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# JSON5 – JSON for Humans |
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The JSON5 Data Interchange Format (JSON5) is a superset of [JSON] that aims to |
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alleviate some of the limitations of JSON by expanding its syntax to include |
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some productions from [ECMAScript 5.1]. |
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This JavaScript library is the official reference implementation for JSON5 |
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parsing and serialization libraries. |
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[Build Status]: https://travis-ci.com/json5/json5 |
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[Coverage Status]: https://coveralls.io/github/json5/json5 |
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[JSON]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159 |
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[ECMAScript 5.1]: https://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/ |
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## Summary of Features |
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The following ECMAScript 5.1 features, which are not supported in JSON, have |
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been extended to JSON5. |
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### Objects |
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- Object keys may be an ECMAScript 5.1 _[IdentifierName]_. |
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- Objects may have a single trailing comma. |
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### Arrays |
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- Arrays may have a single trailing comma. |
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### Strings |
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- Strings may be single quoted. |
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- Strings may span multiple lines by escaping new line characters. |
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- Strings may include character escapes. |
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### Numbers |
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- Numbers may be hexadecimal. |
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- Numbers may have a leading or trailing decimal point. |
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- Numbers may be [IEEE 754] positive infinity, negative infinity, and NaN. |
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- Numbers may begin with an explicit plus sign. |
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### Comments |
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- Single and multi-line comments are allowed. |
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### White Space |
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- Additional white space characters are allowed. |
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[IdentifierName]: https://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-7.6 |
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[IEEE 754]: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=4610933 |
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## Short Example |
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```js |
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{ |
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unquoted: 'and you can quote me on that', |
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singleQuotes: 'I can use "double quotes" here', |
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lineBreaks: "Look, Mom! \ |
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No \\n's!", |
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hexadecimal: 0xdecaf, |
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leadingDecimalPoint: .8675309, andTrailing: 8675309., |
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positiveSign: +1, |
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trailingComma: 'in objects', andIn: ['arrays',], |
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"backwardsCompatible": "with JSON", |
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} |
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``` |
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## Specification |
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For a detailed explanation of the JSON5 format, please read the [official |
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specification](https://json5.github.io/json5-spec/). |
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## Installation |
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### Node.js |
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```sh |
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npm install json5 |
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``` |
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```js |
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const JSON5 = require('json5') |
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``` |
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### Browsers |
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```html |
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<script src="https://unpkg.com/json5@^2.0.0/dist/index.min.js"></script> |
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``` |
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This will create a global `JSON5` variable. |
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## API |
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The JSON5 API is compatible with the [JSON API]. |
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[JSON API]: |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON |
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### JSON5.parse() |
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Parses a JSON5 string, constructing the JavaScript value or object described by |
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the string. An optional reviver function can be provided to perform a |
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transformation on the resulting object before it is returned. |
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#### Syntax |
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JSON5.parse(text[, reviver]) |
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#### Parameters |
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- `text`: The string to parse as JSON5. |
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- `reviver`: If a function, this prescribes how the value originally produced by |
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parsing is transformed, before being returned. |
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#### Return value |
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The object corresponding to the given JSON5 text. |
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### JSON5.stringify() |
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Converts a JavaScript value to a JSON5 string, optionally replacing values if a |
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replacer function is specified, or optionally including only the specified |
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properties if a replacer array is specified. |
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#### Syntax |
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JSON5.stringify(value[, replacer[, space]]) |
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JSON5.stringify(value[, options]) |
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#### Parameters |
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- `value`: The value to convert to a JSON5 string. |
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- `replacer`: A function that alters the behavior of the stringification |
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process, or an array of String and Number objects that serve as a whitelist |
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for selecting/filtering the properties of the value object to be included in |
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the JSON5 string. If this value is null or not provided, all properties of the |
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object are included in the resulting JSON5 string. |
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- `space`: A String or Number object that's used to insert white space into the |
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output JSON5 string for readability purposes. If this is a Number, it |
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indicates the number of space characters to use as white space; this number is |
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capped at 10 (if it is greater, the value is just 10). Values less than 1 |
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indicate that no space should be used. If this is a String, the string (or the |
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first 10 characters of the string, if it's longer than that) is used as white |
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space. If this parameter is not provided (or is null), no white space is used. |
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If white space is used, trailing commas will be used in objects and arrays. |
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- `options`: An object with the following properties: |
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- `replacer`: Same as the `replacer` parameter. |
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- `space`: Same as the `space` parameter. |
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- `quote`: A String representing the quote character to use when serializing |
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strings. |
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#### Return value |
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A JSON5 string representing the value. |
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### Node.js `require()` JSON5 files |
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When using Node.js, you can `require()` JSON5 files by adding the following |
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statement. |
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```js |
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require('json5/lib/register') |
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``` |
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Then you can load a JSON5 file with a Node.js `require()` statement. For |
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example: |
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```js |
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const config = require('./config.json5') |
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``` |
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## CLI |
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Since JSON is more widely used than JSON5, this package includes a CLI for |
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converting JSON5 to JSON and for validating the syntax of JSON5 documents. |
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### Installation |
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```sh |
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npm install --global json5 |
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``` |
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### Usage |
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```sh |
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json5 [options] <file> |
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``` |
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If `<file>` is not provided, then STDIN is used. |
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#### Options: |
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- `-s`, `--space`: The number of spaces to indent or `t` for tabs |
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- `-o`, `--out-file [file]`: Output to the specified file, otherwise STDOUT |
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- `-v`, `--validate`: Validate JSON5 but do not output JSON |
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- `-V`, `--version`: Output the version number |
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- `-h`, `--help`: Output usage information |
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## Contributing |
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### Development |
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```sh |
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git clone https://github.com/json5/json5 |
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cd json5 |
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npm install |
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``` |
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When contributing code, please write relevant tests and run `npm test` and `npm |
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run lint` before submitting pull requests. Please use an editor that supports |
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[EditorConfig](http://editorconfig.org/). |
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### Issues |
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To report bugs or request features regarding the JSON5 data format, please |
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submit an issue to the [official specification |
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repository](https://github.com/json5/json5-spec). |
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To report bugs or request features regarding the JavaScript implementation of |
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JSON5, please submit an issue to this repository. |
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## License |
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MIT. See [LICENSE.md](./LICENSE.md) for details. |
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## Credits |
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[Assem Kishore](https://github.com/aseemk) founded this project. |
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[Michael Bolin](http://bolinfest.com/) independently arrived at and published |
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some of these same ideas with awesome explanations and detail. Recommended |
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reading: [Suggested Improvements to JSON](http://bolinfest.com/essays/json.html) |
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[Douglas Crockford](http://www.crockford.com/) of course designed and built |
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JSON, but his state machine diagrams on the [JSON website](http://json.org/), as |
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cheesy as it may sound, gave us motivation and confidence that building a new |
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parser to implement these ideas was within reach! The original |
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implementation of JSON5 was also modeled directly off of Doug’s open-source |
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[json_parse.js] parser. We’re grateful for that clean and well-documented |
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code. |
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[json_parse.js]: |
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https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js/blob/03157639c7a7cddd2e9f032537f346f1a87c0f6d/json_parse.js |
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[Max Nanasy](https://github.com/MaxNanasy) has been an early and prolific |
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supporter, contributing multiple patches and ideas. |
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[Andrew Eisenberg](https://github.com/aeisenberg) contributed the original |
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`stringify` method. |
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[Jordan Tucker](https://github.com/jordanbtucker) has aligned JSON5 more closely |
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with ES5, wrote the official JSON5 specification, completely rewrote the |
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codebase from the ground up, and is actively maintaining this project.
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