blob: 9ab6d6546a8a505667eb2d762211fda59f78a5e8 [file] [log] [blame]
r"""Command-line tool to validate and pretty-print JSON
Usage::
$ echo '{"json":"obj"}' | python -m json.tool
{
"json": "obj"
}
$ echo '{ 1.2:3.4}' | python -m json.tool
Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes: line 1 column 2 (char 2)
"""
import sys
import json
def main():
if len(sys.argv) == 1:
infile = sys.stdin
outfile = sys.stdout
elif len(sys.argv) == 2:
infile = open(sys.argv[1], 'r')
outfile = sys.stdout
elif len(sys.argv) == 3:
infile = open(sys.argv[1], 'r')
outfile = open(sys.argv[2], 'w')
else:
raise SystemExit(sys.argv[0] + " [infile [outfile]]")
with infile:
try:
obj = json.load(infile)
except ValueError as e:
raise SystemExit(e)
with outfile:
json.dump(obj, outfile, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
outfile.write('\n')
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()