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It may be useful to format the output of the JSON document using a "pretty printing" feature of some kind. This will make it more readable by humans and also allow it to be more easily filtered using tools such as <code>grep</code>. Two common tools for this available on Unix/Linux are python's json.tool or the json_pp command-line Perl script (JSON::PP). These tools can receive input from a pipe in the normal Unix fashion to chain multiple commands together. | It may be useful to format the output of the JSON document using a "pretty printing" feature of some kind. This will make it more readable by humans and also allow it to be more easily filtered using tools such as <code>grep</code>. Two common tools for this available on Unix/Linux are python's json.tool or the json_pp command-line Perl script (JSON::PP). These tools can receive input from a pipe in the normal Unix fashion to chain multiple commands together. | ||
==== json.tool ==== | |||
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$ curl -s http://api.idigbio.org/ | python -m json.tool | $ curl -s http://api.idigbio.org/ | python -m json.tool | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
==== json_pp ==== | |||
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$ curl -s http://api.idigbio.org/ | json_pp | $ curl -s http://api.idigbio.org/ | json_pp | ||
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For best viewing of JSON results in a browser, one may wish to use the JSONView Extension for Chrome and Firefox. | For best viewing of JSON results in a browser, one may wish to use the JSONView Extension for Chrome and Firefox. | ||
==== JSONView Browser Extension ==== | |||
[[File:JSONView_browser_extension_example.png|border|JSONView extension allows easier viewing in a web browser]] | [[File:JSONView_browser_extension_example.png|border|JSONView extension allows easier viewing in a web browser]] | ||
==== simplejson ==== | |||
Some older systems may not include json_pp or python's json.tool. The python simplejson package may solve this problem. Older versions of python also may require a more complicated syntax to invoke the module from the command line. | Some older systems may not include json_pp or python's json.tool. The python simplejson package may solve this problem. Older versions of python also may require a more complicated syntax to invoke the module from the command line. | ||