edn — Parsing OCaml library for EDN format

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This library implements EDN parser and generator for OCaml.

Homepage: https://github.com/prepor/ocaml-edn Contact: Andrew Rudenko <ceo@prepor.ru>

Installation

edn can be installed with opam:

opam install edn

If you don't use opam consult the opam file for build instructions.

Usage

Edn.from_string "{:a #foo/bar [1 2 3]}";;
- : Edn.t = `Assoc [(`Keyword (None, "a"), `Tag (Some "foo", "bar", `Vector [`Int 1; `Int 2; `Int 3]))]

PPX generator

There is cconv encoder/decoder in edn.cconv package. You can use it with cconv.ppx to generate encoders/decoders from/to your types.

type book = { title : string; quantity : int} [@@deriving cconv]
type library = { books : book list } [@@deriving cconv];;

Edn_cconv.of_string_exn decode_library "{:books [{:title \"The Catcher in the Rye\" :quantity 10}]}";;
- : library = {books = [{title = "The Catcher in the Rye"; quantity = 10}]}

Documentation

The documentation and API reference is automatically generated by ocamldoc from the interfaces. It can be consulted online and there is a generated version in the doc directory of the distribution.