nlohmann::json_pointer

template<typename BasicJsonType>
class json_pointer;

A JSON pointer defines a string syntax for identifying a specific value within a JSON document. It can be used with functions at and operator[]. Furthermore, JSON pointers are the base for JSON patches.

Template parameters

BasicJsonType : a specialization of basic_json

Member functions

• (constructor)
• to_string - return a string representation of the JSON pointer
• operator std::string - return a string representation of the JSON pointer
• operator/= - append to the end of the JSON pointer
• operator/ - create JSON Pointer by appending
• parent_pointer - returns the parent of this JSON pointer
• pop_back - remove last reference token
• back - return last reference token
• push_back - append an unescaped token at the end of the pointer
• empty - return whether pointer points to the root document

See also

• RFC 6901

Version history

Added in version 2.0.0.