Syntax Checker for JSON

The 'hello world' of JSON processing, jsonSyntax provides a library to determine whether a file contains valid JSON syntax or not.

For command line/script use, a console message is displayed and the process exits with 0 for success, 1 for failure.

Command Line / Script Use

To run the syntax checker (command line or script), use the jsonsyntax command with a file name (path optional). For example, to check the file example.json, use,

jsonsyntax example.json

Library Function Use

To use the syntax checker as a library function, call the syntaxCheck function in a try/catch block. For example,

var checkSyntax = require ("jsonSyntax").checkSyntax;
try {
    checkSyntax ("example.json");
    console.log ("Valid JSON file");
} catch (e) {
    console.log ("Error: " + e.message);
}

Installation

The program can be installed using npm, with the command,

npm -g install ujs-jsonsyntax

Use of the -g parameter will install it in the global system repository, allowing command line / script use from any location on the system.

Project

jsonsyntax is part of the [Using JSON Schema] (http://usingjsonschema.github.io) project.

License

MIT