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Myjson – A simple JSON store for your web or mobile app

40 points by fotoblur 12y ago

techaddict009 12y ago
Seems simple and useful like jsfiddle. I will really use this in my app.
michaelmior 12y ago
Seems like it might be handy for testing. Certainly good to stay way from it for production apps though.
ozh 12y ago
Neat and simple, but that's exactly the kind of things that makes me go "too bad it's not open sourced, I could use that"
- uniclaude 12y ago
  To be honest, the value resides more in the idea and the fact that it's already online than in the code. A basic implementation of this service would take less than 100 lines in any language commonly used on the web.
  - ozh 12y ago
    Of course. It's just that it's easier and quicker to use something that someone has already developed, than recreate the 100-lines wheel each time.
    - bennyg 12y ago
      Which is why I'm confused as to why you want an open-source version? Just use this one.
      - Touche 12y ago
        Anyone can PUT and replace your data.
      - oneeyedpigeon 12y ago
        Maybe ozh wants to host the service on their own server? Or they've found a bug they want to fix?
    - tburch 12y ago
      Give JSON Blob (https://github.com/tburch/jsonblob https://github.com/tburch/jsonblob) a try! It's open sourced and you can run it locally if you want.
jackmaney 12y ago
Neat, but it would be neater if this were open source and running on https.
- fotoblur 12y ago
  Working on getting cert today ;). Thanks for the feedback.
Edmond 12y ago
for anyone interested in a an easy tool for building JSON store/APIs, you might find HiveMind (crudzilla.com) useful, I am the developer. Here's a simple screencast: http://crudzilla.com/assets/img/info-graphics/instantiator.gif http://crudzilla.com/assets/img/info-graphics/instantiator.g... There's a lot that you can with it, in terms of generating JSON.
gregbarbosa 12y ago
For testing purposes, wouldn't using Dropbox suffice as well? It gives a quick way to update the JSON and see changes occur near live in app?
- tehskylark 12y ago
  Yep, I've done the same in the past.
tyleregeto 12y ago
I can't see the use case of this. If it was editable after saving then that would make sense, but this is just static. And being static, you're better off just bundling it with the app. Unless I'm missing something? Nice presentation though, the site looks nice. EDIT: I see you can create and update through the HTTP API, which makes it much more useful.
- soundoflight 12y ago
  Except everyone can update it if they know your identifier.
donbronson 12y ago
Could be used for notepad API or something public. That said, it seems that services like Parse and Firebox seem more robust and also have faster response times.
tburch 12y ago
I built http://jsonblob.com http://jsonblob.com for this purpose. It has an HTTP API as well as we nice GUI interface to edit your JSON. It's open sourced and really just a thin webapp on top of mongo, so it's easy to run your own.
- akosednar 12y ago
  Looks just like the design/functionality of http://www.jsoneditoronline.org/ http://www.jsoneditoronline.org/ which seems to be an older project
  - tburch 12y ago
    Yeah, it uses that for the editor, but also has a full HTTP API (http://jsonblob.com/api http://jsonblob.com/api) behind it for storing the JSON and accessing it from outside the browser.
ff7c11 12y ago
Maximum nesting depth of 100 :( or else it says it's invalid JSON.
- fotoblur 12y ago
  Thanks for finding this...looks like its rail's JSON::Ext::Parser which default to 100 max nestings. Looks like it can be disabled. http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.1.1/libdoc/json/rdoc/JSON/Ext/Parser.html http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.1.1/libdoc/json/rdoc/JSON/E...
alxeder 12y ago
A JSON literal is also valid JSON. Therefore 4, "test" and true should be saveable without a object wrapper
- ajanuary 12y ago
  To expand on that: only since RFC 7158, earlier versions required the root to be an array or object. So if you're generating json, it's advisable to wrap it so that parsers written according to the older specs won't choke on it. However, when parsing, like this, you want to try and accept values.
ImJasonH 12y ago
I built a similar thing, in Go on App Engine: https://github.com/imjasonh/simply-put https://github.com/imjasonh/simply-put
graham1776 12y ago
Could you do this for an excel document (database)? It would be cool to be able to drag and drop an excel document into here and call it with a url.
goblin89 12y ago
Why not use https://www.firebase.com https://www.firebase.com? Seems more reliable (Privacy Policy, ToS, SLA) and easier to start using, and it has a free tier if you need something quick for development.

