Posted on Dec 18, 2017

TIL: JSON.stringify() can do formatted output.

#javascript #console #browser #todayilearned

TIL JSON.stringify can do formatted and indented output. JSON.stringify(yourJSObjectHere, null, 1). This is awesome when you want JSON formatted output that is not all run together. Such as:

"impressions": [ { "name": " + Holiday Bundle: Dragon Ball Z - Seasons One - Season Nine ", "id": "FUN-33201", "price": "159.99", "category": "SALE", "list": "Home: New Shop Arrivals", "position": 1 }, { "name": "Attack on Titan + Funko Pop - 6&#39;&#39; Colossal Titan", "id": "FUN-00183", "price": "17.99", "category": "Figures & Collectibles", "list": "Home: New Shop Arrivals", "position": 2 }, { "name": "Fairy Tail + Collection Five", "id": "BLD-00199", "price": "49.99", "category": "Home Video", "list": "Home: New Shop Arrivals", "position": 3 }, { "name": "High School DxD + Asia &amp; Koneko Drawstring Bag", "id": "FUN-25211", "price": "17.99", "category": "Accessories", "list": "Home: New Shop Arrivals", "position": 4 }, { "name": "Case Closed + Countdown to Heaven", "id": "DVD-00058", "price": "11.24", "category": "Home Video", "list": "Home: New Shop Arrivals", "position": 5 }, { "name": "Attack on Titan", "id": "17847", "price": "", "category": "shows", "list": "Home: Home Simuldubs", "position": 1 }, { "name": "My Hero Academia", "id": "124389", "price": "", "category": "shows", "list": "Home: Home Simuldubs", "position": 2 }, { "name": "Monster Hunter Stories Ride On", "id": "155585", "price": "", "category": "shows", "list": "Home: Home Simuldubs", "position": 3 }, { "name": "One Piece", "id": "20224", "price": "", "category": "shows", "list": "Home: Home Simuldubs", "position": 4 } ],

Right in the browser console! #mind-blown

Top comments (10)

Wernich ️ • Dec 21 '17 • Edited

i like to use "two spaces" as indentation:

var obj = {name: "bob", lastname: "jones", age: 24, favouriteFood: "food", favouriteColour: "blue?", loves: "biscuits" }; JSON.stringify(obj, null, "two spaces"); "{ two spaces"name": "bob", two spaces"lastname": "jones", two spaces"age": 24, two spaces"favouriteFood": "food", two spaces"favouriteColour": "blue?", two spaces"loves": "biscuits" }"