bombom785/oj

Optimized JSON

gem

A fast JSON parser and Object marshaller as a Ruby gem.

Version 3.0 is out! 3.0 provides better json gem and Rails compatibility. It also provides additional optimization options.

Using

require 'oj'

h = { 'one' => 1, 'array' => [ true, false ] }
json = Oj.dump(h)

# json =
# {
#   "one":1,
#   "array":[
#     true,
#     false
#   ]
# }

h2 = Oj.load(json)
puts "Same? #{h == h2}"
# true

Installation

gem install oj

or in Bundler:

gem 'oj'

Support

Get supported Oj with a Tidelift Subscription. Security updates are supported.

Further Reading

For more details on options, modes, advanced features, and more follow these links.

• {file:Options.md} for parse and dump options.
• {file:Modes.md} for details on modes for strict JSON compliance, mimicing the JSON gem, and mimicing Rails and ActiveSupport behavior.
• {file:JsonGem.md} includes more details on json gem compatibility and use.
• {file:Rails.md} includes more details on Rails and ActiveSupport compatibility and use.
• {file:Custom.md} includes more details on Custom mode.
• {file:Encoding.md} describes the :object encoding format.
• {file:Compatibility.md} lists current compatibility with Rubys and Rails.
• {file:Advanced.md} for fast parser and marshalling features.
• {file:Security.md} for security considerations.

Releases

See {file:CHANGELOG.md}

Links

• Documentation: http://www.ohler.com/oj/doc, http://rubydoc.info/gems/oj

• GitHub repo: https://github.com/ohler55/oj

• RubyGems repo: https://rubygems.org/gems/oj

Follow @peterohler on Twitter for announcements and news about the Oj gem.

Performance Comparisons

• Oj Strict Mode Performance compares Oj strict mode parser performance to other JSON parsers.

• Oj Compat Mode Performance compares Oj compat mode parser performance to other JSON parsers.

• Oj Object Mode Performance compares Oj object mode parser performance to other marshallers.

• Oj Callback Performance compares Oj callback parser performance to other JSON parsers.

Links of Interest

• Fast XML parser and marshaller on RubyGems: https://rubygems.org/gems/ox

• Fast XML parser and marshaller on GitHub: https://github.com/ohler55/ox

• Need for Speed for an overview of how Oj::Doc was designed.

• OjC, a C JSON parser: https://www.ohler.com/ojc also at https://github.com/ohler55/ojc

• Agoo, a high performance Ruby web server supporting GraphQL on GitHub: https://github.com/ohler55/agoo

• Agoo-C, a high performance C web server supporting GraphQL on GitHub: https://github.com/ohler55/agoo-c

Contributing

• Provide a Pull Request off the develop branch.
• Report a bug
• Suggest an idea