/tcp-cJSON

Starter template for transferring JSON data over TCP

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tcp-cJSON

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Starter template for transferring JSON data over TCP.


Getting Started

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is one of the main protocols in the transport layer of the internet protocol (IP). Unlike UDP, TCP does not preserve message boundaries. In other words, the receiver cannot know when one message ends and another begins. One solution is to use a common message format such as:

Proposed TCP message format


Installation

Download cJSON.x and tcp_cJSON.x directly, or clone this repository. Then, import tcp_cJSON.h into your project.

#include <./tcp_cJSON.h>

Usage

A simple example on how to use tcp_cJSON can be found here.

For a more complicated example, refer to this project.

Refer to this link for instructions on how to use cJSON.


License

MIT License

Original work Copyright (c) 2009-2017 Dave Gamble and cJSON contributors

Modified work Copyright (c) 2019 Jordan396

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.