Key-Value JSON files

File description

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format. It is easy for humans to read and write and for machines to parse and generate. JSON is a text format that is completely language independent but uses conventions that are familiar to programmers of the C-family of languages, including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, Python, and many others.
The Key-Value JSON is used mainly in Javascript apps and frameworks. Every key is associated with a value, hierarchical data is supported. It's used by angular-translate, i18next, chrome extensions, i18n-node and many other libraries.

Good to know

For Key-Value JSON in particular, we import the terms with the path in the Context field, wrapped in quotes.
The terms are exported by default to KV-JSON based on their path.

On import, any Unicode escape sequences coming from a Key-Value JSON file are converted to UTF-8 symbols, and are exported as such.

Restrictions

• JSON needs to be put in a .json extension file with an UTF-8 without BOM encoding
• Arrays containing objects or other arrays are ignored

Documentation

Official JSON documentation website: http://json.org/

Sample file

{
    "app": {
        "name": "TODO List",
        "login": {
            "text": "Enter your credentials below to login",
            "message": {
                "success": "Login successful !\nWelcome back %s !",
                "error": "Make sure you've entered the correct username and password"
            },
            "password": {
                "forget": "I forgot my password",
                "reset": "Enter your address in the field below. A new password will be sent to your inbox."
            },
            "user": "Username",
            "pass": "Password"
        },
        "register": {
            "text": "Sign up for free! No credit card required!",
            "message": {
                "success": "Thank you for signing up !\nPlease check your email address to activate your account.",
                "error": "We were unable to sign you up.\nPlease correct the marked fields."
            }
        },
        "menu": {
            "terms": "Terms and conditions"
        }
    }
}

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