I was very impressed by compact JSON formatter by Vince Panuccio.
Here is an improved version I now use:
public static string FormatJson(string json, string indent = " ")
{
var indentation = 0;
var quoteCount = 0;
var escapeCount = 0;
var result =
from ch in json ?? string.Empty
let escaped = (ch == '\\' ? escapeCount++ : escapeCount > 0 ? escapeCount-- : escapeCount) > 0
let quotes = ch == '"' && !escaped ? quoteCount++ : quoteCount
let unquoted = quotes % 2 == 0
let colon = ch == ':' && unquoted ? ": " : null
let nospace = char.IsWhiteSpace(ch) && unquoted ? string.Empty : null
let lineBreak = ch == ',' && unquoted ? ch + Environment.NewLine + string.Concat(Enumerable.Repeat(indent, indentation)) : null
let openChar = (ch == '{' || ch == '[') && unquoted ? ch + Environment.NewLine + string.Concat(Enumerable.Repeat(indent, ++indentation)) : ch.ToString()
let closeChar = (ch == '}' || ch == ']') && unquoted ? Environment.NewLine + string.Concat(Enumerable.Repeat(indent, --indentation)) + ch : ch.ToString()
select colon ?? nospace ?? lineBreak ?? (
openChar.Length > 1 ? openChar : closeChar
);
return string.Concat(result);
}
It fixes the following issues:
Outputs:
{
"status": "OK",
"results": [
{
"types": [
"locality",
"political"
],
"formatted_address": "New York, NY, USA",
"address_components": [
{
"long_name": "New York",
"short_name": "New York",
"types": [
"locality",
"political"
]
},
{
"long_name": "New York",
"short_name": "New York",
"types": [
"administrative_area_level_2",
"political"
]
},
{
"long_name": "New York",
"short_name": "NY",
"types": [
"administrative_area_level_1",
"political"
]
},
{
"long_name": "United States",
"short_name": "US",
"types": [
"country",
"political"
]
}
],
"geometry": {
"location": {
"lat": 40.7143528,
"lng": -74.0059731
},
"location_type": "APPROXIMATE",
"viewport": {
"southwest": {
"lat": 40.5788964,
"lng": -74.2620919
},
"northeast": {
"lat": 40.8495342,
"lng": -73.7498543
}
},
"bounds": {
"southwest": {
"lat": 40.4773990,
"lng": -74.2590900
},
"northeast": {
"lat": 40.9175770,
"lng": -73.7002720
}
}
}
}
]
}