https://tmzh.github.io/categories/tools/Recent content in Tools on Ephemeral Dance Of ElectronsHugoen-usFri, 26 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000https://tmzh.github.io/post/2021-03-26-previewing-command-line-json-output-using-firefox/Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000https://tmzh.github.io/post/2021-03-26-previewing-command-line-json-output-using-firefox/<p>Firefox, like other modern browsers, has an excellent in-built JSON viewer. It also supports <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_URI_scheme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Data URIs</a> which allows you to load HTML resource from text in URL as if they were external resources. We can make use of these two features to have a handy JSON previewer which can be invoked from command line.</p> <p>For example, when you enter the below link into your browser, it opens a &ldquo;Hello world&rdquo; text document.</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-fallback" data-lang="fallback"><span class="line"><span class="cl">data:,Hello%2C%20World! </span></span></code></pre></div><p>This content is not limited to plain text. It can even be an HTML document:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-fallback" data-lang="fallback"><span class="line"><span class="cl">data:text/html,%3Ch1%3EHello%2C%20World!%3C%2Fh1%3E </span></span></code></pre></div>