Can someone suggest how I can beautify JSON in Python or through the command line?
The only online based JSON beautifier which could do it was: http://jsonviewer.stack.hu/.
I need to use it from within Python, however.
This is my dataset:
{ "head": {"vars": [ "address" , "description" ,"listprice" ]} , "results": { "bindings": [
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Dyne Road, London NW6"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "6 bed semi detached house"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "1,150,000"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Tweedy Road, Bromley BR1"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bed terraced house"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "550,000"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Vera Avenue, London N21"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "4 bed detached house"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
995,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Wimbledon Park Side, London SW19"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "3 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Westbere Road, West Hampstead, London NW2"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom semi detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " The Avenue, Hatch End, Pinner HA5"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Princes Park Avenue, London NW11"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "4 bedroom detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Canons Drive, Edgware HA8"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "4 bedroom detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Westbere Road, West Hampstead NW2"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Haymills Estate, Ealing, London"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Dene Terrace Woodclyffe Drive, Chislehurst, Kent BR7"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom terraced house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Dene Terrace Woodclyffe Drive, Chislehurst, Kent BR7"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom semi detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Northwick Close, St John's Wood NW8"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "3 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Claremont Gardens, Surbiton KT6"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "13 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Dene Terrace Woodclyffe Drive, Chislehurst, Kent BR7"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom end terrace house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Stamford Road, London N1"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "4 bedroom terraced house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Stanhope Avenue, London N3"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "6 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Haymills Estate, Ealing, London"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Elms Crescent, London SW4"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Princes Park Avenue, London NW11"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "4 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Abbeville Road, London SW4"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "4 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Canons Drive, Edgware HA8"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "4 bedroom detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Henson Avenue, Willesdon Green NW2"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Woodstock Road, London NW11"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Tamworth Street, London SW6"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Stanhope Avenue, Finchley, London"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom semi detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " The Old Burlington, Church Street, London W4"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "3 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Ebury Close, Northwood HA6"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "4 bedroom detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Middleton Road, London NW11"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "4 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Henson Avenue, Willesden Green NW2"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Huron Road, London SW17"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "6 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Corringway, Ealing W5"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Woodlands Avenue, New Malden KT3"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Gunnersbury Park Area, Ealing, London"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "6 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Blenheim Gardens, London, Brent NW2"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "6 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Creighton Road, London NW6"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "4 bedroom terraced house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Plaistow Lane, Bromley BR1"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "7 bedroom detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Greenfield Gardens, London NW2"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "4 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Hendon Avenue, London N3"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "3 bedroom detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Peckham Park Road, London SE15"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "6 bedroom semi detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Woodclyffe Drive, Chislehurst BR7"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
From 1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Highwood Hill, Mill Hill, London"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Stanhope Avenue, London N3"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom semi detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Kersley Mews, London SW11"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "3 bedroom mews for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Ebury Close, Northwood HA6"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "4 bedroom detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Ellesmere Road, Chiswick W4"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "6 bedroom detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " The Avenue, Hatch End, Pinner, Middlesex"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Wandsworth, London SW18"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "6 bedroom semi detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Carlton Road, New Malden KT3"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "4 bedroom detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " St Mary's Mews, Ealing W5"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "3 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Ritherdon Road, Balham, London SW17"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom semi detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Goldsmith Avenue, London W3"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "5 bedroom property for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
,
{
"address" : { "type":"string", "value" : " Plaistow Lane, Bromley, Kent BR1"},
"description" :{ "type":"string", "value" : "7 bedroom detached house for sale"},
"listprice" : { "type":"string", "value" : "
1,250,000
"}
}
] } }
Try underscore-cli:
It's a pretty nifty tool that can elegantly do a lot of manipulation of structured data, execute js snippets, fill templates, etc. It's ridiculously well documented, polished, and ready for serious use. And I wrote it. :)
It looks like jsbeautifier open sourced their tools and packaged them as Python and JS libs, and as CLI tools. It doesn't look like they call out to a web service, but I didn't check too closely. See the github repo with install instructions.
From their docs for Python CLI and library usage:
To beautify using python:
Beautified output goes to
stdout
.To use
jsbeautifier
as a library is simple:...or, to specify some options:
If you want to pass a string instead of a filename, and you are using bash, then you can use process substitution like so:
With jsonlint (like xmllint):
From the command-line:
which outputs:
Programmtically, the Python manual describes pretty-printing JSON:
The cli command I've used with python for this is:
You should be able to find more info here:
http://docs.python.org/library/json.html
Use the
indent
argument of thedumps
function in the json module.From the docs: