Cborb

Cborb is a pure ruby decoder for CBOR(RFC 7049)

require "cborb"

decoder = Cborb::Decoding::Decoder.new

decoder.decode("\x83\x01")
decoder.finished? # => false

decoder.decode("\x02\x03\x04")
decoder.finished? # => true

decoder.result # => [1, 2, 3]
decoder.remaining_bytes # => "\x04"

# Shorthand
Cborb.decode("\x83\x01\x02\x03") # => [1, 2, 3]

Handling indefinite-length data

Cborb can handle indefinite-length data(array, map, byte string, unicode string).

Cborb.decode("\x9F\x01\x82\x02\x03\x9F\x04\x05\xFF\xFF") # => [1, [2, 3], [4, 5]]

Handling tags

If Cborb encounters a tag, generates instance of Cborb::Decoding::TaggedValue.
That contains tag number and original value.

Cborb.decode "\xC0" + "\x71" + "1970-01-01T00:00Z"
# => #<struct Cborb::Decoding::TaggedValue tag=0, value="1970-01-01T00:00Z">

Handling simple values

Cborb can handle simple values(true, false, nil, undefined).

Cborb.decode "\xF5" # => true

"Undefined" doesn't exist in Ruby. So, Cborb converts "undefined" to nil.

Cborb.decode "\xF7" # => nil

If Cborb encounters unassigned simple value, generates instance of Cborb::Decoding::UnassignedSimpleValue.
That contains simple value number.

Cborb.decode "\xEF"
# => #<struct Cborb::Decoding::UnassignedSimpleValue number=15>

Handling concatenated CBOR

By default, when decoder received concatenated CBOR, that raises error.

Cborb.decode("\x83\x01\x02\x03\x04") # => Cborb::InvalidByteSequenceError

If you want to decode concatenated CBOR, set concatenated option to true.
Decoder decodes whole of concatenated CBOR and returns instance of Cborb::Decoding::Concatenated.

results = Cborb.decode("\x83\x01\x02\x03\x04", concatenated: true)
# => #<Cborb::Decoding::Concatenated:0x00007fcb1b8b2e30 @decoded=[[1, 2, 3], 4]>

results.first # => [1, 2, 3]
results.last  # => 4

Development

# Clone
git clone git@github.com:murakmii/cborb && cd cborb

# Setup
bin/setup

# Edit code...

# Run test
bundle exec rspec

Contribution

Contributions are always welcome 😘