""" Simple JSON Parser ================== The code is short and clear, and outperforms every other parser (that's written in Python). For an explanation, check out the JSON parser tutorial at /docs/json_tutorial.md (this is here for use by the other examples) """ import sys from lark import Lark, Transformer, v_args json_grammar = r""" ?start: value ?value: object | array | string | SIGNED_NUMBER -> number | "true" -> true | "false" -> false | "null" -> null array : "[" [value ("," value)*] "]" object : "{" [pair ("," pair)*] "}" pair : string ":" value string : ESCAPED_STRING %import common.ESCAPED_STRING %import common.SIGNED_NUMBER %import common.WS %ignore WS """ class TreeToJson(Transformer): @v_args(inline=True) def string(self, s): return s[1:-1].replace('\\"', '"') array = list pair = tuple object = dict number = v_args(inline=True)(float) null = lambda self, _: None true = lambda self, _: True false = lambda self, _: False ### Create the JSON parser with Lark, using the LALR algorithm json_parser = Lark(json_grammar, parser='lalr', # Using the standard lexer isn't required, and isn't usually recommended. # But, it's good enough for JSON, and it's slightly faster. lexer='standard', # Disabling propagate_positions and placeholders slightly improves speed propagate_positions=False, maybe_placeholders=False, # Using an internal transformer is faster and more memory efficient transformer=TreeToJson())