Pretty print json in jupyter/ipython notebook

render_json.py

import json
import uuid
from IPython.display import display_javascript, display_html, display

class RenderJSON(object):
    def __init__(self, json_data):
        if isinstance(json_data, dict) or isinstance(json_data, list):
            self.json_str = json.dumps(json_data)
        else:
            self.json_str = json_data
        self.uuid = str(uuid.uuid4())

    def _ipython_display_(self):
        display_html('<div id="{}" style="height: 600px; width:100%;font: 12px/18px monospace !important;"></div>'.format(self.uuid), raw=True)
        display_javascript("""
        require(["https://rawgit.com/caldwell/renderjson/master/renderjson.js"], function() {
            renderjson.set_show_to_level(2);
            document.getElementById('%s').appendChild(renderjson(%s))
        });
      """ % (self.uuid, self.json_str), raw=True)


RenderJSON([
    {
        "a": 1
    }, 
    {
        "b": 2,
        "in1": {
            "key": "value"
        }
    }
])