python pretify json code example

Example 1: python print pretty json

import json

json_data = '[{"ID":10,"Name":"Pankaj","Role":"CEO"},' \
            '{"ID":20,"Name":"David Lee","Role":"Editor"}]'

json_object = json.loads(json_data)

json_formatted_str = json.dumps(json_object, indent=2)

print(json_formatted_str)

Example 2: beautify json python

>>> import json
>>> print json.dumps({'4': 5, '6': 7}, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
{
    "4": 5,
    "6": 7
}

Example 3: python write to json with indent

import json

# alphabetic dictionary
json_data = {hex(k): chr(k) for k in range(ord('a'), ord('z') + 1)}
# to file
with open("my_json.json", "w") as file:
    json.dump(json_data, file, indent=4, sort_keys=True)