NAME

       bson_init_from_json()  -  The  bson_init_from_json() function will initialize a new bson_t by parsing the
       JSON found in data. Only a single JSON object may exist in data  or  an  error  will  be  set  and  false
       returned.

SYNOPSIS

       bool
       bson_init_from_json (bson_t       *bson,
                            const char   *data,
                            ssize_t       len,
                            bson_error_t *error);

PARAMETERS

       bson   A bson_t \&.

       data   A UTF‐8 encoded string containing valid JSON.

       len    The  length  of data in bytes excluding a trailing \0 or ‐1 to determine the length with strlen(3)
              \&.

       error  An optional location for a bson_error_t \&.

DESCRIPTION

       The bson_init_from_json(3) function will initialize a new bson_t by parsing the JSON found  in  data  \&.
       Only a single JSON object may exist in data or an error will be set and false returned.

       data should be in MongoDB Extended JSON format.

ERRORS

       Errors are propagated via the error parameter.

RETURNS

       true if successful, otherwise false and error is set.

COLOPHON

       This page is part of libbson.  Please report any bugs at https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER.