formatjson.py

formatjson.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import fileinput
import json
import re

if __name__ == "__main__":
  jsonStr = ''
  for a_line in fileinput.input():
    jsonStr = jsonStr + ' ' + a_line.strip()
  
  # strip any trailing semicolon so we can also format object literal statements
  p = re.compile( ';\s*$' )
  jsonObj = json.loads(p.sub( '', jsonStr ))
  print json.dumps(jsonObj, sort_keys=True, indent=2)