Load a json file into an interactive ruby session https://twitter.com/tim_abell/status/1329010829874827265?s=20

json-irb.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require "json"
require "pry"

def load_json filename
	puts "parsing #{filename} ..."
	file = File.read filename
	json = JSON.load file
	puts "#{json.length} records loaded"
	return json
end

data = load_json "data.json"

# drop to interactive ruby console for fast experimental analysis
binding.pry

When run:

$ ./analyse.rb
parsing data.json ...
123456 records loaded
...
 => 25: binding.pry

[1] pry(main)> 

boom