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json_curl: Pretty-print colourised JSON output from cURL

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Example Output.png

Example Output.png

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	#!/bin/sh

	curl -s "$@" \| python -mjson.tool \| pygmentize -l json

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Check you have Python installed:

python -V

Install Pygments:

[sudo] pip install Pygments

Copy json_curl script below and make it executable
Use like you would curl:

json_curl -G http://date.jsontest.com/

hoefling commented Mar 17, 2017

I like the idea, although it will work only with args without quotes. consider something more sophisticated like

json_curl -X PATCH -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer my_token" -d '{"param": "value"}' http://example.com/api/resources/1/

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