JSON viewer for react.
npm install @uiw/react-json-viewreact-json-view
===






A React component for displaying and editing javascript arrays and JSON objects. Preview of v1 documentation is available here.
π Improved with TypeScript β Better code hints for a smoother development experience.
π¨ Customizable Themes β Supports theme customization & online editing.
π Dark/Light Mode β Seamless switching between themes.
π¦ Zero Dependencies β Lightweight and efficient.
π Clipboard Support β Easily copy JSON data.
βοΈ Editable & Extendable β Supports editing and adding new properties.
β»οΈ Update Highlighting β Option to highlight changes.
The latest version v2 features a redesigned API for better maintainability, a more flexible component customization system, and fully customizable rendering, making it more aligned with Reactβs component model. π Check out the v2 documentation and examples.
- [x] Fully implemented all v1 JSON display features.
- [ ] Adding editing functionality to v2.
- [x] Added comprehensive test cases for v2.
``bash`
npm install @uiw/react-json-view
`jsx`
import JsonView from '@uiw/react-json-view';
import JsonViewEditor from '@uiw/react-json-view/editor';
import { lightTheme } from '@uiw/react-json-view/light';
import { darkTheme } from '@uiw/react-json-view/dark';
import { TriangleArrow } from '@uiw/react-json-view/triangle-arrow';
import { TriangleSolidArrow } from '@uiw/react-json-view/triangle-solid-arrow';
`jsx
import JsonView from '@uiw/react-json-view';
const avatar = 'https://i.imgur.com/MK3eW3As.jpg';
const longArray = new Array(1000).fill(1);
const example = {
avatar,
string: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet',
integer: 42,
float: 114.514,
bigint: 10086n,
null: null,
undefined,
timer: 0,
date: new Date('Tue Sep 13 2022 14:07:44 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)'),
array: [19, 100.86, 'test', NaN, Infinity],
nestedArray: [
[1, 2],
[3, 4],
],
object: {
'first-child': true,
'second-child': false,
'last-child': null,
},
longArray,
string_number: '1234',
};
`
By default, the lightTheme light theme is used, and a darkTheme dark theme configuration is built in
`tsx mdx:preview
import React from 'react';
import JsonView from '@uiw/react-json-view';
import { lightTheme } from '@uiw/react-json-view/light';
import { darkTheme } from '@uiw/react-json-view/dark';
import { nordTheme } from '@uiw/react-json-view/nord';
import { githubLightTheme } from '@uiw/react-json-view/githubLight';
import { githubDarkTheme } from '@uiw/react-json-view/githubDark';
import { vscodeTheme } from '@uiw/react-json-view/vscode';
import { gruvboxTheme } from '@uiw/react-json-view/gruvbox';
import { monokaiTheme } from '@uiw/react-json-view/monokai';
import { basicTheme } from '@uiw/react-json-view/basic';
const object = {
string: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet',
integer: 42,
float: 114.514,
boolean: true,
null: null,
nan: NaN,
url: new URL('https://example.com'),
}
const style = { display: 'grid', gap: '1rem', gridTemplateColumns: 'repeat(auto-fill, minmax(250px, 1fr))' };
export default function Demo() {
return (
Example of custom
vscode theme styles: `tsx mdx:preview
import React from 'react';
import JsonView from '@uiw/react-json-view';const object = {
string: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet',
integer: 42,
float: 114.514,
object: {
'first-child': true,
'second-child': false,
'last-child': null,
},
}
const customTheme = {
'--w-rjv-font-family': 'monospace',
'--w-rjv-color': '#9cdcfe',
'--w-rjv-key-number': '#268bd2',
'--w-rjv-key-string': '#9cdcfe',
'--w-rjv-background-color': '#1e1e1e',
'--w-rjv-line-color': '#36334280',
'--w-rjv-arrow-color': '#838383',
'--w-rjv-edit-color': 'var(--w-rjv-color)',
'--w-rjv-info-color': '#9c9c9c7a',
'--w-rjv-update-color': '#9cdcfe',
