FromJSON

fromJSON

Parses bounded JSON into Lua values.

Syntax

mixed|false value, string|nil error = fromJSON(string json)

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
json	string	yes	A UTF-8 JSON document up to 16 KiB.

Returns

Returns the decoded value and nil on success. On failure it returns false and an error string.

Examples

Decode a JSON payload safely:

local value, errorMessage = fromJSON(payload)
if value == false then
    outputDebugString(errorMessage)
else
    outputDebugString(tostring(value.ready))
end

Notes

• Available in both server-side and client-side resource scripts.
• JSON is limited to 16 KiB, 16 nested levels, and 2048 entries.