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toml.c | ||
toml.h |
tomlc99
TOML in c99; v1.0 compliant.
If you are looking for a C++ library, you might try this wrapper: https://github.com/cktan/tomlcpp.
- Compatible with TOML v1.0.0.
- Tested with multiple test suites, including BurntSushi/toml-test and iarna/toml-spec-tests.
- Provides very simple and intuitive interface.
Usage
Please see the toml.h
file for details. The following is a simple example that
parses this config file:
[server]
host = "www.example.com"
port = [ 8080, 8181, 8282 ]
These are the usual steps for getting values from a file:
- Parse the TOML file.
- Traverse and locate a table in TOML.
- Extract values from the table.
- Free up allocated memory.
Below is an example of parsing the values from the example table.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "toml.h"
static void error(const char* msg, const char* msg1)
{
fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: %s%s\n", msg, msg1?msg1:"");
exit(1);
}
int main()
{
FILE* fp;
char errbuf[200];
// 1. Read and parse toml file
fp = fopen("sample.toml", "r");
if (!fp) {
error("cannot open sample.toml - ", strerror(errno));
}
toml_table_t* conf = toml_parse_file(fp, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
fclose(fp);
if (!conf) {
error("cannot parse - ", errbuf);
}
// 2. Traverse to a table.
toml_table_t* server = toml_table_in(conf, "server");
if (!server) {
error("missing [server]", "");
}
// 3. Extract values
toml_datum_t host = toml_string_in(server, "host");
if (!host.ok) {
error("cannot read server.host", "");
}
toml_array_t* portarray = toml_array_in(server, "port");
if (!portarray) {
error("cannot read server.port", "");
}
printf("host: %s\n", host.u.s);
printf("port: ");
for (int i = 0; ; i++) {
toml_datum_t port = toml_int_at(portarray, i);
if (!port.ok) break;
printf("%d ", (int)port.u.i);
}
printf("\n");
// 4. Free memory
free(host.u.s);
toml_free(conf);
return 0;
}
Accessing Table Content
TOML tables are dictionaries where lookups are done using string keys. In
general, all access functions on tables are named toml_*_in(...)
.
In the normal case, you know the key and its content type, and retrievals can be done using one of these functions:
toml_string_in(tab, key);
toml_bool_in(tab, key);
toml_int_in(tab, key);
toml_double_in(tab, key);
toml_timestamp_in(tab, key);
toml_table_in(tab, key);
toml_array_in(tab, key);
You can also interrogate the keys in a table using an integer index:
toml_table_t* tab = toml_parse_file(...);
for (int i = 0; ; i++) {
const char* key = toml_key_in(tab, i);
if (!key) break;
printf("key %d: %s\n", i, key);
}
Accessing Array Content
TOML arrays can be deref-ed using integer indices. In general, all access methods on arrays are named toml_*_at()
.
To obtain the size of an array:
int size = toml_array_nelem(arr);
To obtain the content of an array, use a valid index and call one of these functions:
toml_string_at(arr, idx);
toml_bool_at(arr, idx);
toml_int_at(arr, idx);
toml_double_at(arr, idx);
toml_timestamp_at(arr, idx);
toml_table_at(arr, idx);
toml_array_at(arr, idx);
toml_datum_t
Some toml_*_at
and toml_*_in
functions return a toml_datum_t
structure. The ok
flag in the structure indicates if the function
call was successful. If so, you may proceed to read the value
corresponding to the type of the content.
For example:
toml_datum_t host = toml_string_in(tab, "host");
if (host.ok) {
printf("host: %s\n", host.u.s);
free(host.u.s); /* FREE applies to string and timestamp types only */
}
** IMPORTANT: if the accessed value is a string or a timestamp, you must call free(datum.u.s)
or free(datum.u.ts)
respectively after usage. **
Building and installing
A normal make suffices. You can also simply include the
toml.c
and toml.h
files in your project.
Invoking make install
will install the header and library files into
/usr/local/{include,lib}.
Alternatively, specify make install prefix=/a/file/path
to install into
/a/file/path/{include,lib}.
Testing
To test against the standard test set provided by BurntSushi/toml-test:
% make
% cd test1
% bash build.sh # do this once
% bash run.sh # this will run the test suite
To test against the standard test set provided by iarna/toml:
% make
% cd test2
% bash build.sh # do this once
% bash run.sh # this will run the test suite