'--w-rjv-copied-color': '#9cdcfe',
'--w-rjv-copied-success-color': '#28a745',
'--w-rjv-curlybraces-color': '#d4d4d4',
'--w-rjv-colon-color': '#d4d4d4',
'--w-rjv-brackets-color': '#d4d4d4',
'--w-rjv-ellipsis-color': '#cb4b16',
'--w-rjv-quotes-color': 'var(--w-rjv-key-string)',
'--w-rjv-quotes-string-color': 'var(--w-rjv-type-string-color)',
'--w-rjv-type-string-color': '#ce9178',
'--w-rjv-type-int-color': '#b5cea8',
'--w-rjv-type-float-color': '#b5cea8',
'--w-rjv-type-bigint-color': '#b5cea8',
'--w-rjv-type-boolean-color': '#569cd6',
'--w-rjv-type-date-color': '#b5cea8',
'--w-rjv-type-url-color': '#3b89cf',
'--w-rjv-type-null-color': '#569cd6',
'--w-rjv-type-nan-color': '#859900',
'--w-rjv-type-undefined-color': '#569cd6',
};
export default function Demo() {
return (
)
}
`Online Editing Theme
Online custom style example, please check in the documentation website
`tsx mdx:preview:&title=Online Editing Theme
import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
import Colorful from '@uiw/react-color-colorful';
import JsonView from '@uiw/react-json-view';const object = {
avatar: 'https://i.imgur.com/MK3eW3As.jpg',
string: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet',
integer: 42,
float: 114.514,
bigint: 10086n,
null: null,
undefined,
timer: 0,
nan: NaN,
url: new URL('https://example.com'),
date: new Date('Tue Sep 13 2022 14:07:44 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)'),
array: [19, 100.86, 'test', NaN, Infinity],
nestedArray: [
[1, 2],
[3, 4],
],
object: {
'first-child': true,
'second-child': false,
'last-child': null,
},
string_number: '1234',
}
const customTheme = {
'--w-rjv-color': '#9cdcfe',
'--w-rjv-key-number': '#268bd2',
'--w-rjv-key-string': '#9cdcfe',
'--w-rjv-background-color': '#1e1e1e',
'--w-rjv-line-color': '#36334280',
'--w-rjv-arrow-color': '#838383',
'--w-rjv-edit-color': '#9cdcfe',
'--w-rjv-info-color': '#9c9c9c7a',
'--w-rjv-update-color': '#9cdcfe',
'--w-rjv-copied-color': '#9cdcfe',
'--w-rjv-copied-success-color': '#28a745',
'--w-rjv-curlybraces-color': '#d4d4d4',
'--w-rjv-colon-color': '#d4d4d4',
'--w-rjv-brackets-color': '#d4d4d4',
'--w-rjv-ellipsis-color': '#cb4b16',
'--w-rjv-quotes-color': '#9cdcfe',
'--w-rjv-quotes-string-color': '#ce9178',
'--w-rjv-type-string-color': '#ce9178',
'--w-rjv-type-int-color': '#b5cea8',
'--w-rjv-type-float-color': '#b5cea8',
'--w-rjv-type-bigint-color': '#b5cea8',
'--w-rjv-type-boolean-color': '#569cd6',
'--w-rjv-type-date-color': '#b5cea8',
'--w-rjv-type-url-color': '#3b89cf',
'--w-rjv-type-null-color': '#569cd6',
'--w-rjv-type-nan-color': '#859900',
'--w-rjv-type-undefined-color': '#569cd6',
};
export default function Demo() {
const [cssvar, setCssvar] = useState('--w-rjv-background-color');
const [hex, setHex] = useState("#1e1e1e");
const [editable, setEditable] = useState(false);
const [theme, setTheme] = useState(customTheme);
const onChange = ({ hexa }) => {
setHex(hexa);
setTheme({ ...theme, [cssvar]: hexa });
};
const [src, setSrc] = useState({ ...object })
useEffect(() => {
const loop = () => {
setSrc(src => ({
...src,
timer: src.timer + 1
}))
}
const id = setInterval(loop, 1000)
return () => clearInterval(id)
}, []);
const changeEditable = (evn) => setEditable(evn.target.checked);
return (
// editable={editable}
value={src}
keyName="root"
style={{ flex: 1, overflow: 'auto', ...theme }}
/>
{Object.keys(customTheme).map((varname, idx) => {
const click = () => {
setCssvar(varname);
setHex(customTheme[varname]);
};
const active = cssvar === varname ? '#a8a8a8' : '';
return (
style={{ background: active, border: 0,boxShadow: 'inset 0px 0px 1px #000', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 5, padding: '1px 3px' }}
onClick={click}
>
var(${varname}) }}>
{varname}
)
})}
Copy the theme configuration below into your project.
