pretty-data

What is pretty-data?

The pretty-data npm package is a utility for formatting and minifying JSON, XML, and CSS data. It helps in making data more readable or compact, depending on the need.

What are pretty-data's main functionalities?

JSON Pretty Print

This feature formats JSON data to be more readable by adding indentation and line breaks.

const pd = require('pretty-data').pd;
const json = '{"name":"John","age":30,"city":"New York"}';
console.log(pd.json(json));

JSON Minify

This feature minifies JSON data by removing unnecessary whitespace, making it more compact.

const pd = require('pretty-data').pd;
const json = '{"name":"John","age":30,"city":"New York"}';
console.log(pd.jsonmin(json));

XML Pretty Print

This feature formats XML data to be more readable by adding indentation and line breaks.

const pd = require('pretty-data').pd;
const xml = '<root><name>John</name><age>30</age><city>New York</city></root>';
console.log(pd.xml(xml));

XML Minify

This feature minifies XML data by removing unnecessary whitespace, making it more compact.

const pd = require('pretty-data').pd;
const xml = '<root><name>John</name><age>30</age><city>New York</city></root>';
console.log(pd.xmlmin(xml));

CSS Pretty Print

This feature formats CSS data to be more readable by adding indentation and line breaks.

const pd = require('pretty-data').pd;
const css = 'body{margin:0;padding:0;}h1{color:red;}';
console.log(pd.css(css));

CSS Minify

This feature minifies CSS data by removing unnecessary whitespace, making it more compact.

const pd = require('pretty-data').pd;
const css = 'body{margin:0;padding:0;}h1{color:red;}';
console.log(pd.cssmin(css));

Other packages similar to pretty-data

js-beautify

js-beautify is a popular package for beautifying JavaScript, JSON, CSS, and HTML. It offers more customization options compared to pretty-data and supports a wider range of languages.

prettier

Prettier is an opinionated code formatter that supports many languages including JavaScript, JSON, CSS, and HTML. It is widely used in the development community for its ease of integration with various editors and build tools.

xml-formatter

xml-formatter is a specialized package for formatting XML data. It provides more advanced options for handling XML namespaces and attributes compared to pretty-data.

jsonminify

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README

pretty-data

nodejs plugin to pretty-print or minify text in XML, JSON, CSS and SQL formats.

Version - 0.30.0

Copyright (c) 2012 Vadim Kiryukhin ( vkiryukhin @ gmail.com )

Home page: http://www.eslinstructor.net/pretty-data/

License: Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:

http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

##Description

• pd.xml(data ) - pretty print XML;

• pd.json(data) - pretty print JSON;

• pd.css(data ) - pretty print CSS;

• pd.sql(data ) - pretty print SQL;

• pd.xmlmin(data [, preserveComments]) - minify XML;

• pd.jsonmin(data) - minify JSON text;

• pd.cssmin(data [, preserveComments] ) - minify CSS text;

• pd.sqlmin(data) - minify JSON text;

PARAMETERS:

@data - String; XML, JSON, CSS or SQL text to beautify;

@preserveComments - Bool (optional, used in npp.minxml and npp.mincss only); Set this flag to true to prevent removing comments from @data;

@Return - String;

USAGE:

var pd = require('pretty-data').pd;

var xml_pp = pd.xml(data);

var xml_min = pd.xmlmin(data [,true]);

var json_pp = pd.json(data);

var json_min = pd.jsonmin(data);

var css_pp = pd.css(data);

var css_min = pd.cssmin(data [, true]);

var sql_pp = pd.sql(data);

var sql_min = pd.sqlmin(data);