# Parson: A Simple, Compact C Library for Processing JSON

DevFeed: [Parson: A Simple, Compact C Library for Processing JSON](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/parson-40730.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://radek.io/posts/parson/>)

Published: 2014-09-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Radek Pazdera](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/radek-pazdera.md>)

Topics: [C](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/c.md>), [JSON](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>), [Submodules](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/submodules.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [c](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/c.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/library.md>), [submodules](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/submodules.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial introduces Parson, a compact C library for processing JSON. It explains the library's small interface, methods for traversing nested objects and arrays, integration using two files, and an example that parses commit data from GitHub's API.

## Source excerpt

A simple and compact C library for JSON processing