{JSON.stringify(theme, null, 2)}
);
}
`Render
v2 version allows flexible customization of each "part" by providing small sub-components for customization, including value and type components: , , , , , , , , , , , , , and symbol components: , , , , , , , .`tsx mdx:preview
import React from 'react';
import JsonView from '@uiw/react-json-view';const object = {
avatar: 'https://i.imgur.com/MK3eW3As.jpg',
string: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet',
integer: 42,
}
export default function Demo() {
return (
value={object}
keyName="root"
displayObjectSize={false}
style={{
'--w-rjv-background-color': '#ffffff',
}}
>
render={({ children, ...reset }, { type, value, keyName }) => {
const isImg = /^https?.*\.(jpg|png)$/i.test(value)
if (type === 'type' && isImg) {
return
}
if (type === 'value' && isImg) {
return 
}
}}
/>
->
)
}
`Support for the URL(opens in a new tab) API.
`tsx mdx:preview
import React from 'react';
import JsonView from '@uiw/react-json-view';export default function Demo() {
return (
value={{
url: new URL('https://example.com?t=12'),
urlStr: "https://example.com",
github: "https://example.com",
}}
style={{
'--w-rjv-background-color': '#ffffff',
}}
/>
)
}
`Supports certain partial customizations such as:
, , , , , `tsx mdx:preview
import React, { Fragment } from 'react';
import JsonView, { ValueQuote } from '@uiw/react-json-view';const Copied = JsonView.Copied;
export default function Demo() {
return (
value={{
url: new URL('https://example.com?t=12'),
urlStr: "https://example.com",
github: "https://example.com",
}}
style={{
'--w-rjv-background-color': '#ffffff',
}}
>
render={({ 'data-copied': copied, style, onClick, ...props }, { value }) => {
const styl = { whiteSpace: 'nowrap' }
if (copied) {
return ε€εΆζε
}
return ε€εΆ
}}
/>
render={(props, { type, value }) => {
if (type === 'type' && value instanceof URL) {
return
}
if (type === 'value' && value instanceof URL) {
return (
{value.href}
Open URL
);
}
}}
/>
)
}
`More in-depth customization (#19)
`tsx mdx:preview
import React from 'react';
import JsonView from '@uiw/react-json-view';const object = {
_id: "ObjectId('13212hakjdhajksd')",
uid: "test1",
attival_time: new Date('Tue Sep 13 2022 14:07:44 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)'),
__v: 0
}
export default function Demo() {
return (
value={object}
// keyName="root"
displayObjectSize={false}
style={{
'--w-rjv-background-color': '#ffffff',
}}
>
}/>
render={({ children, ...reset }, { type, value, keyName }) => {
if (type === 'type') {
return
}
if (type === 'value' && /ObjectId\('"['"]\)/.test(value)) {
return {children}
}
}}
/>
render={({ children, ...reset }, { type, value, keyName }) => {
if (type === 'type') {
return
}
}}
/>
render={({ children, ...reset }, { type, value, keyName }) => {
if (type === 'type') {
return
}
}}
/>
)
}
`Inspector
`tsx mdx:preview
import React from 'react';
import JsonView from '@uiw/react-json-view';const object = [
{
"_id": "56dcf573b09c217d39fd7621",
"name": "Howard Christensen",
"email": "howardchristensen@gmail.com",
"phone": "+1 (830) 529-3176",
"address": "511 Royce Street, Hilltop, Tennessee, 9712"
},
{
"_id": "56dcf57323630b06251e93cd",
"name": "Eleanor Lynn",
"email": "eleanorlynn@gmail.com",
"phone": "+1 (911) 576-2345",
"address": "547 Dearborn Court, Trona, California, 8629"
},
{
"_id": "56dcf5738279cac6b081e512",
"name": "Baxter Mooney",
"email": "baxtermooney@gmail.com",
"phone": "+1 (954) 456-3456",
"address": "349 Cumberland Walk, Washington, Alaska, 3154"
},
{
