Fixed #906: Implemented turning Python objects containing `True`, `False` and `None` into valid JSON using repair

HISTORY.md

@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 https://github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor
 
 
+## not yet published, version 8.6.0
+
+- Fixed #906: Implemented turning Python objects containing `True`, `False` 
+  and `None` into valid JSON using repair.
+
+
 ## 2020-02-06, version 8.5.3
 
 - Fix #892: the undo/redo buttons in mode `code` being broken when custom 

src/js/util.js

@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ export function repair (jsString) {
   const graveAccent = '\u0060'
   const acuteAccent = '\u00B4'
 
+  const pythonConstants = {
+    None: 'null',
+    True: 'true',
+    False: 'false'
+  }
+
   // helper functions to get the current/prev/next character
   function curr () { return jsString.charAt(i) }
   function next () { return jsString.charAt(i + 1) }
@@ -180,29 +186,29 @@ export function repair (jsString) {
     }
   }
 
-  function parseMongoDataType () {
+  function parseValue () {
     let c = curr()
-    let value
-    let dataType = ''
-    while (/[a-zA-Z_$]/.test(c)) {
-      dataType += c
+    let value = ''
+    while (/\w/.test(c)) {
+      value += c
       i++
       c = curr()
     }
 
-    if (dataType.length > 0 && c === '(') {
-      // This is an MongoDB data type like {"_id": ObjectId("123")}
+    if (value.length > 0 && c === '(') {
+      // This is an MongoDB data type like in {"_id": ObjectId("123")}
+      let innerValue
       i++
       c = curr()
       if (c === '"') {
         // a data type containing a string, like ISODate("2012-12-19T06:01:17.171Z")
-        value = parseString(c)
+        innerValue = parseString(c)
         c = curr()
       } else {
         // a data type containing a value, like 'NumberLong(2)'
-        value = ''
+        innerValue = ''
         while (c !== ')' && c !== '') {
-          value += c
+          innerValue += c
           i++
           c = curr()
         }
@@ -213,14 +219,17 @@ export function repair (jsString) {
         i++
 
         // return the value (strip the data type object)
-        return value
+        return innerValue
       } else {
         // huh? that's unexpected. don't touch it
-        return dataType + '(' + value + c
+        return value + '(' + innerValue + c
       }
+    } else if (typeof pythonConstants[value] === 'string') {
+      // it's a python constant like None
+      return pythonConstants[value]
     } else {
-      // hm, no Mongo data type after all
-      return dataType
+      // just leave as is
+      return value
     }
   }
 
@@ -260,15 +269,13 @@ export function repair (jsString) {
     } else if (/[a-zA-Z_$]/.test(c) && ['{', ','].indexOf(lastNonWhitespace()) !== -1) {
       // an unquoted object key (like a in '{a:2}')
       chars.push(parseKey())
-    } else {
-      if (/[a-zA-Z_$]/.test(c)) {
-        chars.push(parseMongoDataType())
+    } else if (/\w/.test(c)) {
+      chars.push(parseValue())
     } else {
       chars.push(c)
       i++
     }
   }
-  }
 
   return chars.join('')
 }

test/util.test.js

@@ -135,6 +135,22 @@ describe('util', () => {
 
       assert.strictEqual(repair(mongoDocument), expectedJson)
     })
+
+    it('should replace Python constants None, True, False', () => {
+      const pythonDocument = '{\n' +
+        '  "null": None,\n' +
+        '  "true": True,\n' +
+        '  "false": False\n' +
+        '}'
+
+      const expectedJson = '{\n' +
+        '  "null": null,\n' +
+        '  "true": true,\n' +
+        '  "false": false\n' +
+        '}'
+
+      assert.strictEqual(repair(pythonDocument), expectedJson)
+    })
   })
 
   describe('jsonPath', () => {