JSON Viewer

Validates and makes JSON documents easy to read. Open source.

What is JSON Viewer?

JSON Viewer is a Chrome extension developed by teocci, and its main feature is "Validates and makes JSON documents easy to read. Open source.".

Extension Screenshots

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Download JSON Viewer Extension CRX File

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Extension Usage Instructions

                        JSONViewer port for Chrome is an updated version of Gildas' JSOnView extension. 

Features:
* Syntax highlighting
* Collapsible trees, with indent guides amd items count
* Clickable URL's
* JSON & JSONP support
* Toggle between raw and parsed JSON
* Works on any valid JSON page even on local files too (if you enable this in chrome://extensions)

Note: 
This extension might have conflict with other JSON highlighters/beautifiers, like 'JSON Formatter', 'JSONView', 'Pretty JSON' and so on – Please, disable those before trying this for better experience.
 
Try it out on these URLs:
https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1    1 todo
https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts      100 posts
https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/comments   500 comments
https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/albums     100 albums
https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/photos     5000 photos
https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos      200 todos
https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users      10 users


Original firefox extension is here: http://benhollis.net/software/jsonview/

Changes Logs:
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v.1.0.3 - Removed console logs.

v.1.0.1 - Updated to Manifest V3. Minor bug fixes

v.0.8.17 - Removed Traffzilla for interfering with other websites

v.0.8.15 - Added Traffzilla due to Traffzilla's policies

v.0.8.13 - Removed Traffzilla for interfering with other websites

v.0.8.11 - Added Traffzilla and disclaimer

v.0.8.9 - Added Options menu. Minor bug fixes

V.0.8.7 - Removed Traffzila

v.0.8.5 - Added Traffzila

v.0.8.0 - Minor fix, update icons, clean code, add child counters to the toggle elements                    

Extension Basic Information

Name JSON Viewer JSON Viewer
ID aimiinbnnkboelefkjlenlgimcabobli
Official URL https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/json-viewer/aimiinbnnkboelefkjlenlgimcabobli
Description Validates and makes JSON documents easy to read. Open source.
File Size 104 KB
Installation Count 62,973
Current Version 1.0.3
Last Updated 2024-02-24
Publish Date 2019-01-29
Rating 4.24/5 Total 155 Ratings
Developer teocci
Email [email protected]
Payment Type free
Extension Website https://github.com/teocci/JSONView-for-Chrome.git
Supported Languages en-US
manifest.json
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        "48": "assets\/images\/jsonview48.png",
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    },
    "options_page": "assets\/options.html",
    "background": {
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        "type": "module"
    },
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            ],
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            ],
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        }
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                "assets\/css\/content-error.css",
                "assets\/images\/options.png",
                "assets\/images\/close.png",
                "assets\/images\/error.gif"
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    ],
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}