json-editor-vue

JSON Editor Vue

Vue 2/3 isomorphic JSON editor, viewer, formatter and validator.
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Features

• 🚀 Performant
  • Handle large JSON documents up to 512 MB
  • Deserialize with destr by default, up to 35.96x faster than JSON.parse
• 💪 Powerful
  • View, edit, format, validate, compact, sort, query, filter, transform, repair, highlight JSON
  • 7 primitive data types including BigInt and Symbol
  • 3 edit modes: text mode & tree mode & table mode
  • 2 themes: light theme & dark theme
  • 2-way binding: parsed or stringified JSON
• 🤸 Flexible
  • Vue 2.6/2.7/3 isomorphic
  • Support SSR, Nuxt 2/3/4 isomorphic
  • Support Vite, Vue CLI, webpack, CDN...
  • Support microfrontends
  • Support PC & mobile devices
  • Local registration & configuration, or global registration & configuration (Powered by vue-global-config)

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Test Coverage

Install

Vue 3

npm i json-editor-vue

Local Registration

<script setup>
import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'

const value = ref()
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue
    v-model="value"
    v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
  />
</template>

Global Registration

import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'
import { createApp } from 'vue'

createApp()
  .use(JsonEditorVue, {
    // global props & attrs (one-way data flow)
  })
  .mount('#app')

CDN + ESM

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="app">
      <json-editor-vue v-model="value"></json-editor-vue>
    </div>

    <script type="importmap">
      {
        "imports": {
          "vue": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue/dist/vue.esm-browser.prod.js",
          "vue-demi": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue-demi/lib/v3/index.mjs",
          "vanilla-jsoneditor": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vanilla-jsoneditor",
          "json-editor-vue": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/json-editor-vue@0.19/dist/json-editor-vue.mjs"
        }
      }
    </script>
    <script type="module">
      import { createApp, ref } from 'vue'
      import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'

      createApp({
        setup: () => ({
          value: ref(),
        }),
      })
        .use(JsonEditorVue)
        .mount('#app')
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

CDN + IIFE

[!Warning]

Not yet supported because vanilla-jsoneditor does not export IIFE or UMD,

please leave a message here if you need it.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="app">
      <json-editor-vue v-model="value"></json-editor-vue>
    </div>

    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue-demi"></script>
    <!-- TODO -->
    <script src="./vanilla-jsoneditor.umd.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/json-editor-vue@0.19"></script>
    <script>
      const { createApp, ref } = Vue

      createApp({
        setup: () => ({
          value: ref(),
        }),
      })
        .use(JsonEditorVue)
        .mount('#app')
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

Vue 2.7

npm i json-editor-vue

Local Registration

<script setup>
import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'

const value = ref()
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue
    v-model="value"
    v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
  />
</template>

Global Registration

import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'
import Vue from 'vue'

Vue.use(JsonEditorVue, {
  // global props & attrs (one-way data flow)
})

CDN + ESM

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="app">
      <json-editor-vue v-model="value"></json-editor-vue>
    </div>

    <script type="importmap">
      {
        "imports": {
          "vue": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue@2/dist/vue.esm.browser.min.js",
          "vue-demi": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue-demi/lib/v2.7/index.mjs",
          "vanilla-jsoneditor": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vanilla-jsoneditor",
          "json-editor-vue": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/json-editor-vue@0.19/dist/json-editor-vue.mjs"
        }
      }
    </script>
    <script type="module">
      import Vue from 'vue'
      import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'

      new Vue({
        components: { JsonEditorVue },
        data() {
          return {
            value: undefined,
          }
        },
      }).$mount('#app')
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

CDN + IIFE

[!Warning]

Not yet supported because vanilla-jsoneditor does not export IIFE or UMD,

please leave a message here if you need it.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="app">
      <json-editor-vue v-model="value"></json-editor-vue>
    </div>

    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue@2"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue-demi"></script>
    <!-- TODO -->
    <script src="./vanilla-jsoneditor.umd.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/json-editor-vue@0.19"></script>
    <script>
      new Vue({
        components: { JsonEditorVue },
        data() {
          return {
            value: undefined,
          }
        },
      }).$mount('#app')
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

Vue 2.6 or Earlier

npm i @vue/composition-api json-editor-vue

Local Registration

<script>
import VCA from '@vue/composition-api'
import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'
import Vue from 'vue'

