PyJSONViewer

A JSON file data viewer using pure python

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• Windows10

• Ubuntu

What is this?

This is a JSON file data viewer based on python.

It only uses built-in libraries of python (tkinter, json).

Features:

• Minimum dependency.

• Multi-platform (Mac, Windows, Linux).

• Easy to use.

Requirements

• Python 3.7 or higher

Download

>$ pip install PyJSONViewer

or download as zip.

• PyJSONViewer · PyPI

How to use

Select JSON file with CUI.

• Run pyjsonviewer with -f option and the path to a JSON file:

$ pyjsonviewer -f path\to\json\_file/sample.json

• JSON data tree will be shown.

Select JSON file with GUI.

• Run pyjsonviewer

$ pyjsonviewer

• File-\>Open and then select json file.

• JSON data tree will be shown.

You can set initial directory:

$ pyjsonviewer -d path\to\json\file\dir

Select JSON file from history.

• Run pyjsonviewer.py

• File-\>"Open from history" and then double click a json file path from the list.

• JSON data tree will be shown.

Select JSON file with drag and drop.

• Run pyjsonviewer.py with the option -o

$ python pyjsonviewer.py -o path\to\json\file\dir

• File browser is shown.

• You can drag and drop a JSON file to the file browser.

Menu bar function

• Expand all items: Tools -> Expand all

• Collapse all items: Tools -> Collapse all

• Show version: Help -> About

• Show github page: Help -> GitHub page

• Show release note: Help -> Release note

Inside python code

View json file

import pyjsonviewer
pyjsonviewer.view_data(js)

JSON data tree will be shown.

View json object

import pyjsonviewer
json_object = {"a":[1,2,3], "b":"test"}
pyjsonviewer.viewdata(jsondata=json_object)

JSON data tree will be shown.

Vimrc setting

If you are a vim user, you can set this command in your vimrc.

"JSON format function! JsonFormat() %!python -m json.tool endfunction command! JsonFormat :call JsonFormat()

"JSON viewer function! JsonViewer() "%!python -m pyjsonviewer -f % > /dev/null let filename = expand('%') let s:job = job_start( \ ["/bin/sh", "-c", "python -m pyjsonviewer -f".filename],{}) endfunction command! JsonViewer :call JsonViewer()

When you are editing a json file with vim,

you can open it using PyJSONViewer with

>: JSONViewer()

You can also format json file with

>: JSONFormat()

Open a link with a browser

If a URL is included in a json file,

you can open it with a browser with double click the URL.

License

MIT

Author

• Atsushi Sakai (@Atsushitwi)