VB.NET

Pretty Print JSON (Formatter, Beautifier)

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Demonstrates how to emit JSON in a pretty, human-readable format with indenting of nested arrays and objects. VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject

Dim jsonStr As String = "{""name"": ""donut"",""image"":{""fname"": ""donut.jpg"",""w"": 200,""h"": 200},""thumbnail"":{""fname"": ""donutThumb.jpg"",""w"": 32,""h"": 32}}"

success = json.Load(jsonStr)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(json.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' To pretty-print, set the EmitCompact property equal to False
json.EmitCompact = False

' If bare-LF line endings are desired, turn off EmitCrLf
' Otherwise CRLF line endings are emitted.
json.EmitCrLf = False

' Emit the formatted JSON:
Debug.WriteLine(json.Emit())