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Quick and dirty json pretty print
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.bashrc
prettyjson(){
python -c 'import json, sys; print json.dumps(json.loads(\
sys.stdin.read()), sort_keys=True, indent=2,\
separators=(",", ": "))'
}
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brandonsturgeon commented Feb 10, 2017 •
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Try just piping your json into jq

Like:

curl -X POST -F "foo=bar" localhost:8080/api/v1/example | jq

A bigger example:

brandon@brandon-VirtualBox:~$ cat example.json 
[{"_id":"589df5cc9032fa8c6ccf2de6","index":0,"guid":"e7428124-d143-4314-9708-5c01d482da8c","isActive":true,"balance":"$2,624.96","picture":"http://placehold.it/32x32","age":40,"eyeColor":"brown","name":"Krystal Mooney","gender":"female","company":"SPEEDBOLT","email":"krystalmooney@speedbolt.com","phone":"+1 (992) 497-3534","address":"765 Baycliff Terrace, Chaparrito, Texas, 4854","about":"Eiusmod labore est labore laborum reprehenderit ad in elit culpa labore. Eiusmod exercitation ex minim officia mollit do incididunt in et sunt nisi pariatur quis. Lorem minim voluptate officia commodo ex eiusmod incididunt velit. Non occaecat ipsum fugiat ipsum. Consectetur nulla ipsum labore Lorem. Esse excepteur amet adipisicing magna do cillum Lorem nisi velit deserunt ea non. Adipisicing quis mollit anim veniam exercitation dolore officia duis ut adipisicing sunt.\r\n","registered":"2014-08-16T06:53:28 +05:00","latitude":4.994662,"longitude":16.517635,"tags":["ut","sit","laborum","veniam","est","ullamco","ullamco"],"friends":[{"id":0,"name":"Jan Mcfadden"},{"id":1,"name":"Faulkner Compton"},{"id":2,"name":"Todd Walker"}],"greeting":"Hello, Krystal Mooney! You have 8 unread messages.","favoriteFruit":"apple"},{"_id":"589df5cc11a4a4c50149e221","index":1,"guid":"0d11ef05-c24b-4094-890c-7908e753a053","isActive":true,"balance":"$3,940.88","picture":"http://placehold.it/32x32","age":27,"eyeColor":"brown","name":"Robbie David","gender":"female","company":"ZAPHIRE","email":"robbiedavid@zaphire.com","phone":"+1 (871) 476-2603","address":"923 Lloyd Street, Maxville, Pennsylvania, 3018","about":"Adipisicing ut aliqua consectetur amet ipsum dolor culpa nostrud consectetur do. In sunt sint cillum ad amet ut nisi Lorem commodo nostrud ad. Eiusmod enim aute ea consequat sint exercitation mollit. Cupidatat fugiat velit reprehenderit adipisicing exercitation enim commodo sunt ut occaecat ut cillum. Duis tempor in commodo voluptate labore reprehenderit aute.\r\n","registered":"2016-02-15T05:38:48 +06:00","latitude":-18.180366,"longitude":77.422242,"tags":["cillum","est","magna","labore","ea","voluptate","commodo"],"friends":[{"id":0,"name":"Simmons Barlow"},{"id":1,"name":"Byers Murphy"},{"id":2,"name":"Milagros Lynch"}],"greeting":"Hello, Robbie David! You have 10 unread messages.","favoriteFruit":"apple"},{"_id":"589df5cc65512cca84aca23a","index":2,"guid":"3988aaac-016e-4a99-964a-b5420d132540","isActive":true,"balance":"$1,152.81","picture":"http://placehold.it/32x32","age":33,"eyeColor":"green","name":"Traci Hughes","gender":"female","company":"RETRACK","email":"tracihughes@retrack.com","phone":"+1 (958) 407-2018","address":"549 Rodney Street, Frystown, Michigan, 2708","about":"Fugiat consectetur culpa nostrud dolor non nulla elit. Nisi deserunt incididunt irure pariatur sunt commodo ad ad. Et velit id aliquip quis pariatur nulla id eu id ut cupidatat. Pariatur quis reprehenderit occaecat exercitation deserunt nisi et aliqua. Et ex consectetur aliquip ea cillum proident laborum occaecat laboris magna aliqua.