In my UNIX shell script, when i execute a curl command, my curl result will be displayed as below which i am redirecting it to file:

{"type":"Show","id":"123","title":"name","description":"Funny","channelTitle":"ifood.tv","lastUpdateTimestamp":"2014-04-20T20:34:59","numOfVideos":"15"}

But, I want this output to put in the readable JSON format like below in the file:

{"type":"Show",

"id":"123",

"title":"name",

"description":"Funny",

"channelTitle":"ifood.tv",

"lastUpdateTimestamp":"2014-04-20T20:34:59",

"numOfVideos":"15"}

Pls suggest

json shell curl

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edited Dec 1 '14 at 22:22

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Try doing this :

curl ... | json_pp

or with jq using the identity filter :

curl ... | jq '.'

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or with nodejs and bash :

curl ... | node <<< "var o = $(cat); console.log(JSON.stringify(o, null, 4));"

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I am guessing that you want to prettify the JSON output. That could be achieved using python:

curl http://localhost:8880/test.json | python -mjson.tool > out.json

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answered Dec 1 '14 at 22:24

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brew install jq

command + | jq

(example: curl localhost:5000/blocks | jq)

Enjoy!

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I found json_reformat to be very handy. So I just did the following:

curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/people/api.json | json_reformat

that's it!

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answered Jul 20 '16 at 10:17

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This is to add to of Gilles' Answer. There are many ways to get this done but personally I prefer something lightweight, easy to remember and universally available (e.g. come with standard LTS installations of your preferred Linux flavor or easy to install) on common *nix systems.

Here are the options in their preferred order:

Python Json.tool module, e.g., echo '{"foo": "lorem", "bar": "ipsum"}' | python -mjson.tool (pros: almost available everywhere; cons: no color coding)

jq (may require one time installation) echo '{"foo": "lorem", "bar": "ipsum"}' | jq (cons: needs to install jq; pros: color coding and versatile)

json_pp (available in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS), e.g. echo '{"foo": "lorem", "bar": "ipsum"}' | json_pp

For Ruby users, gem install jsonpretty echo '{"foo": "lorem", "bar": "ipsum"}' | jsonpretty

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If your API supports, then you just need to append ?pretty keyword to your curl command as-

If your curl command is like this-

curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/state'

then to have pretty output use like this-

curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/state'?pretty

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