diff --git a/Doc/library/cmdline.rst b/Doc/library/cmdline.rst index 5174515ffc2..dd538cdb754 100644 --- a/Doc/library/cmdline.rst +++ b/Doc/library/cmdline.rst @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The following modules have a command-line interface. * :ref:`http.server ` * :mod:`!idlelib` * :ref:`inspect ` -* :ref:`json.tool ` +* :ref:`json ` * :mod:`mimetypes` * :mod:`pdb` * :mod:`pickle` diff --git a/Doc/library/json.rst b/Doc/library/json.rst index 42cb1f850fe..26f85b5ddf8 100644 --- a/Doc/library/json.rst +++ b/Doc/library/json.rst @@ -116,15 +116,15 @@ Extending :class:`JSONEncoder`:: ['[2.0', ', 1.0', ']'] -Using :mod:`json.tool` from the shell to validate and pretty-print: +Using :mod:`json` from the shell to validate and pretty-print: .. code-block:: shell-session - $ echo '{"json":"obj"}' | python -m json.tool + $ echo '{"json":"obj"}' | python -m json { "json": "obj" } - $ echo '{1.2:3.4}' | python -m json.tool + $ echo '{1.2:3.4}' | python -m json Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes: line 1 column 2 (char 1) See :ref:`json-commandline` for detailed documentation. @@ -678,31 +678,32 @@ when serializing instances of "exotic" numerical types such as .. _json-commandline: -.. program:: json.tool +.. program:: json -Command Line Interface +Command-line interface ---------------------- .. module:: json.tool - :synopsis: A command line to validate and pretty-print JSON. + :synopsis: A command-line interface to validate and pretty-print JSON. **Source code:** :source:`Lib/json/tool.py` -------------- -The :mod:`json.tool` module provides a simple command line interface to validate -and pretty-print JSON objects. +The :mod:`json` module can be invoked as a script via ``python -m json`` +to validate and pretty-print JSON objects. The :mod:`json.tool` submodule +implements this interface. If the optional ``infile`` and ``outfile`` arguments are not specified, :data:`sys.stdin` and :data:`sys.stdout` will be used respectively: .. code-block:: shell-session - $ echo '{"json": "obj"}' | python -m json.tool + $ echo '{"json": "obj"}' | python -m json { "json": "obj" } - $ echo '{1.2:3.4}' | python -m json.tool + $ echo '{1.2:3.4}' | python -m json Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes: line 1 column 2 (char 1) .. versionchanged:: 3.5 @@ -710,8 +711,13 @@ specified, :data:`sys.stdin` and :data:`sys.stdout` will be used respectively: :option:`--sort-keys` option to sort the output of dictionaries alphabetically by key. +.. versionchanged:: 3.14 + The :mod:`json` module may now be directly executed as + ``python -m json``. For backwards compatibility, invoking + the CLI as ``python -m json.tool`` remains supported. -Command line options + +Command-line options ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. option:: infile @@ -720,7 +726,7 @@ Command line options .. code-block:: shell-session - $ python -m json.tool mp_films.json + $ python -m json mp_films.json [ { "title": "And Now for Something Completely Different", diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst index 3f53f6b9400..267860712b9 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst @@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ Add notes for JSON serialization errors that allow to identify the source of the error. (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`122163`.) +Enable :mod:`json` module to work as a script using the :option:`-m` switch: ``python -m json``. +See the :ref:`JSON command-line interface ` documentation. +(Contributed by Trey Hunner in :gh:`122873`.) + operator -------- diff --git a/Lib/json/__init__.py b/Lib/json/__init__.py index ed2c74771ea..1d972d22ded 100644 --- a/Lib/json/__init__.py +++ b/Lib/json/__init__.py @@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ Specializing JSON object encoding:: '[2.0, 1.0]' -Using json.tool from the shell to validate and pretty-print:: +Using json from the shell to validate and pretty-print:: - $ echo '{"json":"obj"}' | python -m json.tool + $ echo '{"json":"obj"}' | python -m json { "json": "obj" } - $ echo '{ 1.2:3.4}' | python -m json.tool + $ echo '{ 1.2:3.4}' | python -m json Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes: line 1 column 3 (char 2) """ __version__ = '2.0.9' diff --git a/Lib/json/__main__.py b/Lib/json/__main__.py new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1808eaddb62 --- /dev/null +++ b/Lib/json/__main__.py @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +"""Command-line tool to validate and pretty-print JSON + +Usage:: + + $ echo '{"json":"obj"}' | python -m json + { + "json": "obj" + } + $ echo '{ 1.2:3.4}' | python -m json + Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes: line 1 column 3 (char 2) + +""" +import json.tool + + +if __name__ == '__main__': + try: + json.tool.main() + except BrokenPipeError as exc: + raise SystemExit(exc.errno) diff --git a/Lib/json/tool.py b/Lib/json/tool.py index fdfc3372bcc..9028e517fb9 100644 --- a/Lib/json/tool.py +++ b/Lib/json/tool.py @@ -1,14 +1,7 @@ -r"""Command-line tool to validate and pretty-print JSON - -Usage:: - - $ echo '{"json":"obj"}' | python -m json.tool - { - "json": "obj" - } - $ echo '{ 1.2:3.4}' | python -m json.tool - Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes: line 1 column 3 (char 2) +"""Command-line tool to validate and pretty-print JSON +See `json.__main__` for a usage example (invocation as +`python -m json.tool` is supported for backwards compatibility). """ import argparse import json @@ -16,7 +9,7 @@ import sys def main(): - prog = 'python -m json.tool' + prog = 'python -m json' description = ('A simple command line interface for json module ' 'to validate and pretty-print JSON objects.') parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=prog, description=description) @@ -86,4 +79,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__': try: main() except BrokenPipeError as exc: - sys.exit(exc.errno) + raise SystemExit(exc.errno) diff --git a/Lib/test/test_json/test_tool.py b/Lib/test/test_json/test_tool.py index 2b63810d539..5da7cdcad70 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_json/test_tool.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_json/test_tool.py @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from test.support.script_helper import assert_python_ok @support.requires_subprocess() -class TestTool(unittest.TestCase): +class TestMain(unittest.TestCase): data = """ [["blorpie"],[ "whoops" ] , [ @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class TestTool(unittest.TestCase): "i-vhbjkhnth", {"nifty":87}, {"morefield" :\tfalse,"field" :"yes"} ] """ + module = 'json' expect_without_sort_keys = textwrap.dedent("""\ [ @@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ class TestTool(unittest.TestCase): """) def test_stdin_stdout(self): - args = sys.executable, '-m', 'json.tool' + args = sys.executable, '-m', self.module process = subprocess.run(args, input=self.data, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True) self.assertEqual(process.stdout, self.expect) self.assertEqual(process.stderr, '') @@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ class TestTool(unittest.TestCase): def test_infile_stdout(self): infile = self._create_infile() - rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-m', 'json.tool', infile) + rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-m', self.module, infile) self.assertEqual(rc, 0) self.assertEqual(out.splitlines(), self.expect.encode().splitlines()) self.assertEqual(err, b'') @@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ class TestTool(unittest.TestCase): ''').encode() infile = self._create_infile(data) - rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-m', 'json.tool', infile) + rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-m', self.module, infile) self.assertEqual(rc, 0) self.assertEqual(out.splitlines(), expect.splitlines()) @@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ class TestTool(unittest.TestCase): def test_infile_outfile(self): infile = self._create_infile() outfile = os_helper.TESTFN + '.out' - rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-m', 'json.tool', infile, outfile) + rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-m', self.module, infile, outfile) self.addCleanup(os.remove, outfile) with open(outfile, "r", encoding="utf-8") as fp: self.assertEqual(fp.read(), self.expect) @@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ class TestTool(unittest.TestCase): def test_writing_in_place(self): infile = self._create_infile() - rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-m', 'json.tool', infile, infile) + rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-m', self.module, infile, infile) with open(infile, "r", encoding="utf-8") as fp: self.assertEqual(fp.read(), self.expect) self.assertEqual(rc, 0) @@ -142,20 +143,20 @@ class TestTool(unittest.TestCase): self.assertEqual(err, b'') def test_jsonlines(self): - args = sys.executable, '-m', 'json.tool', '--json-lines' + args = sys.executable, '-m', self.module, '--json-lines' process = subprocess.run(args, input=self.jsonlines_raw, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True) self.assertEqual(process.stdout, self.jsonlines_expect) self.assertEqual(process.stderr, '') def