\r\n","registered":"2014-02-12T09:08:15 +06:00","latitude":48.254362,"longitude":162.799499,"tags":["mollit","proident","mollit","quis","in","duis","commodo"],"friends":[{"id":0,"name":"Leblanc Owen"},{"id":1,"name":"Celia Ayers"},{"id":2,"name":"Berger Powers"}],"greeting":"Hello, Traci Hughes! You have 10 unread messages.","favoriteFruit":"banana"},{"_id":"589df5cc92f160de08f592b2","index":3,"guid":"a886a0cd-15dd-4cd6-aa24-a43c0e69f452","isActive":false,"balance":"$1,896.15","picture":"http://placehold.it/32x32","age":26,"eyeColor":"blue","name":"Lee Weaver","gender":"female","company":"ENERSOL","email":"leeweaver@enersol.com","phone":"+1 (909) 562-3410","address":"427 Polar Street, Fowlerville, Rhode Island, 4793","about":"Sit veniam magna ullamco enim. Excepteur incididunt minim excepteur officia est eiusmod veniam velit officia laboris ea enim pariatur consequat. Qui fugiat commodo sunt ut in veniam ut nostrud. Anim amet do sint fugiat sit dolor dolor. Amet occaecat adipisicing enim aliquip adipisicing qui deserunt.\r\n","registered":"2015-01-26T03:38:26 +06:00","latitude":48.292651,"longitude":100.881732,"tags":["excepteur","labore","aliqua","sint","duis","ullamco","Lorem"],"friends":[{"id":0,"name":"Hazel Reese"},{"id":1,"name":"Tiffany Castillo"},{"id":2,"name":"Kate Conley"}],"greeting":"Hello, Lee Weaver! You have 8 unread messages.","favoriteFruit":"apple"},{"_id":"589df5cc38e92ca449878926","index":4,"guid":"85b90425-5eac-4df2-8642-3b5d233d3e87","isActive":true,"balance":"$3,536.60","picture":"http://placehold.it/32x32","age":39,"eyeColor":"green","name":"Natalia Stein","gender":"female","company":"MAZUDA","email":"nataliastein@mazuda.com","phone":"+1 (881) 553-3076","address":"819 Willoughby Street, Edmund, Ohio, 9548","about":"Pariatur velit veniam nisi consectetur. Pariatur mollit in do aliqua ea excepteur adipisicing cillum elit occaecat voluptate consequat amet Lorem. Aliqua ut magna sit officia eu ad nulla nulla ex do aute anim cillum exercitation. Aliquip eu dolore adipisicing pariatur. Ex aliqua nulla consequat adipisicing enim exercitation ea sunt ipsum fugiat nostrud nulla. Consectetur sunt eiusmod enim quis commodo labore. Enim officia incididunt labore occaecat id mollit dolor.\r\n","registered":"2017-01-15T11:36:38 +06:00","latitude":-2.23243,"longitude":71.664754,"tags":["in","cillum","culpa","laborum","mollit","adipisicing","cillum"],"friends":[{"id":0,"name":"Noelle Chase"},{"id":1,"name":"Dawn Rios"},{"id":2,"name":"Beverly Collier"}],"greeting":"Hello, Natalia Stein! You have 8 unread messages.","favoriteFruit":"apple"},{"_id":"589df5cc25ebd788cfdf69cd","index":5,"guid":"8f65ae5c-6126-4b4f-8d64-0eed4e38079c","isActive":true,"balance":"$3,523.72","picture":"http://placehold.it/32x32","age":30,"eyeColor":"blue","name":"Herrera Kirkland","gender":"male","company":"OLYMPIX","email":"herrerakirkland@olympix.com","phone":"+1 (931) 439-3728","address":"933 Baughman Place, Dalton, Northern Mariana Islands, 2438","about":"Est reprehenderit ullamco eu reprehenderit non id cupidatat do. Irure voluptate minim eu exercitation esse veniam. Aliquip non occaecat sint consectetur eu aute tempor eu dolore laborum. Ullamco aliquip consequat tempor exercitation aliquip labore proident ipsum sit culpa Lorem dolore cupidatat. Cupidatat excepteur eiusmod adipisicing ipsum aliquip.