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Incomplete JSON pretty printer
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<!-- Taken from https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/28/incomplete-json-pretty-printer/ --> | |
<!DOCTYPE html> | |
<html lang="en"> | |
<head> | |
<meta charset="UTF-8"> | |
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> | |
<title>JSON Pretty Printer</title> | |
<style> | |
body { | |
font-family: Arial, sans-serif; | |
margin: 20px; | |
background-color: #f7f7f7; | |
} | |
textarea { | |
width: 100%; | |
height: 200px; | |
font-family: monospace; | |
font-size: 14px; | |
} | |
pre { | |
background: #fff; | |
padding: 10px; | |
border: 1px solid #ddd; | |
border-radius: 4px; | |
white-space: pre-wrap; | |
word-wrap: break-word; | |
} | |
</style> | |
</head> | |
<body> | |
<h2>JSON Pretty Printer</h2> | |
<textarea id="inputJson" placeholder="Paste incomplete JSON here..."></textarea> | |
<br> | |
<button onclick="prettyPrintJson()">Pretty Print JSON</button> | |
<h3>Formatted JSON:</h3> | |
<pre id="outputJson"></pre> | |
<script> | |
function prettyPrintJson() { | |
const input = document.getElementById('inputJson').value; | |
const formattedJson = prettyFormat(input); | |
document.getElementById('outputJson').textContent = formattedJson; | |
} | |
function prettyFormat(jsonString) { | |
let result = ''; | |
let indent = 0; | |
let inString = false; | |
const indentStep = 2; | |
for (let i = 0; i < jsonString.length; i++) { | |
const char = jsonString[i]; | |
const prevChar = i > 0 ? jsonString[i - 1] : ''; | |
if (char === '"' && prevChar !== '\\') { | |
inString = !inString; | |
result += char; | |
} else if (!inString && (char === '{' || char === '[')) { | |
indent += indentStep; | |
result += char + '\n' + ' '.repeat(indent); | |
} else if (!inString && (char === '}' || char === ']')) { | |
indent -= indentStep; | |
result += '\n' + ' '.repeat(indent) + char; | |
} else if (!inString && char === ',') { | |
result += char + '\n' + ' '.repeat(indent); | |
} else { | |
result += char; | |
} | |
} | |
return result; | |
} | |
</script> | |
</body> | |
</html> |
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