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Is there a "simple" script somewhere that will take a json data and format it to make it more readable?
For example:
// $response is a json encoded string.
var_dump($response);
The above outputs everything on one line. I'd like for it to be indented and spaced to make it easier to read.
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We can use the indent parameter of json. dump() to specify the indentation value. By default, when you write JSON data into a file, Python doesn't use indentations and writes all data on a single line, which is not readable. The separator parameter: You can specify any separator between JSON key and value.
Use the separators keyword argument to use the json. dumps() method without spaces, e.g. json_str = json. dumps(employee, separators=(',', ':')) . The separators argument can be set to a tuple containing a comma and a colon to remove the whitespace.
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation, pronounced /ˈdʒeɪsən/; also /ˈdʒeɪˌsɒn/) is an open standard file format and data interchange format that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs and arrays (or other serializable values).
First, to write data to a JSON file, we must create a JSON string of the data with JSON. stringify . This returns a JSON string representation of a JavaScript object, which can be written to a file.
Note that var_dump and its terser cousin var_export do print newlines.
Bear in mind that newlines are not shown in HTML document by default. In an HTML context, you want this instead:
echo '<div style="font-family: monospace; white-space:pre;">';
echo htmlspecialchars(var_export($response));
echo '</div>';
In php 5.4+, you can simply use the PRETTY_PRINT flag of json_encode:
echo json_encode($response, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
Again, in an HTML context, you'll have to wrap it as described above.
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Paste it into JSONLint.com and click validate.
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