JSON Editor

JSON Editor

By VDT LABS S.R.L.

  • Category: Developer Tools
  • Release Date: 2012-11-17
  • Current Version: 1.55
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 7.81 MB
  • Developer: VDT LABS S.R.L.
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 10.15 or later.

Description

JSON Editor is a must-have editor for JSON, JSON5 and JSON Lines data. In a clean, uncluttered and user-friendly interface, it allows you to create, visualize, modify, validate, format and save your JSON documents. Along with the included HTTP Client, is a powerful tool to inspect and debug your API endpoints. JSON Editor has the smarts needed to make the minimum changes when editing a file, even in the "outline" mode. This is especially useful when you keep the files in a repository, because only the relevant changes will be shown when diff-ing the edited files. MAJOR FEATURES • Supported JSON formats: JSON (classic), JSON Lines, JSON5 • View and edit your JSON documents in "outline" or "text" modes • The "outline" mode offers a great and error proof way to manipulate your JSON, by allowing you to easily add, reorder, delete, copy & paste the items • The "text" mode offers a quick way to interact with the raw text which makes up the JSON and to investigate invalid JSONs OUTLINE MODE • Multiple selection - select multiple siblings and perform standard operations (i.e. cut, copy, paste, delete, reorder) • Sort selected items or all the children of a parent item • Auto-detect if the document is human readable or compact, and preserve this format • Find & Replace - configure where the Find (and replace) will take place: in "Key" column or "Value" column or both. • Copy items as: Swift objects, Objective-C objects (both modern and classic syntax), JSON Path strings, XML plists • Embed selected items in Array or Object (dictionary) • Duplicate items • Bulk edit the "value" of multiple items • Increase and decrease font size for better readability • The JSON5 comments can be viewed in the leftmost column by hovering the cursor over the indicator • Undo & redo • Customization options in "Settings/Preferences -> View & Edit -> Outline Editor" TEXT MODE • Syntax coloring, auto-indentation and line numbers • Customize the syntax colors, both for the light appearance and for the dark/black one • Validate the JSON document • Highlight of the validation errors, along with a description of them • Make the JSON document human readable or compact, even if it is not entirely valid • Find & Replace • Increase and decrease font size for better readability • Undo & redo • Customization options available in "Settings -> View & Edit -> Text Editor" HTTP CLIENT • Open HTTP Client window via "Window -> HTTP Client" • HTTP Client allows you to perform HTTP requests. While its main purpose is to ease the fetch of JSON content from a server, it can be used to get or upload any content, including binary. The following HTTP verbs are supported: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD • You can create folders to group the requests. Folders inside folders are supported, too! This is handy to group the projects or APIs you're working with • Automatically detects if response is text or binary, and for binary responses will shows its preview, while also allowing you save it to the desired file • For response bodies which are text, you will have the option to beautify them as JSON and to open them in a new JSON Editor document • Both HTTP authentication (basic, digest) and Proxy authentication, with Keychain integration, are supported • OAuth 2.0 is also supported. In addition to the built-in providers you may add your custom ones, too • Once you have added and setup an OAuth 2.0 authorization you can attach it to a HTTP request - JSON Editor will take care of refreshing and attaching access token to the HTTP request • Export and import HTTP requests and OAuth authorizations OTHER FEATURES • Quick Look Preview extension - allows you to preview the JSON files in Finder • Black appearance - for those who enjoy an even darker appearance • Folder Navigation - browse folders' contents from and choose JSON files to make quick edits or to view their content • Fullscreen • Versions • Services • Command-line/Terminal integration • AppleScript (incl. JXA)

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Reviews

  • If you work with Json Files is a must.

    5
    By ReneCum
    This tool has so many useful features that I can’t think of working with json without it. Using the keyboard shortcuts makes my workflow so fluid that I just get things done. Great work.
  • Very helpful and easy to usel

    5
    By dlemex
    I have an app the must deal with FHIR questionaries using JSON. This app has made maintenance of those files very nice. Today, I saw that a JSON Quick Look extension had been added to my system. Bravo!
  • Must-have indeed

    5
    By Sevikha
    As all other apps frrom this developer, this app makes my work and life easier. The developer loves making excellnt software, and it really show.
  • Performant & convenient

    5
    By Rex
    I love being able to throw blobs of text and get a nice GUI for inspecting the contents of my complicated JSON files. This app has become fairly critical to my workflow and I am appreciateive to the developer for making it.
  • notably simple & good

    5
    By Reviewer? I hardly know her.
    this app is solid and notably simple
  • Love this program

    5
    By Dmyers112
    I have been using this program for years and it is probbly the simplest yet feature rich JSON editor I have ever used. Everytime there is an update I say "can it get any better?" and it does! I would give it more stars if I could
  • Simplifies work, improves accuracy

    5
    By SprawlMaven
    Simple to use, has helpful features and easy to see structure.
  • Please allow split-pane viewing

    4
    By MarqueIV
    App has such promise, but is missing a basic feature... split-pane viewing. I don't want to have to choose between two views, or toggle back and forth between them. Why not let us show them side-by side? Also, it may be helpful/useful to make the colors you're showing in the text view also appear in the tree view. The purely-black-on-white is a bit monotonous when compared to the syntax-highlighting in the other view. Check out OK JSON here on the app store to see an example of a well-done tree (albeit they're apparently a viewer only, not an editor.)
  • It keeps getting better and better!

    5
    By Freedlun
    I use this app almost daily and I Love it! The recent updates have just made a great app better.
  • Very nice tool

    5
    By quantumonion
    This app satisfies all of my use cases (editing, sorting objects, beautifying, validating, and sending requests). I'll be using it every day and really appreciate the dev's attention to detail with the UI. I also use Postman, and JSON Editor is a nice complement. One small thing that initially tripped me up was an endpoint that requires an AuthCookie header, but AuthCookie was not offered in the HTTP Header popup's list of choices. After a bit, I realized you can double-click HeaderName (rather than invoke the popup menu, and this allows to edit the name with whatever you want. After this minor revelation, all's good with sending requests. The only other (minor) nit I have is that the HTTP client HTTP Header Fields areas are not resizable. The main window is (thanks!) but it would be nice to be able to see more than 2 rows in these areas.

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