This little beautifier will reformat and reindent bookmarklets, ugly JavaScript, unpack scripts packed by Dean Edward’s popular packer, as well as deobfuscate scripts processed by javascriptobfuscator.com.
You can beautify javascript using JS Beautifier in your web browser, or on the command-line using node.js or python.
JS Beautifier is hosted on two CDN services: cdnjs and rawgit.
To pull from one of these services include one set of the script tags below in your document:
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/js-beautify/1.7.5/beautify.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/js-beautify/1.7.5/beautify-css.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/js-beautify/1.7.5/beautify-html.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/js-beautify/1.7.5/beautify.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/js-beautify/1.7.5/beautify-css.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/js-beautify/1.7.5/beautify-html.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/beautify-web/js-beautify/v1.7.5/js/lib/beautify.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/beautify-web/js-beautify/v1.7.5/js/lib/beautify-css.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/beautify-web/js-beautify/v1.7.5/js/lib/beautify-html.js"></script>Disclaimer: These are free services, so there are no uptime or support guarantees.
Open jsbeautifier.org. Options are available via the UI.
To beautify using python:
$ pip install jsbeautifier
$ js-beautify file.jsBeautified output goes to stdout.
To use jsbeautifier as a library is simple:
import jsbeautifier
res = jsbeautifier.beautify('your javascript string')
res = jsbeautifier.beautify_file('some_file.js')...or, to specify some options:
opts = jsbeautifier.default_options()
opts.indent_size = 2
opts.space_in_empty_paren = True
res = jsbeautifier.beautify('some javascript', opts)The configuration option names are the same as the CLI names but with underscores instead of dashes. The example above would be set on the command-line as --indent-size 2 --space-in-empty-paren.
As an alternative to the Python script, you may install the NPM package js-beautify. When installed globally, it provides an executable js-beautify script. As with the Python script, the beautified result is sent to stdout unless otherwise configured.
$ npm -g install js-beautify
$ js-beautify foo.jsYou can also use js-beautify as a node library (install locally, the npm default):
$ npm install js-beautifyImport and call the approriate beautifier method for javascript (js), css, or html. All three method signatures are beautify(code, options). code is a the string of code to be beautified. options is an object with the settings you would like used to beautify the code.
The configuration option names are the same as the CLI names but with underscores instead of dashes. For example, --indent-size 2 --space-in-empty-paren would be { indent_size: 2, space_in_empty_paren: true }.
var beautify = require('js-beautify').js,
fs = require('fs');
fs.readFile('foo.js', 'utf8', function (err, data) {
if (err) {
throw err;
}
console.log(beautify(data, { indent_size: 2, space_in_empty_paren: true }));
});These are the command-line flags for both Python and JS scripts:
CLI Options:
-f, --file Input file(s) (Pass '-' for stdin)
-r, --replace Write output in-place, replacing input
-o, --outfile Write output to file (default stdout)
--config Path to config file
--type [js|css|html] ["js"]
-q, --quiet Suppress logging to stdout
-h, --help Show this help
-v, --version Show the version
Beautifier Options:
-s, --indent-size Indentation size [4]
-c, --indent-char Indentation character [" "]
-t, --indent-with-tabs Indent with tabs, overrides -s and -c
-e, --eol Character(s) to use as line terminators.
[first newline in file, otherwise "\n]
-n, --end-with-newline End output with newline
--editorconfig Use EditorConfig to set up the options
-l, --indent-level Initial indentation level [0]
-p, --preserve-newlines Preserve line-breaks (--no-preserve-newlines disables)
-m, --max-preserve-newlines Number of line-breaks to be preserved in one chunk [10]
-P, --space-in-paren Add padding spaces within paren, ie. f( a, b )
-E, --space-in-empty-paren Add a single space inside empty paren, ie. f( )
-j, --jslint-happy Enable jslint-stricter mode
-a, --space-after-anon-function Add a space before an anonymous function's parens, ie. function ()
-b, --brace-style [collapse|expand|end-expand|none][,preserve-inline] [collapse,preserve-inline]
-u, --unindent-chained-methods Don't indent chained method calls
-B, --break-chained-methods Break chained method calls across subsequent lines
-k, --keep-array-indentation Preserve array indentation
-x, --unescape-strings Decode printable characters encoded in xNN notation
-w, --wrap-line-length Wrap lines at next opportunity after N characters [0]
-X, --e4x Pass E4X xml literals through untouched
--good-stuff Warm the cockles of Crockford's heart
-C, --comma-first Put commas at the beginning of new line instead of end
-O, --operator-position Set operator position (before-newline|after-newline|preserve-newline) [before-newline]
Which correspond to the underscored option keys for both library interfaces
defaults per CLI options
{
"indent_size": 4,
"indent_char": " ",
"indent_with_tabs": false,
"eol": "\n",
"end_with_newline": false,
"indent_level": 0,
"preserve_newlines": true,
"max_preserve_newlines": 10,
"space_in_paren": false,
"space_in_empty_paren": false,
"jslint_happy": false,
"space_after_anon_function": false,
"brace_style": "collapse",
"unindent_chained_methods": false,
"break_chained_methods": false,
"keep_array_indentation": false,
"unescape_strings": false,
"wrap_line_length": 0,
"e4x": false,
"comma_first": false,
"operator_position": "before-newline"
}defaults not exposed in the cli
{
"eval_code": false,
"space_before_conditional": true
}Notice not all defaults are exposed via the CLI. Historically, the Python and
JS APIs have not been 100% identical. For example, space_before_conditional is
currently JS-only, and not addressable from the CLI script. There are still a
few other additional cases keeping us from 100% API-compatibility.
