Show HN: Pretty print invalid JSON (or anything that looks sort of like JSON)

#1

Post by jastr » Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 9:56 PM UTC

Re: Show HN: Pretty print invalid JSON (or anything that looks sort of like JSON)

#2

Post by jastr » Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 10:07 PM UTC

Hi HN! This was a python script I used on the command line for a while, before spending a weekend converting it to a microsite.

Pretty print json with single quotes or None or anything that looks like json, like python dictionaries/arrays or anything that PHP can spit out.

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Post by shmoogy » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 3:28 AM UTC

Saving this for later - was going to try to make something like this for when I get invalid json and have to spend a bit figuring out what is wrong.

Thanks

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Post by eduardosasso » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 4:32 AM UTC

Good idea. Suggestion add some examples there so people can see what it looks like when you have broken data.

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Post by savy91 » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 10:28 AM UTC

It doesn't work too well wish some actual valid jsons:

Input:

{"somekey": "value", "someother": "value,value,value"}

Output:

{

  "somekey": "value",

  "someother": "value,

  value,

  value"

}

Seems like the problem is with commas being converted to ,\n regardelss of them being inside a valid string.