Vue.use(VCA)

export default {
  components: { JsonEditorVue },
  data() {
    return {
      value: undefined,
    }
  },
}
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue
    v-model="value"
    v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
  />
</template>

Global Registration

import VCA from '@vue/composition-api'
import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'
import Vue from 'vue'

Vue.use(VCA)
Vue.use(JsonEditorVue, {
  // global props & attrs (one-way data flow)
})

CDN + ESM

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="app">
      <json-editor-vue v-model="value"></json-editor-vue>
    </div>

    <script>
      window.process = { env: { NODE_ENV: 'production' } }
    </script>
    <script type="importmap">
      {
        "imports": {
          "vue": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue@2.6/dist/vue.esm.browser.min.js",
          "@vue/composition-api": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@vue/composition-api/dist/vue-composition-api.mjs",
          "@vue/composition-api/dist/vue-composition-api.mjs": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@vue/composition-api/dist/vue-composition-api.mjs",
          "vue-demi": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue-demi/lib/v2/index.mjs",
          "vanilla-jsoneditor": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vanilla-jsoneditor",
          "json-editor-vue": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/json-editor-vue@0.19/dist/json-editor-vue.mjs"
        }
      }
    </script>
    <script type="module">
      import { createApp, ref } from '@vue/composition-api'
      import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'

      const app = createApp({
        setup: () => ({
          value: ref(),
        }),
      })

      app.use(JsonEditorVue)
      app.mount('#app')
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

CDN + IIFE

[!Warning]

Not yet supported because vanilla-jsoneditor does not export IIFE or UMD,

please leave a message here if you need it.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="app">
      <json-editor-vue v-model="value"></json-editor-vue>
    </div>

    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue@2.6"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@vue/composition-api"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue-demi"></script>
    <!-- TODO -->
    <script src="./vanilla-jsoneditor.umd.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/json-editor-vue@0.19"></script>
    <script>
      const { createApp, ref } = VueCompositionAPI

      const app = createApp({
        setup: () => ({
          value: ref(),
        }),
      })

      app.use(VueCompositionAPI)
      app.use(JsonEditorVue)
      app.mount('#app')
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

Nuxt 3

npm i json-editor-vue

Local Registration

<!-- ~/components/JsonEditorVue.client.vue -->

<script setup>
import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'

const attrs = useAttrs()
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue v-bind="attrs" />
</template>

<script setup>
const value = ref()
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue
    v-model="value"
    v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
  />
</template>

Global Registration as a Module

// nuxt.config.ts

export default defineNuxtConfig({
  modules: ['json-editor-vue/nuxt'],
})

<script setup>
const value = ref()
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue
    v-model="value"
    v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
  />
</template>

Global Registration as a Plugin

// ~/plugins/JsonEditorVue.client.ts

import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'

export default defineNuxtPlugin((nuxtApp) => {
  nuxtApp.vueApp.use(JsonEditorVue, {
    // global props & attrs (one-way data flow)
  })
})

<script setup>
const value = ref()
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue
    v-model="value"
    v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
  />
</template>

Nuxt 2 + Vue 2.7

npm i json-editor-vue

Local Registration

// nuxt.config.js

export default {
  build: {
    // Vite ≥4 (Rollup ≥3) uses ES2020 as compiler target by default
    // Therefore Vite-≥4-built outputs should be transpiled in webpack 4
    transpile: ['json-editor-vue'],
    extend(config) {
      // Getting webpack to recognize the `.mjs` file
      config.module.rules.push({
        test: /\.mjs$/,
        include: /node_modules/,
        type: 'javascript/auto',
      })
    },
  },
}

<script setup>
import { ref } from 'vue'

function JsonEditorVue() {
  return process.client
    ? import('json-editor-vue')
    : Promise.resolve({ render: h => h('div') })
}

const value = ref()
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue
    v-model="value"
    v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
  />
</template>

Global Registration

// nuxt.config.js

export default {
  plugins: ['~/plugins/JsonEditorVue.client'],
  build: {
    // Vite ≥4 (Rollup ≥3) uses ES2020 as compiler target by default
    // Therefore Vite-≥4-built outputs should be transpiled in webpack 4
    transpile: ['json-editor-vue'],
    extend(config) {
      // Getting webpack to recognize the `.mjs` file
      config.module.rules.push({
        test: /\.mjs$/,
        include: /node_modules/,
        type: 'javascript/auto',
      })
    },
  },
}