test_help_flag(self): - rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-m', 'json.tool', '-h') + rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-m', self.module, '-h') self.assertEqual(rc, 0) self.assertTrue(out.startswith(b'usage: ')) self.assertEqual(err, b'') def test_sort_keys_flag(self): infile = self._create_infile() - rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-m', 'json.tool', '--sort-keys', infile) + rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-m', self.module, '--sort-keys', infile) self.assertEqual(rc, 0) self.assertEqual(out.splitlines(), self.expect_without_sort_keys.encode().splitlines()) @@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ class TestTool(unittest.TestCase): 2 ] ''') - args = sys.executable, '-m', 'json.tool', '--indent', '2' + args = sys.executable, '-m', self.module, '--indent', '2' process = subprocess.run(args, input=input_, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True) self.assertEqual(process.stdout, expect) self.assertEqual(process.stderr, '') @@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ class TestTool(unittest.TestCase): def test_no_indent(self): input_ = '[1,\n2]' expect = '[1, 2]\n' - args = sys.executable, '-m', 'json.tool', '--no-indent' + args = sys.executable, '-m', self.module, '--no-indent' process = subprocess.run(args, input=input_, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True) self.assertEqual(process.stdout, expect) self.assertEqual(process.stderr, '') @@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ class TestTool(unittest.TestCase): def test_tab(self): input_ = '[1, 2]' expect = '[\n\t1,\n\t2\n]\n' - args = sys.executable, '-m', 'json.tool', '--tab' + args = sys.executable, '-m', self.module, '--tab' process = subprocess.run(args, input=input_, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True) self.assertEqual(process.stdout, expect) self.assertEqual(process.stderr, '') @@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ class TestTool(unittest.TestCase): def test_compact(self): input_ = '[ 1 ,\n 2]' expect = '[1,2]\n' - args = sys.executable, '-m', 'json.tool', '--compact' + args = sys.executable, '-m', self.module, '--compact' process = subprocess.run(args, input=input_, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True) self.assertEqual(process.stdout, expect) self.assertEqual(process.stderr, '') @@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ class TestTool(unittest.TestCase): infile = self._create_infile('{"key":"💩"}') outfile = os_helper.TESTFN + '.out' self.addCleanup(os.remove, outfile) - assert_python_ok('-m', 'json.tool', '--no-ensure-ascii', infile, outfile) + assert_python_ok('-m', self.module, '--no-ensure-ascii', infile, outfile) with open(outfile, "rb") as f: lines = f.read().splitlines() # asserting utf-8 encoded output file @@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ class TestTool(unittest.TestCase): infile = self._create_infile('{"key":"💩"}') outfile = os_helper.TESTFN + '.out' self.addCleanup(os.remove, outfile) - assert_python_ok('-m', 'json.tool', infile, outfile) + assert_python_ok('-m', self.module, infile, outfile) with open(outfile, "rb") as f: lines = f.read().splitlines() # asserting an ascii encoded output file @@ -222,11 +223,16 @@ class TestTool(unittest.TestCase): @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform =="win32", "The test is failed with ValueError on Windows") def test_broken_pipe_error(self): - cmd = [sys.executable, '-m', 'json.tool'] + cmd = [sys.executable, '-m', self.module] proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE) - # bpo-39828: Closing before json.tool attempts to write into stdout. + # bpo-39828: Closing before json attempts to write into stdout. proc.stdout.close() proc.communicate(b'"{}"') self.assertEqual(proc.returncode, errno.EPIPE) + + +@support.requires_subprocess() +class TestTool(TestMain): + module = 'json.tool' diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-10-14-16-59.gh-issue-122873.XlHaUn.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-10-14-16-59.gh-issue-122873.XlHaUn.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..002ebd9d925 --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-10-14-16-59.gh-issue-122873.XlHaUn.rst @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +Enable :mod:`json` module to work as a script using the :option:`-m` switch: ``python -m json``. +See the :ref:`JSON command-line interface ` documentation. +Patch by Trey Hunner.