
-        item->type = cJSON_Object | cJSON_IsReference;
-        item->child = (cJSON*)cast_away_const(child);
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateArrayReference(const cJSON *child) {
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if (item != NULL) {
-        item->type = cJSON_Array | cJSON_IsReference;
-        item->child = (cJSON*)cast_away_const(child);
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateRaw(const char *raw)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if(item)
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_Raw;
-        item->valuestring = (char*)cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)raw, &global_hooks);
-        if(!item->valuestring)
-        {
-            cJSON_Delete(item);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateArray(void)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if(item)
-    {
-        item->type=cJSON_Array;
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateObject(void)
-{
-    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if (item)
-    {
-        item->type = cJSON_Object;
-    }
-
-    return item;
-}
-
-/* Create Arrays: */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateIntArray(const int *numbers, int count)
-{
-    size_t i = 0;
-    cJSON *n = NULL;
-    cJSON *p = NULL;
-    cJSON *a = NULL;
-
-    if ((count < 0) || (numbers == NULL))
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    a = cJSON_CreateArray();
-    for(i = 0; a && (i < (size_t)count); i++)
-    {
-        n = cJSON_CreateNumber(numbers[i]);
-        if (!n)
-        {
-            cJSON_Delete(a);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        if(!i)
-        {
-            a->child = n;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            suffix_object(p, n);
-        }
-        p = n;
-    }
-
-    return a;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateFloatArray(const float *numbers, int count)
-{
-    size_t i = 0;
-    cJSON *n = NULL;
-    cJSON *p = NULL;
-    cJSON *a = NULL;
-
-    if ((count < 0) || (numbers == NULL))
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    a = cJSON_CreateArray();
-
-    for(i = 0; a && (i < (size_t)count); i++)
-    {
-        n = cJSON_CreateNumber((double)numbers[i]);
-        if(!n)
-        {
-            cJSON_Delete(a);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        if(!i)
-        {
-            a->child = n;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            suffix_object(p, n);
-        }
-        p = n;
-    }
-
-    return a;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateDoubleArray(const double *numbers, int count)
-{
-    size_t i = 0;
-    cJSON *n = NULL;
-    cJSON *p = NULL;
-    cJSON *a = NULL;
-
-    if ((count < 0) || (numbers == NULL))
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    a = cJSON_CreateArray();
-
-    for(i = 0;a && (i < (size_t)count); i++)
-    {
-        n = cJSON_CreateNumber(numbers[i]);
-        if(!n)
-        {
-            cJSON_Delete(a);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        if(!i)
-        {
-            a->child = n;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            suffix_object(p, n);
-        }
-        p = n;
-    }
-
-    return a;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateStringArray(const char **strings, int count)
-{
-    size_t i = 0;
-    cJSON *n = NULL;
-    cJSON *p = NULL;
-    cJSON *a = NULL;
-
-    if ((count < 0) || (strings == NULL))
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    a = cJSON_CreateArray();
-
-    for (i = 0; a && (i < (size_t)count); i++)
-    {
-        n = cJSON_CreateString(strings[i]);
-        if(!n)
-        {
-            cJSON_Delete(a);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        if(!i)
-        {
-            a->child = n;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            suffix_object(p,n);
-        }
-        p = n;
-    }
-
-    return a;
-}
-
-/* Duplication */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_Duplicate(const cJSON *item, cJSON_bool recurse)
-{
-    cJSON *newitem = NULL;
-    cJSON *child = NULL;
-    cJSON *next = NULL;
-    cJSON *newchild = NULL;
-
-    /* Bail on bad ptr */
-    if (!item)
-    {
-        goto fail;
-    }
-    /* Create new item */
-    newitem = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
-    if (!newitem)
-    {
-        goto fail;
-    }
-    /* Copy over all vars */
-    newitem->type = item->type & (~cJSON_IsReference);
-    newitem->valueint = item->valueint;
-    newitem->valuedouble = item->valuedouble;
-    if (item->valuestring)
-    {
-        newitem->valuestring = (char*)cJSON_strdup((unsigned char*)item->valuestring, &global_hooks);
-        if (!newitem->valuestring)
-        {
-            goto fail;
-        }
-    }
-    if (item->string)
-    {
-        newitem->string = (item->type&cJSON_StringIsConst) ? item->string : (char*)cJSON_strdup((unsigned char*)item->string, &global_hooks);
-        if (!newitem->string)
-        {
-            goto fail;
-        }
-    }
-    /* If non-recursive, then we're done! */
-    if (!recurse)
-    {
-        return newitem;
-    }
-    /* Walk the ->next chain for the child. */
-    child = item->child;
-    while (child != NULL)
-    {
-        newchild = cJSON_Duplicate(child, true); /* Duplicate (with recurse) each item in the ->next chain */
-        if (!newchild)
-        {
-            goto fail;
-        }
-        if (next != NULL)
-        {
-            /* If newitem->child already set, then crosswire ->prev and ->next and move on */
-            next->next = newchild;
-            newchild->prev = next;
-            next = newchild;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            /* Set newitem->child and move to it */
-            newitem->child = newchild;
-            next = newchild;
-        }
-        child = child->next;
-    }
-
-    return newitem;
-
-fail:
-    if (newitem != NULL)
-    {
-        cJSON_Delete(newitem);
-    }
-
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-static void skip_oneline_comment(char **input)
-{
-    *input += static_strlen("//");
-
-    for (; (*input)[0] != '\0'; ++(*input))
-    {
-        if ((*input)[0] == '\n') {
-            *input += static_strlen("\n");
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-static void skip_multiline_comment(char **input)
-{
-    *input += static_strlen("/*");
-
-    for (; (*input)[0] != '\0'; ++(*input))
-    {
-        if (((*input)[0] == '*') && ((*input)[1] == '/'))
-        {
-            *input += static_strlen("*/");
