Indent JSON response

[jtagcat]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. GitHub GraphQL API, like many others, responds with no indentation. This makes diffs visually hard to look at.

Describe the solution you'd like Prettify / Indent JSON responses before diffing / saving.

Describe the use-case and give concrete real-world examples Current diff:

-{"data":{"organization":{"repositories":{"edges":[{"node":{"name":"winipcfg-go"}},{"node":{"name":"wintun"}},{"node":{"name":"hujson"}},{"node":{"name":"tailscale"}},{"node":{"name":"wireguard-go"}}]}}}}
+{"data":{"organization":{"repositories":{"edges":[{"node":{"name":"newrepoexample"}},{"node":{"name":"winipcfg-go"}},{"node":{"name":"wintun"}},{"node":{"name":"hujson"}},{"node":{"name":"tailscale"}}]}}}}

Desired:

{
  "data": {
    "organization": {
      "repositories": {
        "edges": [
          {
            "node": {
-              "name": "winipcfg-go"
+              "name": "newrepoexample"
            }
          },
          {
            "node": {
-              "name": "wintun"
+              "name": "winipcfg-go"
            }
          },
          {
            "node": {
-              "name": "hujson"
+              "name": "wintun"
            }
          },
          {
            "node": {
-              "name": "tailscale"
+              "name": "hujson"
            }
          },
          {
            "node": {
-              "name": "wireguard-go"
+              "name": "tailscale"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Showing 'one node object was added, and last was removed' would be nicer, but that's likely too much to ask.

[dgtlmoon]

If you use a filter of json:$* it should select all and re-format, does it work?

[dgtlmoon]

also, shoot me a example URL so i can check the content-type headers etc

[jtagcat]

json:$*

Good idea.

Previous version showed. A system-error occurred when validating your JSONPath expression. There was no meaningful entry in docker logs. When updating to today's version, it almost worked.

As defined in the docs, $* gives all values in a tree (excluding keys). Using json:$ works.

Although, I'd expect indented to be the default, auto-detected. As it looks like too much work, a small 'if you want indented, use this' in the docs sounds better.

I'm not sure if adding it under https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/wiki/JSON-Selector-Filter-help would be best, as the title says filtering-filtering, but people searching will might be turned away by it. Never minding that, as a starting point, I've added it there.
More likely is that it isn't in a visible place, and people will not have the idea to search for it, just having poorer diffs.

Reopen if you have any ideas, or want to keep the issue tracked.

[dgtlmoon]

@jtagcat

also, shoot me a example URL so i can check the content-type headers etc

this would help a lot

[jtagcat]

Ahh, forgot, pardon. I used https://api.github.com/graphql
Headers: Authorization: bearer <gh token>
Body:

{
  "query": "query { organization(login:\"tailscale\") { repositories(first:5, orderBy:{field:CREATED_AT, direction:ASC}) { edges { node { name }}}}}"
}

(this is also possible:)

- first:5,
+ first:5, isFork:false,

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https://api.github.com/repos/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io should work as an easier example.