Of course, the correct MIME media type for JSON is application/json, but it's necessary to realize what type of data is expected in your application. For example, I use Java Ext GWT and the server …

Yes. The JSON format has a lot of dead-space between elements and is space-insensitive in those regions, so there's no reason why you can't have single or multi-line comments there. Many parsers …

json dump will write the json as string in the file. How can I get a json file that is not in the form of string, but just dictionary-like? Is it possible?

354 A JSON string must be double-quoted, according to the specs, so you don't need to escape '. If you have to use special character in your JSON string, you can escape it using \ character. See this list …

If you are reading the data from the Internet instead, the same techniques can generally be used with the response you get from your HTTP API (it will be a file-like object); however, it is heavily …

Oct 13, 2009 · Ex: I had one JSON object on each line, without being wrapped in an array, and it formatted the first line's object, and deleted the other 2. Undo-ing and wrapping in the array, fixed it, …

I did it many times, and each time I forgot where it was. Menu File → Preferences → Settings. I get this: I want to open file settings.json (editable JSON file) instead. How can I do that?

jq . some.json and you get colors as a bonus (and way easier extendability). Addendum: There is some confusion in the comments about using jq to process large JSON files on the one hand, and having a …

Apr 5, 2014 · I read a JSON object from a remote REST server. This JSON object has all the properties of a TypeScript class (by design). How do I cast that received JSON object to a type var? I don't want …

What is the preferred method for returning null values in JSON? Is there a different preference for primitives? For example, if my object on the server has an Integer called "myCount" wit...