"_id": "56dcf57303accabd43740957",
"name": "Calhoun Tyson",
"email": "calhountyson@gmail.com",
"phone": "+1 (818) 456-2529",
"address": "367 Lyme Avenue, Ladera, Louisiana, 6292"
},
]
const customTheme = {
'--w-rjv-background-color': '#fff',
'--w-rjv-border-left-width': 0,
'--w-rjv-color': '#881391',
'--w-rjv-type-int-color': '#881391',
'--w-rjv-key-number': '#881391',
'--w-rjv-key-string': '#881391',
};
const Quote = JsonView.Quote;
const BraceLeft = JsonView.BraceLeft;
const BraceRight = JsonView.BraceRight;
const CountInfo = JsonView.CountInfo;
const Ellipsis = JsonView.Ellipsis;
const CountInfoExtra = JsonView.CountInfoExtra;
export default function Demo() {
return (
value={object}
style={customTheme}
enableClipboard={false}
displayDataTypes={false}
>
render={({ 'data-expanded': isExpanded, className, ...props }, { value }) => {
if (Array.isArray(value) && isExpanded) {
console.log('props:',value, isExpanded, props)
return (
{Array.from({ length: value.length }, () => 'Object').join(', ')}
)
}
return ;
}}
/>
render={({ 'data-length': length, ...props }, { value }) => {
const isArray = Array.isArray(value);
if (isArray) return ;
return (
Object
);
}}
/>
);
}
`Passing as="tagName" will automatically infer the type.
`tsx
as="del"
render={(props, { value, keyName }) => {
if (keyName === 'integer' && typeof value === 'number' && value > 10) {
console.log('value:', value, props)
return {keyName};
}
}}
/>
`Add a click event on the data row
`tsx mdx:preview
import React from 'react';
import JsonView from '@uiw/react-json-view';export default function Demo() {
return (
style={{
'--w-rjv-background-color': '#ffffff',
}}
value={{
name: 'John',
age: 30,
hobbies: ['reading', 'coding', 'swimming'],
address: {
street: '123 Main St',
city: 'New York',
country: {
name: 'Main ',
codex: '123'
}
}
}}
>
as="div"
render={(props, { keyName, value, parentValue }) => {
return (
{...props}
onClick={() => {
console.log("keyName", keyName)
console.log("value", value)
console.log("parentValue", parentValue)
}}
/>
)
}}
/>
)
}
`Highlight Updates
`tsx mdx:preview
import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
import JsonView from '@uiw/react-json-view';const object = {
string: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet',
integer: 42,
timer: 0,
object: { 'first-child': true, 'second-child': false, 'last-child': null },
}
export default function Demo() {
const [src, setSrc] = useState({ ...object })
useEffect(() => {
const loop = () => {
setSrc(src => ({
...src,
timer: src.timer + 1
}))
}
const id = setInterval(loop, 1000)
return () => clearInterval(id)
}, []);
return (
value={src}
keyName="root"
style={{
'--w-rjv-background-color': '#ffffff',
'--w-rjv-border-left': '1px dashed #ebebeb',
// β
Change default update background color β
'--w-rjv-update-color': '#ff6ffd',
}}
/>
)
}
`This feature can be disabled with
highlightUpdates={false}, and the default color can be changed with --w-rjv-update-color.Do not display array index
`tsx mdx:preview
import React, { Fragment } from 'react';
import JsonView from '@uiw/react-json-view';export default function Demo() {
const value = { data: ["123", 23] }
return (
{
if (Array.isArray(parentValue) && props.children == ":") {
return
}
return
}}/>
render={({ ...props }, { type, parentValue, value, keyName }) => {
if (Array.isArray(parentValue) && Number.isFinite( props.children)) {
return
}
return
}}
/>
)
}
`Default Collapse/Expand
Determines whether the node should be expanded on the first render. The default value of
collapsed is false.