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-static void minify_string(char **input, char **output) {
-    (*output)[0] = (*input)[0];
-    *input += static_strlen("\"");
-    *output += static_strlen("\"");
-
-
-    for (; (*input)[0] != '\0'; (void)++(*input), ++(*output)) {
-        (*output)[0] = (*input)[0];
-
-        if ((*input)[0] == '\"') {
-            (*output)[0] = '\"';
-            *input += static_strlen("\"");
-            *output += static_strlen("\"");
-            return;
-        } else if (((*input)[0] == '\\') && ((*input)[1] == '\"')) { /* NOLINT */
-            (*output)[1] = (*input)[1];
-            *input += static_strlen("\"");
-            *output += static_strlen("\"");
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_Minify(char *json)
-{
-    char *into = json;
-
-    if (json == NULL)
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    while (json[0] != '\0')
-    {
-        switch (json[0])
-        {
-            case ' ':
-            case '\t':
-            case '\r':
-            case '\n':
-                json++;
-                break;
-
-            case '/':
-                if (json[1] == '/')
-                {
-                    skip_oneline_comment(&json);
-                }
-                else if (json[1] == '*')
-                {
-                    skip_multiline_comment(&json);
-                } else {
-                    json++;
-                }
-                break;
-
-            case '\"':
-                minify_string(&json, (char**)&into);
-                break;
-
-            default:
-                into[0] = json[0];
-                json++;
-                into++;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /* and null-terminate. */
-    *into = '\0';
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsInvalid(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Invalid;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsFalse(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_False;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsTrue(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & 0xff) == cJSON_True;
-}
-
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsBool(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & (cJSON_True | cJSON_False)) != 0;
-}
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsNull(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_NULL;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsNumber(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Number;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsString(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_String;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsArray(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Array;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsObject(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Object;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsRaw(const cJSON * const item)
-{
-    if (item == NULL)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Raw;
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_Compare(const cJSON * const a, const cJSON * const b, const cJSON_bool case_sensitive)
-{
-    if ((a == NULL) || (b == NULL) || ((a->type & 0xFF) != (b->type & 0xFF)) || cJSON_IsInvalid(a))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* check if type is valid */
-    switch (a->type & 0xFF)
-    {
-        case cJSON_False:
-        case cJSON_True:
-        case cJSON_NULL:
-        case cJSON_Number:
-        case cJSON_String:
-        case cJSON_Raw:
-        case cJSON_Array:
-        case cJSON_Object:
-            break;
-
-        default:
-            return false;
-    }
-
-    /* identical objects are equal */
-    if (a == b)
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    switch (a->type & 0xFF)
-    {
-        /* in these cases and equal type is enough */
-        case cJSON_False:
-        case cJSON_True:
-        case cJSON_NULL:
-            return true;
-
-        case cJSON_Number:
-            if (a->valuedouble == b->valuedouble)
-            {
-                return true;
-            }
-            return false;
-
-        case cJSON_String:
-        case cJSON_Raw:
-            if ((a->valuestring == NULL) || (b->valuestring == NULL))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-            if (strcmp(a->valuestring, b->valuestring) == 0)
-            {
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            return false;
-
-        case cJSON_Array:
-        {
-            cJSON *a_element = a->child;
-            cJSON *b_element = b->child;
-
-            for (; (a_element != NULL) && (b_element != NULL);)
-            {
-                if (!cJSON_Compare(a_element, b_element, case_sensitive))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-
-                a_element = a_element->next;
-                b_element = b_element->next;
-            }
-
-            /* one of the arrays is longer than the other */
-            if (a_element != b_element) {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        case cJSON_Object:
-        {
-            cJSON *a_element = NULL;
-            cJSON *b_element = NULL;
-            cJSON_ArrayForEach(a_element, a)
-            {
-                /* TODO This has O(n^2) runtime, which is horrible! */
-                b_element = get_object_item(b, a_element->string, case_sensitive);
-                if (b_element == NULL)
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-
-                if (!cJSON_Compare(a_element, b_element, case_sensitive))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-
-            /* doing this twice, once on a and b to prevent true comparison if a subset of b
-             * TODO: Do this the proper way, this is just a fix for now */
-            cJSON_ArrayForEach(b_element, b)
-            {
-                a_element = get_object_item(a, b_element->string, case_sensitive);
-                if (a_element == NULL)
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-
-                if (!cJSON_Compare(b_element, a_element, case_sensitive))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        default:
-            return false;
-    }
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void *) cJSON_malloc(size_t size)
-{
-    return global_hooks.allocate(size);
-}
-
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_free(void *object)
-{
-    global_hooks.deallocate(object);
-}
diff --git a/tests/sigv4_signing_tests.c b/tests/sigv4_signing_tests.c
index fef3bf2e..d95b40cf 100644
--- a/tests/sigv4_signing_tests.c
+++ b/tests/sigv4_signing_tests.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <aws/testing/aws_test_harness.h>
 
