(Node.js) Pretty Print JSON (Formatter, Beautifier)

Demonstrates how to emit JSON in a pretty, human-readable format with indenting of nested arrays and objects.

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    if (os.arch() == 'ia32') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win-ia32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win64'); 
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-mac-m1');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-macosx');
    }
}

function chilkatExample() {

    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();

    var jsonStr = "{\"name\": \"donut\",\"image\":{\"fname\": \"donut.jpg\",\"w\": 200,\"h\": 200},\"thumbnail\":{\"fname\": \"donutThumb.jpg\",\"w\": 32,\"h\": 32}}";

    var success = json.Load(jsonStr);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(json.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // To pretty-print, set the EmitCompact property equal to false
    json.EmitCompact = false;

    // If bare-LF line endings are desired, turn off EmitCrLf
    // Otherwise CRLF line endings are emitted.
    json.EmitCrLf = false;

    // Emit the formatted JSON:
    console.log(json.Emit());

}

chilkatExample();