The output of JSON.stringify comes in two flavors: compact and pretty. The
former is usually too compact to be read by humans, while the latter sometimes
is too spacious. This module trades performance (and the “replacer” argument)
for a compromise between the two. The result is a pretty compact string, where
“pretty” means both “kind of” and “nice”.
{
"bool": true,
"short array": [1, 2, 3],
"long array": [
{"x": 1, "y": 2},
{"x": 2, "y": 1},
{"x": 1, "y": 1},
{"x": 2, "y": 2}
]
}While the “pretty” mode of JSON.stringify puts every item of arrays and
objects on its own line, this module puts the whole array or object on a single
line, unless the line becomes too long (the default maximum is 80 characters).
Making arrays and objects multi-line is the only attempt made to enforce the
maximum line length; if that doesn’t help then so be it.
npm install json-stringify-pretty-compact
var stringify = require("json-stringify-pretty-compact")It’s like JSON.stringify(obj, null, options.indent), except that objects and
arrays are on one line if they fit (according to options.maxLength).
options:
- indent: Defaults to 2. Works exactly like the third parameter of
JSON.stringify. - maxLength: Defaults to 80. Lines will be tried to be kept at maximum this many characters long.
stringify(obj, {maxLength: 0, indent: indent}) gives the exact same result as
JSON.stringify(obj, null, indent).
stringify(obj, {maxLength: Infinity}) gives the exact same result as
JSON.stringify(obj), except that there are spaces after colons and commas.