JSON RPC

JSON-RPC 2.0 library for C++

Introduction

This library provides a robust implementation of the JSON-RPC 2.0 protocol for C++. It allows you to easily handle JSON-RPC requests, and manage responses.

Features

• Full support for JSON-RPC 2.0
• Easy-to-use API
• Error handling and validation

Installation

To install the library, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/sjinks/jsonrpc-cpp.git
   cd jsonrpc-cpp

2. Make sure you have nlohmann-json installed.
3. Build the project using CMake:

   cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
   cmake --build build

4. Install the library:

   cmake --install build # In Linux, you may have to use `sudo`

Usage

Basic Usage

#include <wwa/jsonrpc/dispatcher.h>
 
class my_server {
public:
    my_server()
    {
        this->m_dispatcher.add("add", &my_server::add, this);
    }
 
    void handle_request()
    {
        // Read the request somehow
        const std::string input = read_request();
 
        const std::string response = this->m_dispatcher.parse_and_process_request(input);
        if (!response.empty()) {
            // Send the response
            send_response(response);
        }
    }
 
private:
    wwa::json_rpc::dispatcher m_dispatcher;
 
    int add(int a, int b)
    {
        return a + b;
    }
};

Advanced Usage

Sometimes, it may be necessary to pass some additional information to the handler. For example, an IP address of the client or authentication information.

Method handlers can accept an extra parameter of nlohmann::json type or a type convertible from nlohmann::json. That parameter is passed from dispatcher::parse_and_process_request() and dispatcher::process_request() methods.

For example,

struct extra_data {
    std::string ip;
};
 
NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE(extra_data, ip);
 
class my_server {
public:
    my_server()
    {
        this->m_dispatcher.add_ex("add", &my_server::add, this);
    }
 
    void handle_request()
    {
        // Read the request somehow
        const std::string input = read_request();
 
        extra_data extra;
        extra.ip = get_peer_ip(); // Returns the IP of the client
 
        const std::string response = this->m_dispatcher.parse_and_process_request(input, extra);
        if (!response.empty()) {
            // Send the response
            send_response(response);
        }
    }
 
private:
    wwa::json_rpc::dispatcher m_dispatcher;
 
    int add(const extra_data& extra, int a, int b)
    {
        std::cout << "IP address is " << extra_data.ip << "\n";
        return a + b;
    }
};

It is also possible to get the extra fields form the JSON RPC request.

For example, given the request:

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "subtract",
    "params": {"minuend": 42, "subtrahend": 23},
    "id": 1,
    "auth": "secret",
    "user": "admin"
}

There are extra fields in the request: auth and user.

If the extra parameter passed to dispatcher::parse_and_process_request() or dispatcher::process_request() is an object (in JSON terms), the library will pass those extra fields in the extra property of the extra parameter.

For example, for the request above, the extra parameter will look like this:

{
    // data passed to `dispatcher::parse_and_process_request()` or `dispatcher::process_request()`
    // ...
 
    "extra": {
        "auth": "secret",
        "user": "admin"
    }
}

The extra_data structure can be modified to include that field:

struct extra_data {
    std::string ip;
    nlohmann::json extra;
};
 
NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE(extra_data, ip, extra);

Or like this:

struct extra_request_fields {
    std::string auth;
    std::string user;
};
 
NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE(extra_request_fields, auth, user);
 
struct extra_data {
    std::string ip;
    extra_request_fields extra;
};
 
NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE(extra_data, ip, extra);

There are more examples available in the test subdirectory (you may want to look at base.h/base.cpp or test_extra_param.cpp)

The documentation is available at https://sjinks.github.io/jsonrpc-cpp/