Python: pretty print json

Nov 09, 2015

devtip , python

Original source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/352098/how-can-i-pretty-print-json

With Python 2.6+


echo '{"foo": "lorem", "bar": "ipsum"}' | python -m json.tool

Or if the json data is in file:


cat <data_file> | python -m json.tool

Handly shell alias:

alias prettyjson='python -m json.tool'

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