jsonlint

jsonlint checks your JSON files for syntax errors or silly mistakes. Currently it checks for:

• Valid JSON syntax
• Overlapping key definitions in JSON files, where the last definition would win

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'jsonlint'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install jsonlint

CLI Usage

You can run jsonlint against a set of files in the command line. Any errors will be printed and the process will exit with a non-zero exit code.

$ jsonlint spec/data/*
spec/data/deep_overlap.json
  The same key is defined twice: foo.bar
spec/data/missing_brace.json
  Hash/Object not terminated at line 5, column 2 [sparse.c:782]
spec/data/missing_comma.json
  expected comma, not a string at line 3, column 8 [sparse.c:386]
spec/data/overlapping_keys.json
  The same key is defined twice: foo

Rake task

You can integrate jsonlint into your build process by adding a Rake task to your project

require 'jsonlint/rake_task'
JsonLint::RakeTask.new do |t|
  t.paths = %w(
    spec/**/*.json
  )
end

Then run the rake task.

$ rake jsonlint
spec/data/deep_overlap.json
  The same key is defined twice: foo.bar
spec/data/missing_brace.json
  Hash/Object not terminated at line 5, column 2 [sparse.c:782]
spec/data/missing_comma.json
  expected comma, not a string at line 3, column 8 [sparse.c:386]
spec/data/overlapping_keys.json
  The same key is defined twice: foo

Rake task options

Add these options similarly to the path option seen above.

Option	Description	Default
exclude_paths	List of files or paths to exclude from linting	nil
fail_on_error	Continue on to the next rake task when false and don't fail even if JsonLint finds errors	true
log_level	Logger level (DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL, or UNKNOWN)	INFO
paths	List of files or paths to lint	nil

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/dougbarth/jsonlint/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request