Migrating code written for Arduino JSON v3 to v4 ================================================ Arduino JSON v4 was a major rewrite of the library, and the API changed significantly. ## Includes Arduino JSON v3 had two include files: #include #include Arduino JSON v4 only has one: #include ## Namespaces Arduino JSON v3 had two namespaces: using namespace ArduinoJson::Parser; using namespace ArduinoJson::Generator; Arduino JSON v4 doesn't require the `using namespace` statement. It has a namespace but the `using namespace` is done in the header file. ## StaticJsonBuffer Arduino JSON v3 had different memory allocation models for the parser: JsonParser<16> parser; // 16 being the capacity in "tokens" and for the generator: JsonArray<4> array; // 4 being the number of element JsonObject<4> object; Arduino JSON v4 only has one memory allocation model: StaticJsonBuffer<128> buffer; // 128 being the capacity in bytes ## Return values for the parser Arduino JSON v3 returned value types: JsonArray array = parser.parseArray(json); JsonObject object = parser.parseObject(json); Arduino JSON v4 returns references types: JsonArray& array = buffer.parseArray(json); JsonObject& object = buffer.parseObject(json); Everything else is compatible ## Creating arrays and objects Arduino JSON v3 allowed to create `JsonArray` and `JsonObject` directly: JsonArray<4> array; JsonObject<4> object; Arduino JSON v4 requires that you use a `StaticJsonBuffer` for that: JsonArray& array = buffer.createArray(); JsonObject& object = buffer.createObject(); Note: you don't have to specify the capacity anymore. ## Printable interface Arduino JSON v3 used to implement the Printable interface, which allowed statements like: Serial.print(array); But Arduino JSON v4 doesn't, instead you need to write this: array.printTo(Serial); Note: there was a good reason for removing that feature, and it's reducing the size of `JsonArray` and `JsonObject`.