marc-neumann / json-compare

Returns the difference between two JSON files.

JsonCompare

Returns the difference between two JSON files.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'json-compare'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install json-compare

Usage

require 'yajl'
require 'json-compare'

json1 = File.new('spec/fixtures/twitter-search.json', 'r')
json2 = File.new('spec/fixtures/twitter-search2.json', 'r')
old, new = Yajl::Parser.parse(json1), Yajl::Parser.parse(json2)
result = JsonCompare.get_diff(old, new)

If you want to exclude some keys from comparison use exclusion param:

exclusion = ["from_user", "to_user_id"]
result = JsonCompare.get_diff(old, new, exclusion)

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request