40 points by fotoblur 12y ago

techaddict009 12y ago

Seems simple and useful like jsfiddle. I will really use this in my app.

michaelmior 12y ago

Seems like it might be handy for testing. Certainly good to stay way from it for production apps though.

ozh 12y ago

Neat and simple, but that's exactly the kind of things that makes me go "too bad it's not open sourced, I could use that"

uniclaude 12y ago
To be honest, the value resides more in the idea and the fact that it's already online than in the code. A basic implementation of this service would take less than 100 lines in any language commonly used on the web.
- ozh 12y ago
  Of course. It's just that it's easier and quicker to use something that someone has already developed, than recreate the 100-lines wheel each time.
  - bennyg 12y ago
    Which is why I'm confused as to why you want an open-source version? Just use this one.
    - Touche 12y ago
      Anyone can PUT and replace your data.
    - oneeyedpigeon 12y ago
      Maybe ozh wants to host the service on their own server? Or they've found a bug they want to fix?
  - tburch 12y ago
    Give JSON Blob (https://github.com/tburch/jsonblob https://github.com/tburch/jsonblob) a try! It's open sourced and you can run it locally if you want.

jackmaney 12y ago

Neat, but it would be neater if this were open source and running on https.

fotoblur 12y ago
Working on getting cert today ;). Thanks for the feedback.

Edmond 12y ago

for anyone interested in a an easy tool for building JSON store/APIs, you might find HiveMind (crudzilla.com) useful, I am the developer. Here's a simple screencast: http://crudzilla.com/assets/img/info-graphics/instantiator.gif http://crudzilla.com/assets/img/info-graphics/instantiator.g... There's a lot that you can with it, in terms of generating JSON.

gregbarbosa 12y ago

For testing purposes, wouldn't using Dropbox suffice as well? It gives a quick way to update the JSON and see changes occur near live in app?

tehskylark 12y ago
Yep, I've done the same in the past.

tyleregeto 12y ago

I can't see the use case of this. If it was editable after saving then that would make sense, but this is just static. And being static, you're better off just bundling it with the app. Unless I'm missing something? Nice presentation though, the site looks nice. EDIT: I see you can create and update through the HTTP API, which makes it much more useful.

soundoflight 12y ago
Except everyone can update it if they know your identifier.

donbronson 12y ago

Could be used for notepad API or something public. That said, it seems that services like Parse and Firebox seem more robust and also have faster response times.

tburch 12y ago

I built http://jsonblob.com http://jsonblob.com for this purpose. It has an HTTP API as well as we nice GUI interface to edit your JSON. It's open sourced and really just a thin webapp on top of mongo, so it's easy to run your own.

akosednar 12y ago
Looks just like the design/functionality of http://www.jsoneditoronline.org/ http://www.jsoneditoronline.org/ which seems to be an older project
- tburch 12y ago
  Yeah, it uses that for the editor, but also has a full HTTP API (http://jsonblob.com/api http://jsonblob.com/api) behind it for storing the JSON and accessing it from outside the browser.

ff7c11 12y ago

Maximum nesting depth of 100 :( or else it says it's invalid JSON.

fotoblur 12y ago
Thanks for finding this...looks like its rail's JSON::Ext::Parser which default to 100 max nestings. Looks like it can be disabled. http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.1.1/libdoc/json/rdoc/JSON/Ext/Parser.html http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.1.1/libdoc/json/rdoc/JSON/E...

alxeder 12y ago

A JSON literal is also valid JSON. Therefore 4, "test" and true should be saveable without a object wrapper

ajanuary 12y ago
To expand on that: only since RFC 7158, earlier versions required the root to be an array or object. So if you're generating json, it's advisable to wrap it so that parsers written according to the older specs won't choke on it. However, when parsing, like this, you want to try and accept values.

ImJasonH 12y ago

I built a similar thing, in Go on App Engine: https://github.com/imjasonh/simply-put https://github.com/imjasonh/simply-put

graham1776 12y ago

Could you do this for an excel document (database)? It would be cool to be able to drag and drop an excel document into here and call it with a url.

goblin89 12y ago

Why not use https://www.firebase.com https://www.firebase.com? Seems more reliable (Privacy Policy, ToS, SLA) and easier to start using, and it has a free tier if you need something quick for development.