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# prettyjson [](https://travis-ci.org/rafeca/prettyjson) [](https://badge.fury.io/js/prettyjson) [](https://coveralls.io/github/rafeca/prettyjson?branch=master)
Package for formatting JSON data in a coloured YAML-style, perfect for CLI output.
## How to install
Just install it via NPM:
```bash
$ npm install -g prettyjson
```
This will install `prettyjson` globally, so it will be added automatically
to your `PATH`.
## Using it (from the CLI)
This package installs a command line interface to render JSON data in a more
convenient way. You can use the CLI in three different ways:
**Decode a JSON file:** If you want to see the contents of a JSON file, just pass
it as the first argument to the CLI:
```bash
$ prettyjson package.json
```

**Decode the stdin:** You can also pipe the result of a command (for example an
HTTP request) to the CLI to see the JSON result in a clearer way:
```bash
$ curl https://api.github.com/users/rafeca | prettyjson
```

**Decode random strings:** if you call the CLI with no arguments, you'll get a
prompt where you can past JSON strings and they'll be automatically displayed in a clearer way:

### Command line options
It's possible to customize the output through some command line options:
```bash
# Change colors
$ prettyjson --string=red --multiline_string=cyan --keys=blue --dash=yellow --number=green package.json
# Do not use colors
$ prettyjson --nocolor=1 package.json
# Change indentation
$ prettyjson --indent=4 package.json
# Render arrays elements in a single line
$ prettyjson --inline-arrays=1 package.json
# Escape conflictive strings
$ prettyjson --escape=1 package.json
```
**Deprecation Notice**: The old configuration through environment variables is
deprecated and it will be removed in the next major version (1.0.0).
## Using it (from Node.js)
It's pretty easy to use it. You just have to include it in your script and call
the `render()` method:
```javascript
var prettyjson = require('prettyjson');
var data = {
username: 'rafeca',
url: 'https://github.com/rafeca',
twitter_account: 'https://twitter.com/rafeca',
projects: ['prettyprint', 'connfu']
};
var options = {
noColor: true
};
console.log(prettyjson.render(data, options));
```
And will output:

You can also configure the colors of the hash keys and array dashes
(using [colors.js](https://github.com/Marak/colors.js) colors syntax):
```javascript
var prettyjson = require('prettyjson');
var data = {
username: 'rafeca',
url: 'https://github.com/rafeca',
twitter_account: 'https://twitter.com/rafeca',
projects: ['prettyprint', 'connfu']
};
console.log(prettyjson.render(data, {
keysColor: 'rainbow',
dashColor: 'magenta',
stringColor: 'white',
multilineStringColor: 'cyan'
}));
```
Will output something like:

## Running Tests
To run the test suite first invoke the following command within the repo,
installing the development dependencies:
```bash
$ npm install
```
then run the tests:
```bash
$ npm test
```
On windows, you can run the tests with:
```cmd
C:\git\prettyjson> npm run-script testwin
```