Description
NetBox version
v3.7.0
Feature type
Change to existing functionality
Proposed functionality
When editing Default user preferences in Current Config - Edit, the JSON is shown just dumped, like this (very short example):
{"tables": {"ASNTable": {"columns": ["asn", "tags"]}, "RackTable": {"columns": ["name", "site", "get_utilization", "get_power_utilization"]}}}
I propose that the JSON data would be formatted using the same formatter as in the Current Config screen (before editing, showing JSON nicely structured and indented) before showing it in the edit box, instead of just dumping the compressed JSON data there.
If there are other similar JSON-based configuration items, this same principle can probably be used in them all.
Use case
When fine-tuning the typically very long JSON data in the config editor it is hard to locate and understand particular keys and values in the unformatted JSON dump. Formatting the JSON data nicely will help editing the data and preventing errors when modifying and saving the configuration.
Even if the editor shows the data structured and indented, it is nevertheless saved in the optimal compressed format, so there is no loss of efficiency in the database.
Database changes
None
External dependencies
None (json module from Python standard library can be used unless some other method is already preferred in NetBox)