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JSON Viewer for Developers

The developer-friendly JSON viewer that generates production-ready code snippets.

Interactive JSON explorer with instant code generation for JavaScript, Python, and Java. Perfect for API development, data exploration, and rapid prototyping.

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⚡ Key Features

🔥 Code Generation - The Game Changer

  • Instant Code Snippets: Click any JSON node to generate code that accesses that exact value
  • Multi-Language Support: JavaScript, Python, and Java code generation
  • Copy-Paste Ready: Production-ready code with proper error handling
  • Complex Path Support: Handles nested objects, arrays, and special characters automatically

🛠️ Developer Tools

  • Professional Code Editor: Powered by ACE Editor with syntax highlighting and error detection
  • Interactive Tree View: Explore JSON structure with expandable/collapsible nodes
  • Real-time Validation: Instant JSON validation with detailed error messages and line numbers
  • Smart Search: Search through JSON content with match highlighting and navigation
  • Format & Minify: Beautify or compress JSON with one click

🎯 Built for Development Workflow

  • API Response Analysis: Perfect for exploring API responses and extracting data
  • Configuration Files: Navigate complex config files with ease
  • Data Transformation: Understand data structure before processing
  • No Manual Path Construction: Never write data['users'][0]['profile']['name'] manually again

🚀 Live Demo

👀 Try the Live Demo ← Experience code generation in action!

📸 Screenshots

Main Interface

JSON Viewer Main Interface

Code Generation in Action

Code Generation Feature

Interactive Tree View

JSON Tree View

💻 Perfect For

  • API Developers: Quickly extract data access patterns from API responses
  • Frontend Developers: Generate data access code for React, Vue, Angular applications
  • Backend Developers: Create data parsing logic for Python, Java, Node.js
  • Data Engineers: Understand and extract from complex JSON data structures
  • DevOps Engineers: Parse configuration files and deployment manifests

🏃‍♂️ Quick Start

Prerequisites

  • Node.js (v18 or higher)
  • npm or yarn

Installation

  1. Clone the repository

    git clone https://github.com/killcod3/json-viewer.git
    cd json-viewer
  2. Install dependencies

    npm install
  3. Start the development server

    npm run dev
  4. Open your browser

    http://localhost:5173
    

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! This project is perfect for developers who want to add:

  • New Language Support: Add Go, Rust, PHP, C# code generation
  • Advanced Features: JSONPath queries, schema validation, data transformation
  • UI Improvements: Dark mode, themes, better mobile support

Development Setup

  1. Fork the repository
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
  5. Open a Pull Request

🐛 Bug Reports & Feature Requests

Bug Reports

Create an issue with:

  • Bug description and steps to reproduce
  • JSON data that causes the issue
  • Expected vs actual behavior
  • Browser/OS information

Feature Requests

Have an idea? Open an issue with:

  • Feature description and use case
  • How it would improve developer workflow
  • Proposed implementation (optional)

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

👨‍💻 Author

Jawad Shafique - Full Stack Developer
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