danielrentz / eslint-plugin-json-es

A ESLint plugin to lint JSON.

eslint-plugin-json-es

A JSON parser for ESLint that works with a lot of existing ESLint rules or your custom rules.

Installation

npm install eslint-plugin-json-es --save-dev

Configure ESLint

This is an example ESLint configuration for all *.json files. It extends the recommended rules for JSON.

{
    "overrides": [{
        "files": ["*.json"],
        "parser": "eslint-plugin-json-es",
        "extends": "plugin:eslint-plugin-json-es/recommended",
        "rules": {
        }
    }]
}

Examples

See the example branch for different use cases and ESLint configurations.

Alternative JSON Plugins

There are three different ways how to add JSON linting to ESLint. Select the package that fits your needs:

	eslint-plugin-json-es	eslint-plugin-json	eslint-plugin-jsonc
Version
Engine	ESLint espree parser	VSCode JSON Validation	Custom AST parser
ESLint version	>7.0.0	?	>6.0.0
Custom rules	✔	❌	✔ (1)
Use existing ESLint rules	✔ (2)	❌	❌
Fix Code	✔	❌	✔ (partly)
Rule compare guide	-	Compare	#TODO :-(

(1) Uses custom AST node types
(2) Not every ESLint rule makes sense for JSON

Rules Configurations

Recommended

./config/recommended.js

Auto-fix	Rule	Version
🔧	comma-dangle	> 1.3.0
	no-dupe-keys	> 1.3.0
🔧	no-extra-parens	> 1.4.0
	no-irregular-whitespace	> 1.3.0
	no-loss-of-precision	> 1.3.0
	no-undefined	> 1.3.0
🔧	quotes	> 1.3.0
🔧	quote-props	> 1.3.0

Readable

Based on the recommended rules with stylistic aspects.

./config/readable.js

Auto-fix	Rule	Comment
🔧	indent	4
🔧	no-multiple-empty-lines
	sort-keys	Alternative with fix eslint-plugin-sort-keys-fix