Pizzazz

Pizzazz is a simple pure Ruby implementation of code coloring, but just for JSON. Basically, if you have a ruby object and want to show it converted to JSON and add HTML around it so you can color it.

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Usage

Pizzazzifing an object is simple:

object = { name: 'Sam Soffes', website: 'http://samsoff.es' }
Pizzazz.ify(object)
#=> "{\n  <span class=\"string\">\"name\"</span>: <span class=\"string\">\"Sam Soffes\"</span>,\n  <span class=\"string\">\"website\"</span>: <span class=\"string\">\"http://samsoff.es\"</span>\n}"

You can optionally limit arrays as well:

Pizzazz.ify(all_of_the_things, limit: 1)

This will add an ellipses after the first element.

HTML

Spans are added around various elements. Here's the classes:

• string
• constant (true or false)
• null
• number

Everything else is left alone.

If you want it wrapped in <pre class="pizzazz"> (and call html_safe if possible), do the following:

Pizzazz.ify_html(object)

Stylesheet

If you're using the asset pipeline, you can simply require pizzazz to get my stylesheet. Be sure your <pre> has the pizzazz class. If you use ify_html it will automatically do this.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'pizzazz'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install pizzazz

Simple as that. Enjoy.