A command line tool that reads in a JSON file and outputs a JSON-like generalized version of it. This might help you understand the structure of a JSON file you are unfamiliar with.
First, ensure you have Rust installed. Then, from some directory you can write to:
$ git clone https://github.com/heycam/json-describe
...
$ cd json-describe
$ cargo install
$ json-describe --help
Read a JSON file and output a generalized description of its structure
USAGE:
json-describe [FILE]
FLAGS:
-h, --help Prints help information
-V, --version Prints version information
ARGS:
<FILE> specifies the input JSON file
For example, if the input file /tmp/a.txt contains:
{
"items": [
{ "name": "Xavier", "age": 33, "kids": ["Andrew", "Barbara", "Charlie"] },
{ "name": "Yulia", "age": 27, "kids": ["Doris", "Eric"] },
{ "name": "Zoe", "kids": ["Fran"] }
],
"data": [false, true, 123],
"date": "2019-02-09",
"temperature": 17
}then the result of running is json-describe /tmp/a.txt is:
{
"data": Array (len 3) [
Boolean,
Number (123)
],
"date": String ("2019-02-09"),
"items": Array (len 3) [
{
"age": optional Number (27, 33),
"kids": Array (len 1..3) [
String ("Andrew", "Barbara", "Charlie", "Doris", ...)
],
"name": String ("Xavier", "Yulia", "Zoe")
}
],
"temperature": Number (17)
}