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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) AJAX and APIs Flickr’s API

Posted by sakatagintoki
sakatagintoki
12,624 Points

How do I use JSONView?

Installed the JSONView app. Not sure how to use it. I have the option to right click the Flickr public feed API xml code and select JSONView > Copy path or JSONView > Copy value.

Googled for help, first thing that came up was a tutorial in Russian or Romanian.

In Soviet Russia JSON views YOU.

;_;

(help pls)

Thx ~Jay

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
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Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

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3 Answers

huckleberry
huckleberry
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huckleberry
huckleberry
14,636 Points

Just to clear up any confusion on this, there's really not a "special way" to use this extension. Once you've installed the extension, whenever you view a JSON file inside your browser it will automatically provide some measure of syntax highlighting and not just plain text. That's about it.

Before jsonVIEW

After jsonVIEW

All you have to do is view a JSON file in your browser as you normally would. The extension automatically does all the work and (near) instantly transposes the text only JSON file to something more... visually friendly.

Cheers,

Huck - :sunglasses:

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

Not true in my case, Chrome browser....not working automatically

wuworkshop
wuworkshop
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wuworkshop
wuworkshop
3,429 Points

I've never used this browser extension before, but I just read the video transcript and the browser extension's description and it just sounds like a browser add-on that makes viewing and reading JSON a bit easier and prettier. For certain browsers, if you try to view JSON, it will prompt you to download the file. For other browsers, like Firefox and Chrome, it just shows the JSON as plain text.

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

How were you able to get this to work?

Salma Elshahawy
Salma Elshahawy
6,049 Points
Salma Elshahawy
Salma Elshahawy
6,049 Points

after installing the app - right click on the tab and hit duplicate then refresh and it will appear in JSON format.