JSON_PRETTY(json_val)

MySQL 8.4

Provides pretty-printing of JSON values similar to that implemented in PHP and by other languages and database systems. The value supplied must be a JSON value or a valid string representation of a JSON value. Extraneous whitespaces and newlines present in this value have no effect on the output. For a NULL value, the function returns NULL. If the value is not a JSON document, or if it cannot be parsed as one, the function fails with an error.

Syntax

MYSQL

SELECT JSON_PRETTY('123'); # scalar
+--------------------+
| JSON_PRETTY('123') |
+--------------------+
| 123                |
+--------------------+

SELECT JSON_PRETTY("[1,3,5]"); # array
+------------------------+
| JSON_PRETTY("[1,3,5]") |
+------------------------+
| [
  1,
  3,
  5
]      |
+------------------------+

SELECT JSON_PRETTY('{"a":"10","b":"15","x":"25"}'); # object
+---------------------------------------------+
| JSON_PRETTY('{"a":"10","b":"15","x":"25"}') |
+---------------------------------------------+
| {
  "a": "10",
  "b": "15",
  "x": "25"
}   |
+---------------------------------------------+

SELECT JSON_PRETTY('["a",1,{"key1":
    '>    "value1"},"5",     "77" ,
    '>       {"key2":["value3","valueX",
    '> "valueY"]},"j", "2"   ]')\G  # nested arrays and objects
*************************** 1. row ***************************
JSON_PRETTY('["a",1,{"key1":
             "value1"},"5",     "77" ,
                {"key2":["value3","valuex",
          "valuey"]},"j", "2"   ]'): [
  "a",
  1,
  {
    "key1": "value1"
  },
  "5",
  "77",
  {
    "key2": [
      "value3",
      "valuex",
      "valuey"
    ]
  },
  "j",
  "2"
]

Examples

Example

Formatting of the output from this function adheres to the following rules:

MYSQL

SELECT JSON_PRETTY('123'); # scalar
+--------------------+
| JSON_PRETTY('123') |
+--------------------+
| 123                |
+--------------------+

SELECT JSON_PRETTY("[1,3,5]"); # array
+------------------------+
| JSON_PRETTY("[1,3,5]") |
+------------------------+
| [
  1,
  3,
  5
]      |
+------------------------+

SELECT JSON_PRETTY('{"a":"10","b":"15","x":"25"}'); # object
+---------------------------------------------+
| JSON_PRETTY('{"a":"10","b":"15","x":"25"}') |
+---------------------------------------------+
| {
  "a": "10",
  "b": "15",
  "x": "25"
}   |
+---------------------------------------------+

SELECT JSON_PRETTY('["a",1,{"key1":
    '>    "value1"},"5",     "77" ,
    '>       {"key2":["value3","valueX",
    '> "valueY"]},"j", "2"   ]')\G  # nested arrays and objects
*************************** 1. row ***************************
JSON_PRETTY('["a",1,{"key1":
             "value1"},"5",     "77" ,
                {"key2":["value3","valuex",
          "valuey"]},"j", "2"   ]'): [
  "a",
  1,
  {
    "key1": "value1"
  },
  "5",
  "77",
  {
    "key2": [
      "value3",
      "valuex",
      "valuey"
    ]
  },
  "j",
  "2"
]