 #include <aws/auth/credentials.h>
-#include <aws/auth/external/cJSON.h>
 #include <aws/auth/private/aws_signing.h>
 #include <aws/auth/signable.h>
 #include <aws/auth/signing.h>
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <aws/common/condition_variable.h>
 #include <aws/common/encoding.h>
 #include <aws/common/environment.h>
+#include <aws/common/json.h>
 #include <aws/common/string.h>
 #include <aws/http/request_response.h>
 #include <aws/io/file_utils.h>
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ AWS_STATIC_STRING_FROM_LITERAL(s_omit_token_name, "omit_session_token");
 
 static int s_v4_test_context_parse_context_file(struct v4_test_context *context) {
     struct aws_byte_buf *document = &context->test_case_data.context;
-    cJSON *document_root = NULL;
+    struct aws_json_value *document_root = NULL;
     int result = AWS_OP_ERR;
 
     struct aws_byte_cursor null_terminator_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_string(s_empty_empty_string);
@@ -278,38 +278,42 @@ static int s_v4_test_context_parse_context_file(struct v4_test_context *context)
         goto done;
     }
 
-    document_root = cJSON_Parse((const char *)document->buffer);
+    struct aws_byte_cursor document_buffer_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_buf(document);
+    document_root = aws_json_value_new_from_string(aws_default_allocator(), document_buffer_cursor);
     if (document_root == NULL) {
         goto done;
     }
 
-    cJSON *credentials_node = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, aws_string_c_str(s_credentials_name));
+    struct aws_json_value *credentials_node =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_string(s_credentials_name));
     AWS_FATAL_ASSERT(credentials_node != NULL);
 
     /*
      * Pull out the three credentials components
      */
-    cJSON *access_key_id = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(credentials_node, aws_string_c_str(s_access_key_id_name));
-    cJSON *secret_access_key =
-        cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(credentials_node, aws_string_c_str(s_secret_access_key_name));
-    cJSON *session_token = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(credentials_node, aws_string_c_str(s_session_token_name));
-
-    if (!cJSON_IsString(access_key_id) || (access_key_id->valuestring == NULL)) {
+    struct aws_json_value *access_key_id =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(credentials_node, aws_byte_cursor_from_string(s_access_key_id_name));
+    struct aws_json_value *secret_access_key =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(credentials_node, aws_byte_cursor_from_string(s_secret_access_key_name));
+    struct aws_json_value *session_token =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(credentials_node, aws_byte_cursor_from_string(s_session_token_name));
+
+    struct aws_byte_cursor access_key_id_cursor;
+    if (!aws_json_value_is_string(access_key_id) ||
+        aws_json_value_get_string(access_key_id, &access_key_id_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR) {
         goto done;
     }
 