\r\n","registered":"2016-01-15T08:57:44 +06:00","latitude":81.746014,"longitude":-145.48191,"tags":["eiusmod","quis","occaecat","eu","anim","occaecat","magna"],"friends":[{"id":0,"name":"David Copeland"},{"id":1,"name":"Deena Stevens"},{"id":2,"name":"Freda Galloway"}],"greeting":"Hello, Herrera Kirkland! You have 7 unread messages.","favoriteFruit":"strawberry"},{"_id":"589df5ccff5cfda61e8fedfa","index":6,"guid":"72ca461b-8de5-4d7d-8d8d-0d9aa4f3b627","isActive":true,"balance":"$1,692.91","picture":"http://placehold.it/32x32","age":25,"eyeColor":"blue","name":"Hampton Wolf","gender":"male","company":"SHOPABOUT","email":"hamptonwolf@shopabout.com","phone":"+1 (986) 536-3788","address":"475 Kenmore Terrace, Darrtown, Utah, 4090","about":"Occaecat do minim consectetur velit occaecat nostrud proident duis incididunt sunt eu. Ex aliqua tempor minim ipsum pariatur ut ipsum cupidatat labore commodo dolore sunt magna mollit. Mollit fugiat esse est aliquip minim exercitation et culpa eu. Aliqua ut aliqua ad qui consectetur ex in veniam.\r\n","registered":"2016-05-12T09:37:30 +05:00","latitude":-50.471749,"longitude":-47.902937,"tags":["adipisicing","nostrud","elit","nisi","elit","veniam","excepteur"],"friends":[{"id":0,"name":"Sylvia Little"},{"id":1,"name":"Ray Raymond"},{"id":2,"name":"Bernadette Watts"}],"greeting":"Hello, Hampton Wolf! You have 5 unread messages.","favoriteFruit":"strawberry"}]
brandon@brandon-VirtualBox:~$ cat example.json | jq
[
  {
    "_id": "589df5cc9032fa8c6ccf2de6",
    "index": 0,
    "guid": "e7428124-d143-4314-9708-5c01d482da8c",
    "isActive": true,
    "balance": "$2,624.96",
    "picture": "http://placehold.it/32x32",
    "age": 40,
    "eyeColor": "brown",
    "name": "Krystal Mooney",
    "gender": "female",
    "company": "SPEEDBOLT",
    "email": "krystalmooney@speedbolt.com",
    "phone": "+1 (992) 497-3534",
    "address": "765 Baycliff Terrace, Chaparrito, Texas, 4854",
    "about": "Eiusmod labore est labore laborum reprehenderit ad in elit culpa labore. Eiusmod exercitation ex minim officia mollit do incididunt in et sunt nisi pariatur quis. Lorem minim voluptate officia commodo ex eiusmod incididunt velit. Non occaecat ipsum fugiat ipsum. Consectetur nulla ipsum labore Lorem. Esse excepteur amet adipisicing magna do cillum Lorem nisi velit deserunt ea non. Adipisicing quis mollit anim veniam exercitation dolore officia duis ut adipisicing sunt.\r\n",
    "registered": "2014-08-16T06:53:28 +05:00",
    "latitude": 4.994662,
    "longitude": 16.517635,
    "tags": [
      "ut",
      "sit",
      "laborum",
      "veniam",
      "est",
      "ullamco",
      "ullamco"
    ],
    "friends": [
      {
        "id": 0,
        "name": "Jan Mcfadden"
      },
      {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Faulkner Compton"
      },
      {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Todd Walker"
      }
    ],
    "greeting": "Hello, Krystal Mooney! You have 8 unread messages.",
    "favoriteFruit": "apple"
  },
  {
    "_id": "589df5cc11a4a4c50149e221",
    "index": 1,
    "guid": "0d11ef05-c24b-4094-890c-7908e753a053",
    "isActive": true,
    "balance": "$3,940.88",
    "picture": "http://placehold.it/32x32",
    "age": 27,
    "eyeColor": "brown",
    "name": "Robbie David",
    "gender": "female",
    "company": "ZAPHIRE",
    "email": "robbiedavid@zaphire.com",
    "phone": "+1 (871) 476-2603",
    "address": "923 Lloyd Street, Maxville, Pennsylvania, 3018",
    "about": "Adipisicing ut aliqua consectetur amet ipsum dolor culpa nostrud consectetur do. In sunt sint cillum ad amet ut nisi Lorem commodo nostrud ad. Eiusmod enim aute ea consequat sint exercitation mollit. Cupidatat fugiat velit reprehenderit adipisicing exercitation enim commodo sunt ut occaecat ut cillum. Duis tempor in commodo voluptate labore reprehenderit aute.\r\n",
    "registered": "2016-02-15T05:38:48 +06:00",
    "latitude": -18.180366,
    "longitude": 77.422242,
    "tags": [
      "cillum",
      "est",
      "magna",
      "labore",
      "ea",
      "voluptate",
      "commodo"
    ],
    "friends": [
      {
        "id": 0,
        "name": "Simmons Barlow"
      },
