local M = {}

function M.json_decode(json)
    if type(json) ~= "string" then
        return nil, "input must be a string"
    end

    local pos = 1
    local len = #json

    local function skip_ws()
        while pos <= len and json:sub(pos,pos):match("%s") do
            pos = pos + 1
        end
    end

    local function parse_value()
        skip_ws()
        local c = json:sub(pos,pos)
        if c == "{" then return parse_object()
        elseif c == "[" then return parse_array()
        elseif c == '"' then return parse_string()
        elseif c:match("[%d%-]") then return parse_number()
        elseif json:sub(pos,pos+3) == "true" then pos=pos+4; return true
        elseif json:sub(pos,pos+4) == "false" then pos=pos+5; return false
        elseif json:sub(pos,pos+3) == "null" then pos=pos+4; return nil
        else return nil, "invalid value at position "..pos
        end
    end

    function parse_string()
        pos = pos + 1
        local start_pos = pos
        local str = ""
        while pos <= len do
            local c = json:sub(pos,pos)
            if c == '"' then
                str = str .. json:sub(start_pos,pos-1)
                pos = pos + 1
                return str
            elseif c == "\\" then
                str = str .. json:sub(start_pos,pos-1)
                pos = pos + 1
                local esc = json:sub(pos,pos)
                local map = {b="\b", f="\f", n="\n", r="\r", t="\t", ['"']='"', ["\\"]="\\", ["/"]="/"}
                str = str .. (map[esc] or esc)
                pos = pos + 1
                start_pos = pos
            else
                pos = pos + 1
            end
        end
        return nil, "unterminated string"
    end

    function parse_number()
        local start_pos = pos
        while pos <= len and json:sub(pos,pos):match("[%d%+%-eE%.]") do
            pos = pos + 1
        end
        local n = tonumber(json:sub(start_pos,pos-1))
        if not n then return nil, "invalid number at position "..start_pos end
        return n
    end

    function parse_array()
        pos = pos + 1
        local arr = {}
        skip_ws()
        if json:sub(pos,pos) == "]" then pos=pos+1; return arr end
        while true do
            local val, err = parse_value()
            if err then return nil, err end
            table.insert(arr,val)
            skip_ws()
            local c = json:sub(pos,pos)
            if c == "]" then pos=pos+1; break
            elseif c == "," then pos=pos+1
            else return nil, "expected ',' or ']' at position "..pos
            end
        end
        return arr
    end

    function parse_object()
        pos = pos + 1
        local obj = {}
        skip_ws()
        if json:sub(pos,pos) == "}" then pos=pos+1; return obj end
        while true do
            skip_ws()
            if json:sub(pos,pos) ~= '"' then return nil, "expected string key at "..pos end
            local key, err = parse_string()
            if err then return nil, err end
            skip_ws()
            if json:sub(pos,pos) ~= ":" then return nil, "expected ':' at "..pos end
            pos = pos + 1
            local val, err = parse_value()
            if err then return nil, err end
            obj[key] = val
            skip_ws()
            local c = json:sub(pos,pos)
            if c == "}" then pos=pos+1; break
            elseif c == "," then pos=pos+1
            else return nil, "expected ',' or '}' at "..pos
            end
        end
        return obj
    end

    local result, err = parse_value()
    if err then return nil, err end
    skip_ws()
    if pos <= len then return nil, "trailing characters at "..pos end
    return result
end

function M.json_encode(value)
    local t = type(value)
    if t == "nil" then
        return "null"
    elseif t == "boolean" then
        return tostring(value)
    elseif t == "number" then
        return tostring(value)
    elseif t == "string" then
        return '"' .. value:gsub('[%z\1-\31\\"]', {
            ['\\'] = '\\\\',
            ['"'] = '\\"',
            ['\b'] = '\\b',
            ['\f'] = '\\f',
            ['\n'] = '\\n',
            ['\r'] = '\\r',
            ['\t'] = '\\t'
        }):gsub("[%z\1-\31]", function(c)
            return string.format("\\u%04x", c:byte())
        end) .. '"'
    elseif t == "table" then
        local is_array = true
        local max_index = 0
        for k,v in pairs(value) do
            if type(k) ~= "number" then
                is_array = false
            else
                if k > max_index then max_index = k end
            end
        end

        local items = {}
        if is_array then
            for i = 1, max_index do
                table.insert(items, M.json_encode(value[i]))
            end
            return "[" .. table.concat(items,",") .. "]"
        else
            for k,v in pairs(value) do
                if type(k) ~= "string" then
                    return nil, "object keys must be strings"
                end
                table.insert(items, M.json_encode(k) .. ":" .. M.json_encode(v))
            end
            return "{" .. table.concat(items,",") .. "}"
        end
    else
        return nil, "unsupported type: " .. t
    end
end

return M