Create machine-readable JSON diffs
```rust
let a = json!({ "list": [1, 2, 3], "object": {"a": "b"} });
let b = json!({ "list": [1, 2, 3], "object": {"a": "b"} });
assert!(serdejsondiff::values(a, b).is_none()); ```
serde_json_diff::objects and serde_json_diff::arrays are also exposed
specifically for comparing serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value>
and Vec<serde_json::Value>s respectively.
serde_json_diff my_json_file.json my_other_json_file.json
Tip: Since the command name serde_json_diff is a bit long, I personally have it aliased in my shell config:
sh
alias jdiff="serde_json_diff"
Comparing this file:
json
{
"matches": "a",
"missing_key": "a",
"value_difference": 1,
"type_difference": 1,
"length_difference": [],
"different_elements": ["a", "a"]
}
To this file:
json
{
"matches": "a",
"extra_key": "b",
"value_difference": 2,
"type_difference": "1",
"length_difference": [true],
"different_elements": ["a", "ab"]
}
Results in this diff ([Difference] type serialised as JSON):
json
{
"Object": {
"different_elements": {
"Value": {
"Array": {
"Element": {
"1": {
"Scalar": [
"a",
"ab"
]
}
}
}
}
},
"extra_key": "ExtraKey",
"length_difference": {
"Value": {
"Array": {
"Length": [
0,
1
]
}
}
},
"missing_key": "MissingKey",
"type_difference": {
"Value": {
"Type": [
"Number",
"String"
]
}
},
"value_difference": {
"Value": {
"Scalar": [
1,
2
]
}
}
}
}
Admittedly, the output is not particularly human-readable or intuitive in JSON form. So I'm very open to suggestions on how this can be improved! 😇