      {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Byers Murphy"
      },
      {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Milagros Lynch"
      }
    ],
    "greeting": "Hello, Robbie David! You have 10 unread messages.",
    "favoriteFruit": "apple"
  },
  {
    "_id": "589df5cc65512cca84aca23a",
    "index": 2,
    "guid": "3988aaac-016e-4a99-964a-b5420d132540",
    "isActive": true,
    "balance": "$1,152.81",
    "picture": "http://placehold.it/32x32",
    "age": 33,
    "eyeColor": "green",
    "name": "Traci Hughes",
    "gender": "female",
    "company": "RETRACK",
    "email": "tracihughes@retrack.com",
    "phone": "+1 (958) 407-2018",
    "address": "549 Rodney Street, Frystown, Michigan, 2708",
    "about": "Fugiat consectetur culpa nostrud dolor non nulla elit. Nisi deserunt incididunt irure pariatur sunt commodo ad ad. Et velit id aliquip quis pariatur nulla id eu id ut cupidatat. Pariatur quis reprehenderit occaecat exercitation deserunt nisi et aliqua. Et ex consectetur aliquip ea cillum proident laborum occaecat laboris magna aliqua.\r\n",
    "registered": "2014-02-12T09:08:15 +06:00",
    "latitude": 48.254362,
    "longitude": 162.799499,
    "tags": [
      "mollit",
      "proident",
      "mollit",
      "quis",
      "in",
      "duis",
      "commodo"
    ],
    "friends": [
      {
        "id": 0,
        "name": "Leblanc Owen"
      },
      {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Celia Ayers"
      },
      {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Berger Powers"
      }
    ],
    "greeting": "Hello, Traci Hughes! You have 10 unread messages.",
    "favoriteFruit": "banana"
  },
  {
    "_id": "589df5cc92f160de08f592b2",
    "index": 3,
    "guid": "a886a0cd-15dd-4cd6-aa24-a43c0e69f452",
    "isActive": false,
    "balance": "$1,896.15",
    "picture": "http://placehold.it/32x32",
    "age": 26,
    "eyeColor": "blue",
    "name": "Lee Weaver",
    "gender": "female",
    "company": "ENERSOL",
    "email": "leeweaver@enersol.com",
    "phone": "+1 (909) 562-3410",
    "address": "427 Polar Street, Fowlerville, Rhode Island, 4793",
    "about": "Sit veniam magna ullamco enim. Excepteur incididunt minim excepteur officia est eiusmod veniam velit officia laboris ea enim pariatur consequat. Qui fugiat commodo sunt ut in veniam ut nostrud. Anim amet do sint fugiat sit dolor dolor. Amet occaecat adipisicing enim aliquip adipisicing qui deserunt.\r\n",
    "registered": "2015-01-26T03:38:26 +06:00",
    "latitude": 48.292651,
    "longitude": 100.881732,
    "tags": [
      "excepteur",
      "labore",
      "aliqua",
      "sint",
      "duis",
      "ullamco",
      "Lorem"
    ],
    "friends": [
      {
        "id": 0,
        "name": "Hazel Reese"
      },
      {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Tiffany Castillo"
      },
      {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Kate Conley"
      }
    ],
    "greeting": "Hello, Lee Weaver! You have 8 unread messages.",
    "favoriteFruit": "apple"
  },
  {
    "_id": "589df5cc38e92ca449878926",
    "index": 4,
    "guid": "85b90425-5eac-4df2-8642-3b5d233d3e87",
    "isActive": true,
    "balance": "$3,536.60",
    "picture": "http://placehold.it/32x32",
    "age": 39,
    "eyeColor": "green",
    "name": "Natalia Stein",
    "gender": "female",
    "company": "MAZUDA",
    "email": "nataliastein@mazuda.com",
    "phone": "+1 (881) 553-3076",
    "address": "819 Willoughby Street, Edmund, Ohio, 9548",
