https://github.com/paulhammond/jp

An accurate, forgiving and fast JSON reformatter
https://github.com/paulhammond/jp

cli formatter json

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An accurate, forgiving and fast JSON reformatter

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/paulhammond/jp
• Owner: paulhammond
• License: mit
• Created: 2013-04-16T19:21:20.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-24T20:54:51.000Z (27 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-10T23:51:40.826Z (10 days ago)
• Topics: cli, formatter, json
• Language: Go
• Homepage: https://paulhammond.org/jp
• Size: 35.2 KB
• Stars: 61
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 8
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# jp

`jp` is a command line tool that reformats JSON to make it easier to read:

    $ cat names.json

    {"names":["Alice","Bob"]}

    $ jp names.json

    {

      "names": [

        "Alice",

        "Bob"

      ]

    }

It only adds and removes whitespace, which means that your data won’t get

silently altered. For example, `"\u2603"` won’t get converted to `"☃"`, and

`1.1e1` won’t turn into `11`. The ordering remains the same, and invalid JSON

can be reformatted (within reason). This stuff shouldn’t matter, but people make

mistakes even with a well defined format like JSON, and accurate tools are

important when you’re trying to work out what’s gone wrong.

For more information see the [project homepage][jp].

[jp]: https://paulhammond.org/jp

## Installing

Using [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/):

    brew install paulhammond/tap/jp

If you don't use Homebrew you can download a [precompiled binary][releases] and

copy the `jp` file inside to somewhere in your path.

[releases]: https://github.com/paulhammond/jp/releases

## Using

To prettify a JSON file:

    jp data.json

To prettify from stdin, use - as the filename:

    curl -sL https://phmmnd.me/names.json | jp -

To compact a JSON file:

    jp --compact data.json

To get help:

    jp --help