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HTML
<script src="https://raw.github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js/master/json2.js"></script>
<div id="formattedJson1"></div>
<div id="formattedJson2"></div>
CSS
div {
white-space: pre;
font-size: 14px;
font-family: Courier, monospace;
}
JavaScript
// Notes:
// - json2.js is not needed if browser supports JSON.stringify and JSON.parse natively
// - jQuery is only used to place the results
var formatJson = function(json, options) {
var reg = null,
formatted = '',
pad = 0,
PADDING = ' '; // one can also use '\t' or a different number of spaces
// optional settings
options = options || {};
// remove newline where '{' or '[' follows ':'
options.newlineAfterColonIfBeforeBraceOrBracket = (options.newlineAfterColonIfBeforeBraceOrBracket === true) ? true : false;
// use a space after a colon
options.spaceAfterColon = (options.spaceAfterColon === false) ? false : true;
// begin formatting...
// make sure we start with the JSON as a string
if (typeof json !== 'string') {
json = JSON.stringify(json);
}
// parse and stringify in order to remove extra whitespace
json = JSON.parse(json);
json = JSON.stringify(json);
// add newline before and after curly braces
reg = /([\{\}])/g;
json = json.replace(reg, '\r\n$1\r\n');
// add newline before and after square brackets
reg = /([\[\]])/g;
json = json.replace(reg, '\r\n$1\r\n');
// add newline after comma
reg = /(\,)/g;
json = json.replace(reg, '$1\r\n');
// remove multiple newlines
reg = /(\r\n\r\n)/g;
json = json.replace(reg, '\r\n');
// remove newlines before commas
reg = /\r\n\,/g;
json = json.replace(reg, ',');
// optional formatting...
if (!options.newlineAfterColonIfBeforeBraceOrBracket) {
reg = /\:\r\n\{/g;
json = json.replace(reg, ':{');
reg = /\:\r\n\[/g;
json = json.replace(reg, ':[');
}
if (options.spaceAfterColon) {
reg = /\:/g;
json = json.replace(reg, ': ');
}
$.each(json.split('\r\n'), function(index, node) {
var i = 0,
...