What do you use to view formatted JSON now that JSONView is banned?
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I used JSONView in Google Chrome, but that was banned in Chrome because of security vulnerability: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12925197
So I started using JSON Formatter, but it doesn't seem to be actively developed: https://github.com/callumlocke/json-formatter
Or do you use something else entirely (doesn't have to be tied to any browser)? Or nothing at all?
JSON Formatter provides buttons to toggle between raw and formatted views of a JSON document.
It is open source. As of March 2023, the chrome extension was last updated on January 2023 and the last commit was in March 2023.
As of November 2016, the last commit was in March 2015. There are over 100 forks, many of which have more recent commits. It's not immediately clear if one of those forks is better maintained.
The OP of this answer originally wrote: "I feel like a big dummy. Some more thorough searching turned up https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-missing-json-inspecto/hhffklcokfpbcajebmnpijpkaeadlgfn/related, which is exactly what I need." However, an edited version of this answer indicated that that extension was not open source and was no longer maintained.
Here is a way with Chrome 97 and no plugins.
- Visit a API or JSON resource in the URL
- Open developer tools. (F12)
- Click the Source tab.
- Open a source or hit CTRL-P
- Select the JSON
- In the top, select Pretty Print
- You get nice JSON human-readable formatting!
Here is an example:
Got this from Superuser:
If the right-click -> copy is not available you could try:
1 - Right-click the object and select "Store as global variable"
2 - The console will print the new variable's name, for example:
//temp1
3 - Type:
copy(temp1)
The object is now available in your clipboard.
Tested in chrome 36
I used this in Chrome 65 and worked great.
ATM your best option is to use JSON.stringify as explained here.
There is an DevTools Console API for Chrome extensions that allows to customize console output, but it's still experimental.