i'd say this is too easy but i know damn well implementing networking & multithreading is going to take my fucking soul

README.md

@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ And also my first serious C++ project.
 ## Roadmap
 - [X] Basic K/V store
 - [X] Remove/add entries
-- [ ] Serialisation and saving
+- [X] Serialisation and saving
 - [ ] Networking

main.cpp

@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ void save_database(Db& database, std::string file_name) {
   db_file.close();
 }
 
+void load_database(Db& database, std::string file_name) {
+  std::ifstream db_file(file_name);
+  std::string raw_file_text;
+  db_file >> raw_file_text;
+  db_file.close();
+  database = nlohmann::json::parse(raw_file_text);
+}
+
 void add_entry(Db& database, std::string key, std::string value) {
   database.push_back({key, value});
 }
@@ -45,6 +53,10 @@ void prompt_user(Db& database) {
     std::string file;
     std::cin >> file;
     save_database(database, file);
+  } else if (mode == "load") {
+    std::string file;
+    std::cin >> file;
+    load_database(database, file);
   } else {
     prompt_user(database);
   }
@@ -52,12 +64,6 @@ void prompt_user(Db& database) {
 
 int main() {
   Db database;
-
-  database = {
-    { "name", "username" },
-    { "john", "unwanted_guest"},
-    { "laith", "ducc" }
-  };
   
   while (true) {
     for (std::vector entry: database) {