No.
The JSON is data only, and if you include a comment, then it will be data too.
You could have a designated data element called "_comment"
(or something) that should be ignored by apps that use the JSON data.
You would probably be better having the comment in the processes that generates/receives the JSON, as they are supposed to know what the JSON data will be in advance, or at least the structure of it.
But if you decided to:
{
"_comment": "comment text goes here...",
"glossary": {
"title": "example glossary",
"GlossDiv": {
"title": "S",
"GlossList": {
"GlossEntry": {
"ID": "SGML",
"SortAs": "SGML",
"GlossTerm": "Standard Generalized Markup Language",
"Acronym": "SGML",
"Abbrev": "ISO 8879:1986",
"GlossDef": {
"para": "A meta-markup language, used to create markup languages such as DocBook.",
"GlossSeeAlso": ["GML", "XML"]
},
"GlossSee": "markup"
}
}
}
}
}
With Python 2.6+ you can do:
echo '{"foo": "lorem", "bar": "ipsum"}' | python -m json.tool
or, if the JSON is in a file, you can do:
python -m json.tool my_json.json
if the JSON is from an internet source such as an API, you can use
curl http://my_url/ | python -m json.tool
For convenience in all of these cases you can make an alias:
alias prettyjson='python -m json.tool'
For even more convenience with a bit more typing to get it ready:
prettyjson_s() {
echo "$1" | python -m json.tool
}
prettyjson_f() {
python -m json.tool "$1"
}
prettyjson_w() {
curl "$1" | python -m json.tool
}
for all the above cases. You can put this in .bashrc
and it will be available every time in shell. Invoke it like prettyjson_s '{"foo": "lorem", "bar": "ipsum"}'
.
Note that as @pnd pointed out in the comments below, in Python 3.5+ the JSON object is no longer sorted by default. To sort, add the --sort-keys
flag to the end. I.e. ... | python -m json.tool --sort-keys
.
Best Solution
Forget about file manipulation using AngulaJS. Angular is a front-end JS framework with no file manipulation support whatsoever. You need to have access to server where the file is stored and you will only get it with server side language.
EDIT:
Ok, I have learnt that you can use FileReader API or $parse Angular service to read file contents on the front-end, which is really cool.
Option A: Read this StackOverflow question and answer and follow the plnkr to see an example of FileReader API being used with Angular. Kudos to @MajoB for providing an excellent answer and code sample.
Option B: Check official Angular documentation to read about
$parse
service and check this fiddle to see it in action.Unfortunately neither FileReader API nor $parse service can read Excel files. They can read
.txt
,.csv
,.json
, and even.html
but not.xlsx