How can I beautify JSON for display in a TextBox?
How can I beautify JSON with C#? I want to print the result in a TextBox control.
Is it possible to use JavaScriptSerializer for this, or should I use JSON.net? Unless I have to, I'd like to avoid deserializing the string.
With JSON.Net you can beautify the output with a specific formatting.
Demo on dotnetfiddle.
Code
public class Product
{
public string Name {get; set;}
public DateTime Expiry {get; set;}
public string[] Sizes {get; set;}
}
public void Main()
{
Product product = new Product();
product.Name = "Apple";
product.Expiry = new DateTime(2008, 12, 28);
product.Sizes = new string[] { "Small" };
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(product, Formatting.None);
Console.WriteLine(json);
json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(product, Formatting.Indented);
Console.WriteLine(json);
}
Output
{"Name":"Apple","Expiry":"2008-12-28T00:00:00","Sizes":["Small"]}
{
"Name": "Apple",
"Expiry": "2008-12-28T00:00:00",
"Sizes": [
"Small"
]
}
这个派对迟到了，但是你可以使用json.NET无需反序列化来美化（或缩小）Json：
JToken parsedJson = JToken.Parse(jsonString);
var beautified = parsedJson.ToString(Formatting.Indented);
var minified = parsedJson.ToString(Formatting.None);