    "about": "Pariatur velit veniam nisi consectetur. Pariatur mollit in do aliqua ea excepteur adipisicing cillum elit occaecat voluptate consequat amet Lorem. Aliqua ut magna sit officia eu ad nulla nulla ex do aute anim cillum exercitation. Aliquip eu dolore adipisicing pariatur. Ex aliqua nulla consequat adipisicing enim exercitation ea sunt ipsum fugiat nostrud nulla. Consectetur sunt eiusmod enim quis commodo labore. Enim officia incididunt labore occaecat id mollit dolor.\r\n",
    "registered": "2017-01-15T11:36:38 +06:00",
    "latitude": -2.23243,
    "longitude": 71.664754,
    "tags": [
      "in",
      "cillum",
      "culpa",
      "laborum",
      "mollit",
      "adipisicing",
      "cillum"
    ],
    "friends": [
      {
        "id": 0,
        "name": "Noelle Chase"
      },
      {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Dawn Rios"
      },
      {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Beverly Collier"
      }
    ],
    "greeting": "Hello, Natalia Stein! You have 8 unread messages.",
    "favoriteFruit": "apple"
  },
  {
    "_id": "589df5cc25ebd788cfdf69cd",
    "index": 5,
    "guid": "8f65ae5c-6126-4b4f-8d64-0eed4e38079c",
    "isActive": true,
    "balance": "$3,523.72",
    "picture": "http://placehold.it/32x32",
    "age": 30,
    "eyeColor": "blue",
    "name": "Herrera Kirkland",
    "gender": "male",
    "company": "OLYMPIX",
    "email": "herrerakirkland@olympix.com",
    "phone": "+1 (931) 439-3728",
    "address": "933 Baughman Place, Dalton, Northern Mariana Islands, 2438",
    "about": "Est reprehenderit ullamco eu reprehenderit non id cupidatat do. Irure voluptate minim eu exercitation esse veniam. Aliquip non occaecat sint consectetur eu aute tempor eu dolore laborum. Ullamco aliquip consequat tempor exercitation aliquip labore proident ipsum sit culpa Lorem dolore cupidatat. Cupidatat excepteur eiusmod adipisicing ipsum aliquip.\r\n",
    "registered": "2016-01-15T08:57:44 +06:00",
    "latitude": 81.746014,
    "longitude": -145.48191,
    "tags": [
      "eiusmod",
      "quis",
      "occaecat",
      "eu",
      "anim",
      "occaecat",
      "magna"
    ],
    "friends": [
      {
        "id": 0,
        "name": "David Copeland"
      },
      {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Deena Stevens"
      },
      {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Freda Galloway"
      }
    ],
    "greeting": "Hello, Herrera Kirkland! You have 7 unread messages.",
    "favoriteFruit": "strawberry"
  },
  {
    "_id": "589df5ccff5cfda61e8fedfa",
    "index": 6,
    "guid": "72ca461b-8de5-4d7d-8d8d-0d9aa4f3b627",
    "isActive": true,
    "balance": "$1,692.91",
    "picture": "http://placehold.it/32x32",
    "age": 25,
    "eyeColor": "blue",
    "name": "Hampton Wolf",
    "gender": "male",
    "company": "SHOPABOUT",
    "email": "hamptonwolf@shopabout.com",
    "phone": "+1 (986) 536-3788",
    "address": "475 Kenmore Terrace, Darrtown, Utah, 4090",
    "about": "Occaecat do minim consectetur velit occaecat nostrud proident duis incididunt sunt eu. Ex aliqua tempor minim ipsum pariatur ut ipsum cupidatat labore commodo dolore sunt magna mollit. Mollit fugiat esse est aliquip minim exercitation et culpa eu. Aliqua ut aliqua ad qui consectetur ex in veniam.\r\n",
    "registered": "2016-05-12T09:37:30 +05:00",
    "latitude": -50.471749,
    "longitude": -47.902937,
    "tags": [
      "adipisicing",
      "nostrud",
      "elit",
      "nisi",
      "elit",
      "veniam",
      "excepteur"
    ],
    "friends": [
      {
        "id": 0,
        "name": "Sylvia Little"
      },
      {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Ray Raymond"
      },
      {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Bernadette Watts"
      }
    ],
    "greeting": "Hello, Hampton Wolf! You have 5 unread messages.",
    "favoriteFruit": "strawberry"
  }
]

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