-    struct aws_byte_cursor access_key_id_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(access_key_id->valuestring);
     struct aws_byte_cursor secret_access_key_cursor;
     AWS_ZERO_STRUCT(secret_access_key_cursor);
     struct aws_byte_cursor session_token_cursor;
     AWS_ZERO_STRUCT(session_token_cursor);
 
-    if (cJSON_IsString(session_token) && session_token->valuestring != NULL) {
-        session_token_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(session_token->valuestring);
+    if (aws_json_value_is_string(session_token)) {
+        aws_json_value_get_string(session_token, &session_token_cursor);
     }
-
-    if (cJSON_IsString(secret_access_key) && secret_access_key->valuestring != NULL) {
-        secret_access_key_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(secret_access_key->valuestring);
+    if (aws_json_value_is_string(secret_access_key)) {
+        aws_json_value_get_string(secret_access_key, &secret_access_key_cursor);
     }
 
     if (context->signing_key == NULL) {
@@ -326,60 +330,75 @@ static int s_v4_test_context_parse_context_file(struct v4_test_context *context)
 
     AWS_FATAL_ASSERT(context->credentials != NULL);
 
-    cJSON *region_node = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, aws_string_c_str(s_region_name));
-    if (region_node == NULL || !cJSON_IsString(region_node) || (region_node->valuestring == NULL)) {
+    struct aws_json_value *region_node =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_string(s_region_name));
+    struct aws_byte_cursor region_node_cursor;
+    if (region_node == NULL || !aws_json_value_is_string(region_node) ||
+        aws_json_value_get_string(region_node, &region_node_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR) {
         goto done;
     }
 
-    context->region_config = aws_string_new_from_c_str(context->allocator, region_node->valuestring);
+    context->region_config = aws_string_new_from_cursor(context->allocator, &region_node_cursor);
     if (context->region_config == NULL) {
         goto done;
     }
 
-    cJSON *service_node = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, aws_string_c_str(s_service_name));
-    if (service_node == NULL || !cJSON_IsString(service_node) || (service_node->valuestring == NULL)) {
+    struct aws_json_value *service_node =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_string(s_service_name));
+    struct aws_byte_cursor service_node_cursor;
+    if (service_node == NULL || !aws_json_value_is_string(service_node) ||
+        aws_json_value_get_string(service_node, &service_node_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR) {
         goto done;
     }
 
-    context->service = aws_string_new_from_c_str(context->allocator, service_node->valuestring);
+    context->service = aws_string_new_from_cursor(context->allocator, &service_node_cursor);
     if (context->service == NULL) {
         goto done;
     }
 
-    cJSON *timestamp_node = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, aws_string_c_str(s_timestamp_name));
-    if (timestamp_node == NULL || !cJSON_IsString(timestamp_node) || (timestamp_node->valuestring == NULL)) {
+    struct aws_json_value *timestamp_node =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_string(s_timestamp_name));
+    struct aws_byte_cursor timestamp_node_cursor;
+    if (timestamp_node == NULL || !aws_json_value_is_string(timestamp_node) ||
+        aws_json_value_get_string(timestamp_node, &timestamp_node_cursor) == AWS_OP_ERR) {
         goto done;
     }
 
-    context->timestamp = aws_string_new_from_c_str(context->allocator, timestamp_node->valuestring);
+    context->timestamp = aws_string_new_from_cursor(context->allocator, &timestamp_node_cursor);
     if (context->timestamp == NULL) {
         goto done;
     }
 
-    cJSON *normalize_node = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, aws_string_c_str(s_normalize_name));
-    if (normalize_node == NULL || !cJSON_IsBool(normalize_node)) {
+    struct aws_json_value *normalize_node =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_string(s_normalize_name));
+    if (normalize_node == NULL || !aws_json_value_is_boolean(normalize_node)) {
         goto done;
     }
 
-    context->should_normalize = cJSON_IsTrue(normalize_node);
+    aws_json_value_get_boolean(normalize_node, &context->should_normalize);
 
