I JSON.stringify a json object by
JSON.stringify
result = JSON.stringify(message, my_json, 2)
The 2 in the argument above is su
2
Please use a tag
demo : http://jsfiddle.net/K83cK/
var data = { "data": { "x": "1", "y": "1", "url": "http://url.com" }, "event": "start", "show": 1, "id": 50 } document.getElementById("json").textContent = JSON.stringify(data, undefined, 2);