Chicago Ruby Hack Night - JSON

Come on out and hack!

A lot of data is transferred in JSON format which is easy for programs to read but hard for humans since it's all one line. Let's solve this problem with a Ruby program that formats JSON so that we can read it easily. This problem has been solved before, of course, but not by you so it's a good exercise.

Sample JSON data is shown below. Check JSON Lint (http://jsonlint.com/) for an example of an app that solves this problem. If you get the formatting done early you can also try validating the JSON, too.

We'll pair up to work on this Ruby problem. All Rubyists are welcome, including beginners. Bring your laptop with ruby installed.

Enova Financial, our hosts, will provide food and drink.

Sample JSON from JSON Generator (http://json-generator.appspot.com/):

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Irure aliquip magna veniam Lorem velit.\r\n","registered":"1998-04-12T03:09:03 +05:00","latitude":30,"tags":["elit","aliquip","anim","minim","quis","incididunt","voluptate"],"friends":[{"id":1,"name":"Zoey Crossman"},{"id":2,"name":"Claire Hoggarth"},{"id":3,"name":"Savannah Charlson"}],"gender":"female","randomArrayItem":"teacher"},{"id":2,"guid":"0227f845-561c-4e92-8dec-81057b992029","isActive":true,"balance":"$3,686.00","picture":"http://placehold.it/32x32","age":29,"name":"Alexis Crossman","company":"Nanobanc","phone":"853-443-35679","email":"alexis@nanobanc.com","address":"22640, Escondido, Walker Street","about":"Enim deserunt velit ad quis. Duis reprehenderit id amet anim commodo voluptate ad. Velit labore dolor et nulla laboris velit laboris consectetur amet deserunt.\r\n","registered":"1997-09-14T00:47:19 +05:00","latitude":61,"tags":["mollit","anim","cillum","duis","enim","consequat","non"],"friends":[{"id":1,"name":"Allison Hamphrey"},{"id":2,"name":"Ava Webster"},{"id":3,"name":"Emma Vaughan"}],"gender":"male","randomArrayItem":"teacher"},{"id":3,"guid":"2a8685a8-97d1-47e4-b75c-486b0b6c3fc5","isActive":true,"balance":"$3,313.00","picture":"http://placehold.it/32x32","age":35,"name":"Lillian Watson","company":"US Omnigraphik","phone":"885-513-23558","email":"lillian@us omnigraphik.com","address":"20753, Cambridge, Lafayette Street","about":"Ea mollit mollit laboris deserunt. Ut amet ullamco sit aute quis. Tempor labore ex commodo ex enim ea adipisicing esse ad cillum. Nulla cillum ut ullamco veniam duis id pariatur reprehenderit est est laboris mollit consequat. Esse aliqua Lorem deserunt Lorem id reprehenderit incididunt sit adipisicing tempor pariatur ipsum laborum irure. Labore irure consequat irure magna nisi reprehenderit eu est ea enim proident cupidatat. Ut aliquip id ea dolore dolore fugiat aute in sunt consectetur.\r\n","registered":"1998-10-01T14:42:32 +05:00","latitude":-23,"tags":["reprehenderit","consectetur","enim","sint","ea","sint","laboris"],"friends":[{"id":1,"name":"Andrea Oliver"},{"id":2,"name":"Allison Gilbert"},{"id":3,"name":"Madeline Ward"}],"gender":"female","randomArrayItem":"student"},{"id":4,"guid":"9e6193e7-077a-4c08-b1c3-d356226e96d1","isActive":true,"balance":"$2,770.00","picture":"http://placehold.it/32x32","age":40,"name":"Payton Day","company":"Conotomics","phone":"833-596-29469","email":"payton@conotomics.com","address":"22271, Elgin, Crosby Streets","about":"Proident ullamco adipisicing consequat laborum ipsum in voluptate proident sint. Magna ea consequat sit elit labore aliquip. Laborum irure fugiat id et aliquip incididunt. Anim laborum proident proident ea sit culpa esse sunt cillum reprehenderit consectetur. Veniam amet dolore dolore elit exercitation enim elit nisi irure ad dolor. Aliqua ad dolore aute adipisicing irure laborum pariatur ipsum esse commodo sint consequat occaecat eu. Cillum elit esse occaecat cupidatat consectetur mollit dolore aute sint sint nulla incididunt.