-    cJSON *body_node = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, aws_string_c_str(s_body_name));
-    if (body_node == NULL || !cJSON_IsBool(body_node)) {
+    struct aws_json_value *body_node =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_string(s_body_name));
+    if (body_node == NULL || !aws_json_value_is_boolean(body_node)) {
         goto done;
     }
 
-    context->should_sign_body = cJSON_IsTrue(body_node);
+    aws_json_value_get_boolean(body_node, &context->should_sign_body);
 
-    cJSON *expiration_node = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, aws_string_c_str(s_expiration_name));
-    if (expiration_node == NULL || !cJSON_IsNumber(expiration_node)) {
+    struct aws_json_value *expiration_node =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_string(s_expiration_name));
+    if (expiration_node == NULL || !aws_json_value_is_number(expiration_node)) {
         goto done;
     }
 
-    context->expiration_in_seconds = expiration_node->valueint;
+    double expiration_in_seconds_double = 0;
+    aws_json_value_get_number(expiration_node, &expiration_in_seconds_double);
+    context->expiration_in_seconds = (uint64_t)expiration_in_seconds_double;
 
-    cJSON *omit_token_node = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, aws_string_c_str(s_omit_token_name));
-    if (omit_token_node != NULL && cJSON_IsBool(omit_token_node)) {
-        context->omit_session_token = cJSON_IsTrue(omit_token_node);
+    struct aws_json_value *omit_token_node =
+        aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_string(s_omit_token_name));
+    if (omit_token_node != NULL && aws_json_value_is_boolean(omit_token_node)) {
+        aws_json_value_get_boolean(omit_token_node, &context->omit_session_token);
     }
 
     result = AWS_OP_SUCCESS;
@@ -387,7 +406,7 @@ static int s_v4_test_context_parse_context_file(struct v4_test_context *context)
 done:
 
     if (document_root != NULL) {
-        cJSON_Delete(document_root);
+        aws_json_value_destroy(document_root);
     }
 
     return result;
@@ -601,7 +620,7 @@ static int s_v4_test_context_parse_verification_key(struct v4_test_context *cont
     AWS_ZERO_STRUCT(pub_y_buffer);
 
     struct aws_byte_buf *document = &context->test_case_data.public_key;
-    cJSON *document_root = NULL;
+    struct aws_json_value *document_root = NULL;
     int result = AWS_OP_ERR;
 
     struct aws_byte_cursor null_terminator_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_string(s_empty_empty_string);
@@ -609,7 +628,8 @@ static int s_v4_test_context_parse_verification_key(struct v4_test_context *cont
         goto done;
     }
 
-    document_root = cJSON_Parse((const char *)document->buffer);
+    struct aws_byte_cursor document_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_buf(document);
+    document_root = aws_json_value_new_from_string(aws_default_allocator(), document_cursor);
     if (document_root == NULL) {
         goto done;
     }
@@ -617,14 +637,16 @@ static int s_v4_test_context_parse_verification_key(struct v4_test_context *cont
     /*
      * Pull out the three credentials components
      */
-    cJSON *pub_x = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "X");
-    cJSON *pub_y = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(document_root, "Y");
-    if (!cJSON_IsString(pub_x) || !cJSON_IsString(pub_y)) {
+    struct aws_json_value *pub_x = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("X"));
+    struct aws_json_value *pub_y = aws_json_value_get_from_object(document_root, aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("Y"));
+    if (!aws_json_value_is_string(pub_x) || !aws_json_value_is_string(pub_y)) {
         goto done;
     }
 
-    struct aws_byte_cursor pub_x_hex_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(pub_x->valuestring);
-    struct aws_byte_cursor pub_y_hex_cursor = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str(pub_y->valuestring);
+    struct aws_byte_cursor pub_x_hex_cursor;
+    struct aws_byte_cursor pub_y_hex_cursor;
+    aws_json_value_get_string(pub_x, &pub_x_hex_cursor);
+    aws_json_value_get_string(pub_y, &pub_y_hex_cursor);
 
     size_t pub_x_length = 0;
     size_t pub_y_length = 0;
@@ -655,7 +677,7 @@ static int s_v4_test_context_parse_verification_key(struct v4_test_context *cont
 done:
 
     if (document_root) {
-        cJSON_Delete(document_root);
+        aws_json_value_destroy(document_root);
     }
 
     aws_byte_buf_clean_up(&pub_x_buffer);