httpie-cli/httpie/output/formatters/json.py

from __future__ import absolute_import
import json

from httpie.plugins import FormatterPlugin


class JSONFormatter(FormatterPlugin):

    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(**kwargs)
        self.enabled = self.format_options['json']['format']

    def format_body(self, body: str, mime: str) -> str:
        maybe_json = [
            'json',
            'javascript',
            'text',
        ]
        if (self.kwargs['explicit_json']
                or any(token in mime for token in maybe_json)):
            try:
                obj = json.loads(body)
            except ValueError:
                pass  # Invalid JSON, ignore.
            else:
                # Indent, sort keys by name, and avoid
                # unicode escapes to improve readability.
                body = json.dumps(
                    obj=obj,
                    sort_keys=self.format_options['json']['sort_keys'],
                    ensure_ascii=False,
                    indent=self.format_options['json']['indent']
                )
        return body