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JSON River – Parse JSON incrementally as it streams in

5 days ago
  • #JavaScript
  • #streaming
  • #JSON
  • jsonriver allows incremental parsing of JSON as it streams in, providing increasingly complete values.
  • It is small, fast, dependency-free, and works in any JavaScript environment.
  • Example usage involves parsing a stream from a fetch request.
  • Values are updated incrementally, e.g., strings grow character by character, arrays append elements, and objects add properties.
  • Final parsed value matches JSON.parse's output.
  • Built-in JSON.parse is faster but lacks streaming capability.
  • Alternatives like stream-json are more feature-rich but slower and more complex.
  • Installation and testing commands are provided.