\r\n","registered":"2006-05-24T00:15:29 +05:00","latitude":0,"tags":["nisi","incididunt","veniam","aute","duis","laborum","labore"],"friends":[{"id":1,"name":"Jessica Freeman"},{"id":2,"name":"Rachel Campbell"},{"id":3,"name":"Abigail Crossman"}],"gender":"female","randomArrayItem":"teacher"},{"id":5,"guid":"e6950ea7-28f4-45fc-aba2-98b8e8a59af4","isActive":false,"balance":"$1,534.00","picture":"http://placehold.it/32x32","age":31,"name":"Gabriella Davidson","company":"Anagraph","phone":"801-468-36949","email":"gabriella@anagraph.com","address":"13209, Chattanooga, nr 43rd Street","about":"Dolore magna proident dolore ut nisi veniam. Est officia do ea cillum ipsum dolore incididunt deserunt sint excepteur proident. Veniam mollit amet commodo Lorem amet magna ea excepteur Lorem.\r\n","registered":"1999-03-16T11:57:24 +06:00","latitude":-40,"tags":["ad","qui","deserunt","cupidatat","ea","aute","consectetur"],"friends":[{"id":1,"name":"Madelyn Miln"},{"id":2,"name":"Hailey Hancock"},{"id":3,"name":"Katherine Daniels"}],"gender":"male","randomArrayItem":"student"},{"id":6,"guid":"75d79c47-de81-4b27-ad18-59cf422153e0","isActive":true,"balance":"$3,979.00","picture":"http://placehold.it/32x32","age":31,"name":"Jocelyn Higgins","company":"Airdyne","phone":"809-505-31943","email":"jocelyn@airdyne.com","address":"13246, Boise, Water Street","about":"Exercitation proident sint sit officia dolore esse amet laboris. Dolor dolore laboris reprehenderit ea enim voluptate proident veniam esse occaecat esse laboris laborum eu. Aute deserunt aliqua cillum officia sit anim laboris deserunt.\r\n","registered":"2010-11-02T13:09:18 +05:00","latitude":66,"tags":["laboris","nostrud","cillum","et","pariatur","sint","dolor"],"friends":[{"id":1,"name":"Morgan Smith"},{"id":2,"name":"Sophia Gustman"},{"id":3,"name":"Jasmine Freeman"}],"gender":"male","randomArrayItem":"student"},{"id":7,"guid":"eab92556-4d17-41fe-b346-d8c52a29556a","isActive":true,"balance":"$2,368.00","picture":"http://placehold.it/32x32","age":30,"name":"Addison Bush","company":"Robotomic","phone":"802-507-34999","email":"addison@robotomic.com","address":"11750, BatonRouge, Duane Streets","about":"Lorem elit esse voluptate ullamco sit. Anim sunt esse duis aliquip consequat veniam Lorem ea eiusmod dolor. Ut voluptate culpa velit quis in cupidatat nisi eiusmod incididunt. Tempor tempor id minim nostrud eiusmod esse. Qui et nisi ullamco ipsum dolore reprehenderit incididunt consequat cillum sit. Velit ex ut irure anim dolore irure minim Lorem. Ullamco laborum deserunt voluptate id quis esse.\r\n","registered":"1997-03-26T17:56:01 +06:00","latitude":-67,"tags":["commodo","fugiat","tempor","esse","nostrud","esse","sunt"],"friends":[{"id":1,"name":"Audrey Chesterton"},{"id":2,"name":"Hannah Gilbert"},{"id":3,"name":"Samantha Smith"}],"gender":"female","randomArrayItem":"student"}]}