JSON Viewer

Mykola Tarasyuk

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33,121 installs
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A tool to format JSON to a friendly view, compare and print formatted results, evaluate JSONPath expressions

This is a simple extension to Visual Studio for displaying and manipulating JSON data. After installation it is available in the main menu: Tools -> JSON Viewer.

Features:

  • ability to open prelminary formatted JSON data from the clipboard
  • ability to open empty temporary JSON file
  • ability to compare two JSON data
  • ability to evaluate JSONPath expressions

Screenshot 1. Start window.

jv-main.png

Note: Version 2.x differs from version 1.1.5 significantly. If the old version is preferable for some reasons please read the installation instruction at the very end of the page.

Screenshot 2. A temporary file displaying prelminary formatted JSON data from the clipboard.

jv-pastedfromclipboard.png

Screenshot 3. Comparison of JSON data.

jv-compare.png

Screenshot 4. Evaluation of JSONPath expressions.

jv-jsonpath.png

Using the old version

Version 2.x differs from version 1.1.5 significantly. If the old version is preferable here is a way to use it.

  • Download version 1.1.5 here: https://github.com/marss19/json-viewer-visual-studio-extension/releases
  • Turn off the Internet connection
  • Double-click on the JsonViewer.vsix file, select a Visual Studio version to install to
  • Once installed, open this Visual Studio
  • Go to Tools -> Extensions and Updates
  • Find the JSON Viewer extension
  • Uncheck the "Automatically update this extension" checkbox
  • Turn on the Internet connection