[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 56908] New: Web Inspector: Display JSON files as pretty printed

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56908

           Summary: Web Inspector: Display JSON files as pretty printed
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Web Inspector
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: malteubl at google.com
                CC: timothy at apple.com, rik at webkit.org, keishi at webkit.org,
                    pmuellr at yahoo.com, joepeck at webkit.org,
                    pfeldman at chromium.org, yurys at chromium.org,
                    bweinstein at apple.com, apavlov at chromium.org,
                    loislo at chromium.org


This is a feature request for built in support of pretty printed rendering of JSON files (and possibly JSONP).
JSON might be the most widely used "file format" for HTTP/REST based APIs. Showing them in a nicely formatted fashion would greatly enhance the developer experience for a very common use case of debugging the output of API calls.

This Chrome extension implements this functionality
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/chklaanhfefbnpoihckbnefhakgolnmc
There is an addon available for Firefox with the same name.

While the extension does help a lot, it would be great to have this as part of the core experience to make it available for less sophisticated developers. Also the Chrome extension is currently implemented as a content script which only re-renders a file after it has been fully loaded which is not an ideal experience.

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