// ~/plugins/JsonEditorVue.client.js

import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'
import Vue from 'vue'

Vue.use(JsonEditorVue, {
  // global props & attrs (one-way data flow)
})

<script setup>
import { ref } from 'vue'

const value = ref()
</script>

<template>
  <ClientOnly>
    <JsonEditorVue
      v-model="value"
      v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
    />
  </ClientOnly>
</template>

Nuxt 2 + Vue 2.6 or Earlier

npm i @vue/composition-api json-editor-vue

Local Registration

// nuxt.config.js

export default {
  build: {
    // Vite ≥4 (Rollup ≥3) uses ES2020 as compiler target by default
    // Therefore Vite-≥4-built outputs should be transpiled in webpack 4
    transpile: ['json-editor-vue'],
    extend(config) {
      // Getting webpack to recognize the `.mjs` file
      config.module.rules.push({
        test: /\.mjs$/,
        include: /node_modules/,
        type: 'javascript/auto',
      })
    },
  },
}

<script>
import VCA from '@vue/composition-api'
import Vue from 'vue'

Vue.use(VCA)

export default {
  components: {
    JsonEditorVue: () => process.client
      ? import('json-editor-vue')
      : Promise.resolve({ render: h => h('div') }),
  },
  data() {
    return {
      value: undefined,
    }
  },
}
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue
    v-model="value"
    v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
  />
</template>

Global Registration

// nuxt.config.js

export default {
  plugins: ['~/plugins/JsonEditorVue.client'],
  build: {
    // Vite ≥4 (Rollup ≥3) uses ES2020 as compiler target by default
    // Therefore Vite-≥4-built outputs should be transpiled in webpack 4
    transpile: ['json-editor-vue'],
    extend(config) {
      // Getting webpack to recognize the `.mjs` file
      config.module.rules.push({
        test: /\.mjs$/,
        include: /node_modules/,
        type: 'javascript/auto',
      })
    },
  },
}

// ~/plugins/JsonEditorVue.client.js

import VCA from '@vue/composition-api'
import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'
import Vue from 'vue'

Vue.use(VCA)
Vue.use(JsonEditorVue, {
  // global props & attrs (one-way data flow)
})

<script>
export default {
  data() {
    return {
      value: undefined,
    }
  },
}
</script>

<template>
  <ClientOnly>
    <JsonEditorVue
      v-model="value"
      v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
    />
  </ClientOnly>
</template>

Vite

Ready to use right out of the box.

Vue CLI 5 (webpack 5)

Ready to use right out of the box.

Vue CLI 4 (webpack 4)

≥ v4.5.15

// vue.config.js

module.exports = {
  // Vite ≥4 (Rollup ≥3) uses ES2020 as compiler target by default
  // Therefore Vite-≥4-built outputs should be transpiled in webpack 4
  transpileDependencies: ['json-editor-vue'],
}

＜ v4.5.15

// vue.config.js

module.exports = {
  // Vite ≥4 (Rollup ≥3) uses ES2020 as compiler target by default
  // Therefore Vite-≥4-built outputs should be transpiled in webpack 4
  transpileDependencies: ['json-editor-vue'],
  configureWebpack: {
    module: {
      rules: [
        // Getting webpack to recognize the `.mjs` file
        {
          test: /\.mjs$/,
          include: /node_modules/,
          type: 'javascript/auto',
        },
      ],
    },
  },
}

Vue CLI 3 (webpack 4)

npm i @babel/plugin-proposal-nullish-coalescing-operator @babel/plugin-proposal-optional-chaining -D

// babel.config.js

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    '@babel/plugin-proposal-nullish-coalescing-operator',
    '@babel/plugin-proposal-optional-chaining',
  ],
}

// vue.config.js

module.exports = {
  // Vite ≥4 (Rollup ≥3) uses ES2020 as compiler target by default
  // Therefore Vite-≥4-built outputs should be transpiled in webpack 4
  transpileDependencies: ['json-editor-vue'],
  chainWebpack(config) {
    // Getting webpack to recognize the `.mjs` file
    config.module
      .rule('mjs')
      .include
      .add(/node_modules/)
      .type('javascript/auto')
      .end()
  },
}

Vue CLI 2 & 1 (webpack 3)

Vue CLI 2 & 1 pull the template from vuejs-templates/webpack.

