bhollis/jsonview

Expose JSON value to global variable

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mokkabonna commented

It would be really nice if the parsed JSON string would be exposed as a global variable. This way people can just open devtools and manipulate the data quickly.

Something like this (with data as the variable name, and an array as the value)

var ids = data.map(value => value.id)
console.log(ids) // [1, 2, 3]
bhollis commented

This is a neat idea, but how would anyone know that this is happening?

rosshadden commented

It could let them know in the console ("JSON exposed as data" for example). I know I open the console to start messing with the data so this seems like a good place. Or just mention it in the docs.

My current workflow is to copy everything, paste in the console, and assign to a variable. I can only speak for myself but I would have to imagine I'm not the only one that does this somewhat frequently.

bhollis commented

I suppose if someone wanted to make a PR, that's be cool.

osopromadze commented

@bhollis I'd like to work on this issue if possible.

bhollis commented

Sure!

asharpe commented

For the moment, this appears to work for me in Firefox...

data = JSON.parse(JSONView.json.textContent)