How to see a json object's format?

Question

I'm using Django as back-end,in my view.py I return a json object as

return HttpResponse(json.dumps(result))

and in my front-end, in a javascript file I received with

jsonResult = JSON.parse(result);

it is successful cause I can see the variable "jsonResult" if I use the console to check it, just as:

console.log(jsonResult);

The problem is that I want to see its format, as something like this:

{
"tags":{
    "tag":[
               {
               "time":"67",
               "comment":"test 2",
               "id":"18",
               "owner":"xiaoli",
               },
       {
               "time":"30",
               "comment":"",
               "id":"28",
               "owner":"xiaoli",        
       }
        ]
  }
}

How can I do this? Or if I can generate a json file? Thanks.

In fact `console.dir(jsonResult)` returns the object, not the String with " { } " or " [ ] " I want to see, but thanks! @str — Yuqing Wei, Apr 20 '16 at 13:08
It was not clear to me that you want to get the string representation. — str, Apr 20 '16 at 13:17

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

are you using a python interpreter to do this?

If so you can use "pretty printing" which should display the son file in a nice way.

>>> import json
>>> print json.dumps({'4': 5, '6': 7}, sort_keys=True,
...                  indent=4, separators=(',', ': '))
{
    "4": 5,
    "6": 7
}

Taken from: https://docs.python.org/2/library/json.html

EDIT:

Sorry just seen that you are using JS. How can I pretty-print JSON using JavaScript?

perhaps this helps.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 20 '16 at 12:56

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The result of your HTTP request is a string. So you do :

jsonResult = JSON.parse(result);

to parse this string (result) in an object (jsonResult).

So if you want to see this json as a string, you just have to :

console.log(result);

Or add it to an element

answered Apr 20 '16 at 12:56

Romain De Sa Jardim

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thanks that helps, is there any way that I can generate a json file? – Yuqing Wei Apr 20 '16 at 13:06
To have the exact same render that you wrote in you're question ? With indents ? – Romain De Sa Jardim Apr 20 '16 at 13:08
yes, or not so perfect with indents but a really json file – Yuqing Wei Apr 20 '16 at 13:12
Take a look at https://github.com/caldwell/renderjson. If this is that you want. Tell me and i'll add it to my answer – Romain De Sa Jardim Apr 20 '16 at 13:13

How to see a json object's format?

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