If both collapsed and shouldExpandNodeInitially are set, collapsed takes precedence; shouldExpandNodeInitially only takes effect when collapsed is false.`tsx mdx:preview
import React, { useState } from 'react';
import JsonView from '@uiw/react-json-view';
const object = {
string: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet',
integer: 42,
float: 114.514,
object: {
'first-child': true,
'second-child': false,
'last-child': null,
},
nestedArray: [
[1, 2],
[3, 4],
],
}
export default function Demo() {
const [collapsed, setCollapsed] = useState(false)
return (
<>
setCollapsed(e.target.checked)} />
value={object}
collapsed={collapsed == true ? false : 2}
shouldExpandNodeInitially={(isExpanded, { value, keys, level }) => {
if (keys.length > 0 && keys[0] == "object") {
return false
}
return isExpanded
}}
style={{
'--w-rjv-background-color': '#ffffff',
}}
>
>
)
}
`Modify Icon Style
Use built-in default icons.
`tsx mdx:preview
import React from 'react';
import JsonView from '@uiw/react-json-view';
import { TriangleArrow } from '@uiw/react-json-view/triangle-arrow';
import { TriangleSolidArrow } from '@uiw/react-json-view/triangle-solid-arrow';const object = {
string: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet',
integer: 42,
float: 114.514,
object: {
'first-child': true,
'second-child': false,
'last-child': null,
},
nestedArray: [
[1, 2],
[3, 4],
],
}
export default function Demo() {
return (
value={object}
keyName="root"
style={{
'--w-rjv-background-color': '#ffffff',
'--w-rjv-border-left': '1px dashed #ebebeb',
}}
>
)
}
`Display of custom svg
icon components`tsx mdx:preview
import React from 'react';
import JsonView from '@uiw/react-json-view';
import { TriangleArrow } from '@uiw/react-json-view/triangle-arrow';
import { TriangleSolidArrow } from '@uiw/react-json-view/triangle-solid-arrow';const object = {
string: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet',
integer: 42,
float: 114.514,
object: {
'first-child': true,
'second-child': false,
'last-child': null,
},
nestedArray: [
[1, 2],
[3, 4],
],
}
export default function Demo() {
return (
value={object}
keyName="root"
style={{
'--w-rjv-background-color': '#ffffff',
'--w-rjv-border-left': '1px dashed #ebebeb',
}}
>
render={({ 'data-expanded': isExpanded, ...props }) => {
const svgProps = {
style: {
cursor: 'pointer', height: '1em', width: '1em', marginRight: 5, userSelect: 'none'
},
fill: "var(--w-rjv-arrow-color, currentColor)"
}
if (!isExpanded) {
return (
);
}
return (
);
}}
/>
);
}
`Props
Migrate from JSON View v1 to v2. The new v2 version has removed the ~~
quotes~~ and ~~components~~ props.`diff
export interface JsonViewProps extends React.DetailedHTMLProps, HTMLDivElement> {
- quotes?: "'" | '"' | '';
- components?: {};
}
``ts
export interface JsonViewProps extends React.DetailedHTMLProps, HTMLDivElement> {
/* This property contains your input JSON /
value?: T;
/* Define the root node name. @default undefined /
keyName?: string | number;
/* Whether sort keys through String.prototype.localeCompare() @default false /
objectSortKeys?: boolean | ((keyA: string, keyB: string, valueA: T, valueB: T) => number);
/* Set the indent-width for nested objects @default 15 /
indentWidth?: number;
/* When set to true, objects and arrays are labeled with size @default true /
displayObjectSize?: boolean;
/* When set to true, data type labels prefix values @default true /
displayDataTypes?: boolean;
/* The user can copy objects and arrays to clipboard by clicking on the clipboard icon. @default true /
enableClipboard?: boolean;
/* When set to true, all nodes will be collapsed by default. Use an integer value to collapse at a particular depth. @default false /
collapsed?: boolean | number;
/* Determine whether the node should be expanded on the first render, or you can use collapsed to control the level of expansion (by default, the root is expanded). /
shouldExpandNodeInitially?: ShouldExpandNodeInitially;
/* Whether to highlight updates. @default true /
highlightUpdates?: boolean;
