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# Examples

```js
import truncateJson from 'truncate-json'

// Object properties and array items beyond `maxSize` are omitted.
const maxSize = 15
const jsonString = JSON.stringify({ a: 'one', b: 'two' })
console.log(jsonString)
// '{"a":"one","b":"two"}' (21 bytes)
console.log(truncateJson(jsonString, maxSize).jsonString)
// '{"a":"one"}' (11 bytes)
```

```js
// Works deeply inside objects and arrays
const jsonString = JSON.stringify([
  'one',
  { a: 'two', b: { c: 'three', d: 'four' } },
  'five',
])
console.log(jsonString)
// '["one",{"a":"two","b":{"c":"three","d":"four"}},"five"]' (55 bytes)
const returnValue = truncateJson(jsonString, 40)
console.log(returnValue.jsonString)
// '["one",{"a":"two","b":{"c":"three"}}]' (37 bytes)

// Omitted/truncated properties are returned
console.log(returnValue.truncatedProps)
// [
//   { path: [ 1, 'b', 'd' ], value: 'four' },
//   { path: [ 2 ], value: 'five' }
// ]
const isTruncated = returnValue.truncatedProps.length !== 0
console.log(isTruncated) // true
```

```js
// Indentation is automatically detected and preserved
const jsonString = JSON.stringify({ a: 'one', b: 'two' }, undefined, 2)
console.log(jsonString)
// '{
//   "a": "one",
//   "b": "two"
// }' (30 bytes)
console.log(truncateJson(jsonString, 25).jsonString)
// '{
//   "a": "one"
// }' (16 bytes)
```

```js
// The top-level value can be any JSON type, not only objects or arrays
const jsonString = JSON.stringify('This is an example top-level string')
console.log(truncateJson(jsonString, 25).jsonString)
// '"This is an example t..."' (25 bytes)
```

# Install

```bash
npm install truncate-json
```

This package works in both Node.js >=18.18.0 and
[browsers](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ehmicky/dev-tasks/main/src/browserslist).

This is an ES module. It must be loaded using
[an `import` or `import()` statement](https://gist.github.com/sindresorhus/a39789f98801d908bbc7ff3ecc99d99c),
not `require()`. If TypeScript is used, it must be configured to
[output ES modules](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/esm-node.html),
not CommonJS.

# API

## truncateJson(jsonString, maxSize)

`jsonString` `string`\
`maxSize` `number`\
_Return value_: [`object`](#return-value)

Truncates a JSON string to `maxSize` bytes.

Any object property or array item beyond the `maxSize` limit is completely
omitted. Strings are not truncated, except when at the top-level.

### Return value

The return value is an object with the following properties.

#### jsonString

_Type_: `string`

`jsonString` after truncation has been applied.

#### truncatedProps

_Type_: `object[]`

List of properties having been truncated/omitted.

##### truncatedProps[*].path

_Type_: `Array<string | number>`

Property path. This is an array of property keys and/or array indices.

##### truncatedProps[*].value

_Type_: `JsonValue`

Property value.

# Related projects

- [`is-json-value`](https://github.com/ehmicky/is-json-value): Check if a value
  is valid JSON
- [`safe-json-value`](https://github.com/ehmicky/safe-json-value): ⛑️ JSON
  serialization should never fail
- [`guess-json-indent`](https://github.com/ehmicky/guess-json-indent): Guess the
  indentation of a JSON string
- [`string-byte-length`](https://github.com/ehmicky/string-byte-length): Get the
  UTF-8 byte length of a string
- [`string-byte-slice`](https://github.com/ehmicky/string-byte-slice): Like
  `string.slice()` but bytewise

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