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

by jastr on 11/10/2021, 9:56:23 PM with 4 comments

  • by savy91 on 11/11/2021, 10:28:03 AM

    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.

  • by shmoogy on 11/11/2021, 3:28:44 AM

    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

  • by jastr on 11/10/2021, 10:07:47 PM

    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.

  • by eduardosasso on 11/11/2021, 4:32:20 AM

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