philiprehberger-json-diff 0.1.6

Readable JSON comparison with colorized terminal output

philiprehberger-json-diff

Readable JSON/dict comparison with colorized terminal output.

Installation

pip install philiprehberger-json-diff

Usage

from philiprehberger_json_diff import diff, format_diff, diff_summary

old = {"name": "Alice", "age": 30, "city": "NYC"}
new = {"name": "Alice", "age": 31, "country": "US"}

changes = diff(old, new)

# Pretty-print with colors
print(format_diff(changes))

# Get a summary
summary = diff_summary(changes)
# {"added": 1, "removed": 1, "modified": 1, "total": 3}

Nested Comparison

old = {"user": {"name": "Alice", "settings": {"theme": "dark"}}}
new = {"user": {"name": "Alice", "settings": {"theme": "light"}}}

changes = diff(old, new)
# Reports: modified user.settings.theme: 'dark' -> 'light'

Ignore Paths

changes = diff(old, new, ignore={"user.settings.theme"})

API

• diff(old, new, ignore=None) — Compare two dicts, returns list of Change objects
• format_diff(changes, color=True) — Format changes as readable string with optional ANSI colors
• diff_summary(changes) — Return dict with counts by change type

Development

pip install -e .
python -m pytest tests/ -v

License

MIT