In addition to CLI arguments, you may pass config to the JS executable via:
- any
jsbeautify_-prefixed environment variables - a
JSON-formatted file indicated by the--configparameter - a
.jsbeautifyrcfile containingJSONdata at any level of the filesystem above$PWD
Configuration sources provided earlier in this stack will override later ones.
The settings are a shallow tree whose values are inherited for all languages, but can be overridden. This works for settings passed directly to the API in either implementation. In the Javascript implementation, settings loaded from a config file, such as .jsbeautifyrc, can also use inheritance/overriding.
Below is an example configuration tree showing all the supported locations
for language override nodes. We'll use indent_size to discuss how this configuration
would behave, but any number of settings can be inherited or overridden:
{
"indent_size": 4,
"html": {
"end_with_newline": true,
"js": {
"indent_size": 2
},
"css": {
"indent_size": 2
}
},
"css": {
"indent_size": 1
},
"js": {
"preserve-newlines": true
}
}Using the above example would have the following result:
- HTML files
- Inherit
indent_sizeof 4 spaces from the top-level setting. - The files would also end with a newline.
- JavaScript and CSS inside HTML
- Inherit the HTML
end_with_newlinesetting - Override their indentation to 2 spaces
- Inherit the HTML
- Inherit
- CSS files
- Override the top-level setting to an
indent_sizeof 1 space.
- Override the top-level setting to an
- JavaScript files
- Inherit
indent_sizeof 4 spaces from the top-level setting - Set
preserve-newlinestotrue
- Inherit
In addition to the js-beautify executable, css-beautify and html-beautify
are also provided as an easy interface into those scripts. Alternatively,
js-beautify --css or js-beautify --html will accomplish the same thing, respectively.
// Programmatic access
var beautify_js = require('js-beautify'); // also available under "js" export
var beautify_css = require('js-beautify').css;
var beautify_html = require('js-beautify').html;
// All methods accept two arguments, the string to be beautified, and an options object.The CSS & HTML beautifiers are much simpler in scope, and possess far fewer options.
CSS Beautifier Options:
-s, --indent-size Indentation size [4]
-c, --indent-char Indentation character [" "]
-t, --indent-with-tabs Indent with tabs, overrides -s and -c
-e, --eol Character(s) to use as line terminators. (default newline - "\\n")
-n, --end-with-newline End output with newline
-L, --selector-separator-newline Add a newline between multiple selectors
-N, --newline-between-rules Add a newline between CSS rules
HTML Beautifier Options:
-s, --indent-size Indentation size [4]
-c, --indent-char Indentation character [" "]
-t, --indent-with-tabs Indent with tabs, overrides -s and -c
-e, --eol Character(s) to use as line terminators. (default newline - "\\n")
-n, --end-with-newline End output with newline
-p, --preserve-newlines Preserve existing line-breaks (--no-preserve-newlines disables)
-m, --max-preserve-newlines Maximum number of line-breaks to be preserved in one chunk [10]
-I, --indent-inner-html Indent <head> and <body> sections. Default is false.
-b, --brace-style [collapse-preserve-inline|collapse|expand|end-expand|none] ["collapse"]
-S, --indent-scripts [keep|separate|normal] ["normal"]
-w, --wrap-line-length Maximum characters per line (0 disables) [250]
-A, --wrap-attributes Wrap attributes to new lines [auto|force|force-aligned|force-expand-multiline] ["auto"]
-i, --wrap-attributes-indent-size Indent wrapped attributes to after N characters [indent-size] (ignored if wrap-attributes is "force-aligned")
-U, --unformatted List of tags (defaults to inline) that should not be reformatted
-T, --content_unformatted List of tags (defaults to pre) whose content should not be reformatted
-E, --extra_liners List of tags (defaults to [head,body,/html] that should have an extra newline before them.
--editorconfig Use EditorConfig to set up the options
Beautifier for supports directives in comments inside the file. This allows you to tell the beautifier to preserve the formatting of or completely ignore part of a file. The example input below will remain changed after beautification
// Use preserve when the content is not javascript, but you don't want it reformatted.
/* beautify preserve:start */
{
browserName: 'internet explorer',
platform: 'Windows 7',
version: '8'
}
/* beautify preserve:end */
// Use ignore when the content is not parsable as javascript.
var a = 1;
/* beautify ignore:start */
{This is some strange{template language{using open-braces?
/* beautify ignore:end */You are free to use this in any way you want, in case you find this useful or working for you but you must keep the copyright notice and license. (MIT)
- Created by Einar Lielmanis, [email protected]
- Python version flourished by Stefano Sanfilippo [email protected]
- Command-line for node.js by Daniel Stockman [email protected]
- Maintained and expanded by Liam Newman [email protected]
Thanks also to Jason Diamond, Patrick Hof, Nochum Sossonko, Andreas Schneider, Dave Vasilevsky, Vital Batmanov, Ron Baldwin, Gabriel Harrison, Chris J. Shull, Mathias Bynens, Vittorio Gambaletta and others.
(README.md: [email protected])