nanobind11_json

nanobind11_json is an nlohmann::json to nanobind bridge, it allows you to automatically convert nlohmann::json to py::object and the other way around. Simply include the header, and the automatic conversion will be enabled.

This library is derived from that of pybind11_json and therefore follows the same BSD license. Contributions and translations were made by a Federal employee and are not subject to US Copyright protection.

Warnings

Due to some changes between pybind11 and nanobind, some features (most notably the tests, which rely on the embed mode), have not been re-implemented. Recommend to use this library as a header-only via a git submodule for now.

C++ API: Automatic conversion between nlohmann::json and pybind11 Python objects

#include "nanobind_json/nanobind_json.hpp"

namespace nb = nanobind;
namespace nl = nlohmann;
using namespace nanobind::literals;

py::dict obj = py::dict("number"_a=1234, "hello"_a="world");

// Automatic py::dict->nl::json conversion
nl::json j = obj;

// Automatic nl::json->py::object conversion
nb::object result1 = j;
// Automatic nl::json->py::dict conversion
nb::dict result2 = j;

Making bindings

You can easily make bindings for C++ classes/functions that make use of nlohmann::json.

For example, making a binding for the following two functions is automatic, thanks to nanobind_json

void take_json(const nlohmann::json& json) {
    std::cout << "This function took an nlohmann::json instance as argument: " << s << std::endl;
}

nlohmann::json return_json() {
    nlohmann::json j = {{"value", 1}};

    std::cout << "This function returns an nlohmann::json instance: "  << j << std::endl;

    return j;
}

Bindings:

NB_MODULE(my_module, m) {
    m.doc() = "My awesome module";

    m.def("take_json", &take_json, "pass nb::object to a C++ function that takes an nlohmann::json");
    m.def("return_json", &return_json, "return nb::object from a C++ function that returns an nlohmann::json");
}

You can then use your functions from Python:

import my_module

my_module.take_json({"value": 2})
j = my_module.return_json()

print(j)

Installation

TODO: not yet implemented; PR welcome

Using conda

You can install nanobind_json using conda

conda install -c conda-forge nanobind nlohmann_json nanobind_json

From sources

We encourage you to use conda for installing dependencies, but it is not a requirement for nanobind_json to work

conda install cmake nlohmann_json nanobind -c conda-forge

Then you can install the sources

cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=your_conda_path
make install

Header only usage

Download the "nanobind_json.hpp" single file into your project, and install/download nanobind and nlohmann_json or use as git submodule.

Run tests

TODO: not yet implemented because nanobind has dropped embed mode; PR fixing the tests is welcomed TODO: nanobind cmake packages are not automatically found when importing CMake

You can compile and run tests locally doing

cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CONDA_PREFIX -D DOWNLOAD_GTEST=ON ..
make
./test/test_nanobind_json

Dependencies

nanobind_json depends on

• nanobind
• nlohmann_json

nanobind_json	nlohmann_json	nanobind
master	>=3.2.0,<4.0	>=2.2.0,<3.0

License

We use a shared copyright model that enables all contributors to maintain the copyright on their contributions.

This software is licensed under the BSD-3-Clause license. See the LICENSE file for details.