npm i @babel/core@latest @babel/preset-env@latest babel-loader@latest -D

// babel.config.js

module.exports = {
  presets: [
    '@babel/preset-env',
  ],
}

// webpack.base.conf.js

module.exports = {
  module: {
    rules: [
      // Getting webpack to recognize the `.mjs` file
      {
        test: /\.mjs$/,
        loader: 'babel-loader',
        include: [resolve('src'), resolve('test'), resolve('node_modules/json-editor-vue')],
      },
    ],
  },
}

Update Dependency Versions

npm rm json-editor-vue && npm i json-editor-vue

[!Warning]

Not working for major version bump, fot that you can specify dependency versions (if necessary)

Specify Dependency Versions

// package.json
{
  // npm/cnpm/bun
  "overrides": {
    "vanilla-jsoneditor": "***",
    "vue-demi": "***"
  },
  // yarn/bun
  "resolutions": {
    "vanilla-jsoneditor": "***",
    "vue-demi": "***"
  },
  // pnpm
  "pnpm": {
    "overrides": {
      "vanilla-jsoneditor": "***",
      "vue-demi": "***"
    }
  }
}

With Scope:

// package.json
{
  // npm/cnpm/bun
  "overrides": {
    "json-editor-vue": {
      "vanilla-jsoneditor": "***",
      "vue-demi": "***"
    }
  },
  // yarn/bun
  "resolutions": {
    "json-editor-vue/vanilla-jsoneditor": "***",
    "json-editor-vue/vue-demi": "***"
  },
  // pnpm
  "pnpm": {
    "overrides": {
      "json-editor-vue>vanilla-jsoneditor": "***",
      "json-editor-vue>vue-demi": "***"
    }
  }
}

Props

parsed JSON vs. stringified JSON

• parsed JSON: what we commonly refer to as JSON, which can be of any data type.
• stringified JSON: serialized JSON, which is always a string type.

Binding value difference between svelte-jsoneditor and json-editor-vue

• svelte-jsoneditor: An object contains a parsed JSON or a stringified JSON, will do JSON.parse when passing as a stringified JSON.
• json-editor-vue: JSON itself. What you see is what you get.

If you prefer the behavior of svelte-jsoneditor:

<JsonEditorVue
  :content="content"
  :onChange="(updatedContent) => {
    content = updatedContent
  }"
/>

The association between binding value and modes

[!Important]

The input value is independent of modes, except:

Input value of string type will be treated as a normal string under tree mode, as a stringified JSON under text mode by default.

The output value of tree mode is a parsed JSON, the output value of text mode is a stringified JSON.

But this correspondence can be disrupted by programmatic changes or mode switching.

See https://github.com/josdejong/svelte-jsoneditor/pull/166 for more details.

FAQ: How to keep the value as parsed JSON in text mode?

[!Caution]

• Not performant for large JSON documents.
• Adjust the debounce value based on the size of your JSON.
• Will output undefined when the input value is invalid.

<script setup>
import { Mode } from 'vanilla-jsoneditor'
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue :mode="Mode.text" :stringified="false" />
</template>

[!Tip]

You can use mode="text" in JavaScript context without installing vanilla-jsoneditor.

Naming convention

Support camelCase and kebab-case for tag & property name.

[!Tip]

When using json-editor-vue or any Vue component via CDN (HTML), kebab-case must be used exclusively due to HTML's case insensitivity.

Boolean properties

Including the boolean properties of svelte-jsoneditor like readOnly with no value will imply true:

• ✓ <JsonEditorVue readOnly />

• ✓ <JsonEditorVue :readOnly="true" />

Exposes

Calling the methods of svelte-jsoneditor

<script setup>
import { onMounted, useTemplateRef } from 'vue'

// Vue ≥ v3.5
const jsonEditorVueRef = useTemplateRef('jsonEditorVueRef')
// Vue < v3.5
// const jsonEditorVueRef = ref()

onMounted(() => {
  jsonEditorVueRef.value.jsonEditor.focus()
})
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue ref="jsonEditorVueRef" />
</template>

BigInt

npm i lossless-json

<script setup>
import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'
import { parse, stringify } from 'lossless-json'
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue :parser="{ parse, stringify }" />
</template>

Dark Theme

<script setup>
import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'
import 'vanilla-jsoneditor/themes/jse-theme-dark.css'
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue class="jse-theme-dark" />
</template>

Changelog

Detailed changes for each release are documented in the release notes