/* Shorten long JSON strings, Set to 0 to disable this feature @default 30 /
shortenTextAfterLength?: number;
/* When the text exceeds the length, ... will be displayed. Currently, this ... can be customized. @default "..." /
stringEllipsis?: number;
/* Callback function for when a treeNode is expanded or collapsed /
onExpand?: (props: { expand: boolean; value?: T; keyid: string; keyName?: string | number }) => void;
/* Fires event when you copy /
onCopied?: (text: string, value?: T) => void;
}
export type ShouldExpandNodeInitially = (isExpanded: boolean, props: {
keyName?: string | number;
value?: T;
parentValue?: T;
keys: (number | string)[];
level: number;
}) => boolean;
``ts
import { BraceLeft } from './symbol/BraceLeft';
import { BraceRight } from './symbol/BraceRight';
import { BracketsLeft } from './symbol/BracketsLeft';
import { BracketsRight } from './symbol/BracketsRight';
import { Arrow } from './symbol/Arrow';
import { Colon } from './symbol/Colon';
import { Quote } from './symbol/Quote';
import { ValueQuote } from './symbol/ValueQuote';import { Bigint } from './types/Bigint';
import { Date } from './types/Date';
import { False } from './types/False';
import { Float } from './types/Float';
import { Int } from './types/Int';
import { Map } from './types/Map';
import { Nan } from './types/Nan';
import { Null } from './types/Null';
import { Set } from './types/Set';
import { StringText } from './types/String';
import { True } from './types/True';
import { Undefined } from './types/Undefined';
import { Url } from './types/Url';
import { Copied } from './section/Copied';
import { CountInfo } from './section/CountInfo';
import { CountInfoExtra } from './section/CountInfoExtra';
import { Ellipsis } from './section/Ellipsis';
import { KeyName } from './section/KeyName';
import { Row } from './section/Row';
type JsonViewComponent = React.FC>> & {
BraceLeft: typeof BraceLeft;
BraceRight: typeof BraceRight;
BracketsLeft: typeof BracketsLeft;
BracketsRight: typeof BracketsRight;
Arrow: typeof Arrow;
Colon: typeof Colon;
Quote: typeof Quote;
ValueQuote: typeof ValueQuote;
Bigint: typeof Bigint;
Date: typeof Date;
False: typeof False;
Float: typeof Float;
Int: typeof Int;
Map: typeof Map;
Nan: typeof Nan;
Null: typeof Null;
Set: typeof Set;
String: typeof StringText;
True: typeof True;
Undefined: typeof Undefined;
Url: typeof Url;
Copied: typeof Copied;
CountInfo: typeof CountInfo;
CountInfoExtra: typeof CountInfoExtra;
Ellipsis: typeof Ellipsis;
KeyName: typeof KeyName;
Row: typeof Row;
};
declare const JsonView: JsonViewComponent;
export default JsonView;
`Size and dependencies
Here is the size benchmark (using bundlephobia.com) against similar React libraries (found by
npmjs.com/search):| Library | Bundle size (gzip) | Deps | Last commit | Download | Editable | Demo |
| ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
| @uiw/react-json-view |   |  |  |  | β
| demo |
| react-json-view-lite |   |  |  |  | β | demo |
| react-json-pretty |   |  |  |  | β | - |
| ~~react-json-inspector~~ |   |  |  |  | β | demo
| react-json-tree |   |  |  |  | β |
| ~~react-json-view~~ |   |  |  |  | β
| demo |
| react-inspector |   |  |  |  | β | demo |
| react-domify |   |  |  |  | β | demo |
| react18-json-view |   |  |  |  | β | demo |
| @textea/json-viewer |   |  |  |  | β
| demo |
| react-editable-json-tree |   |  |  |  | β
| demo |
| react-json-view |   |  |  |  | β | demo |
Development
Runs the project in development mode.
`bash
Step 1, run first, listen to the component compile and output the .js file
listen for compilation output type .d.ts file
npm run watch
Step 2, development mode, listen to compile preview website instance
npm run start
`Builds the app for production to the build folder.
`bash
npm run build
``The build is minified and the filenames include the hashes.
Your app is ready to be deployed!
As always, thanks to our amazing contributors!
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Licensed under the MIT License.