Lua function to pretty print JSON, perhaps an optional arg for utils.format_json()?
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Description
Expected behavior of the wanted feature
I'm pretty printing JSON to a file using dkjson since MPV doesn't have a built-in function for it. Example:
{
"video name":{
"firstwatched":1767796909,
"endtime":"5.528",
"lastwatched":1767796909,
"starttime":"0",
"watchcount":1
}
}
A function would be nice so I wouldn't need a module (just 1) in my script. Perhaps an optional 2nd arg could be added to utils.format_json(): a bool for if it should be pretty printed.
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Start with the documented utils.format_json() API and locate its current implementation and related tests. Determine how an optional pretty-print argument should affect the generated JSON while preserving existing behavior; done means callers can request readable indentation without requiring dkjson.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- api, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100