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JSON Hero: Making JSON Files Beautiful and Usable

a year ago

What is JSON Hero?

JSON Hero makes reading and understanding JSON documents easier and more intuitive through a clean, beautiful UI and enhanced additional features.

Simply put, it transforms JSON files that originally look like incomprehensible code into something as simple as browsing folders.

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Detailed Practical Features

Open the homepage

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Enter the URL of a JSON file, or upload a JSON file.

I'll use https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows/blob/main/workflows/0005_Manual_Twitter_Create_Triggered.json as an example. Entering the URL directly may cause an error, but downloading the JSON file and then uploading it works. The effect is as follows:

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The left side shows the data of the root node, and a preview is available on the far right.

If a node contains further content, it expands successively to the right.

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The list view might not be suitable for all scenarios, so JSON Hero also provides a classic JSON tree view mode.

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  • Click a key name on the left, and the corresponding value is displayed on the right.
  • For nested objects, you can open them layer by layer, just like folders.
  • Particularly suitable for handling deeply nested data structures.

The features below are not yet integrated; clicking them results in a 404 error.

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JSON Hero automatically recognizes various data types and provides previews:

  • Timestamps: Automatically converted to a human-readable date and time.
  • URLs: Displayed as direct links, clickable for navigation.
  • Image URLs: Directly display image previews.
  • Color Values: Display color swatch previews.
  • Email Addresses: Automatically recognized and formatted.

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{
  "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "avatar_url": "https://example.com/avatar.jpg",
  "theme_color": "#FF6B6B",
  "email": "user@example.com"
}

In JSON Hero, you will see:

  • The timestamp displayed as "January 15, 2024, 10:30:00".
  • The avatar displayed directly as an image.
  • The color displayed as a red color swatch.

Summary

JSON Hero is a very practical tool, especially for those who frequently work with JSON data.

It not only makes JSON files look better but, more importantly, makes the data easier to understand and use.

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