# Is it possible to save Pretty printed response

**URL:** <https://community.postman.com/t/is-it-possible-to-save-pretty-printed-response/10170>\
**Category:** Help Hub\
**Tags:** json, pretty, response, file\
**Created:** [January 17, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/is-it-possible-to-save-pretty-printed-response/10170 "2020-01-17T17:30:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![xbranko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c68b51/32.png) [@xbranko](https://community.postman.com/u/xbranko)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/is-it-possible-to-save-pretty-printed-response/10170/1 "2020-01-17T17:30:08Z")

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When saving a JSON response, is it possible to have it saved in a desired format (pretty or raw)? Saving in pretty format makes it easier for looking at diffs, editing, etc.

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**Author:** ![john-paul](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/john-paul/32/919_2.png) [@john-paul](https://community.postman.com/u/john-paul)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/is-it-possible-to-save-pretty-printed-response/10170/2 "2020-01-17T20:02:33Z")

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Hi @xbranko! Welcome to the community. 🙂

When saving a response as an example, you should be able to simply toggle view mode you want when looking at it. Can you explain more about what you mean?

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**Author:** ![xbranko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c68b51/32.png) [@xbranko](https://community.postman.com/u/xbranko)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/is-it-possible-to-save-pretty-printed-response/10170/3 "2020-01-17T20:44:52Z")

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Hi @john-paul, Thanks for taking the time to help me!

Here is what I have in the _Pretty_ tab:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/original/3X/8/8/88519de6fe22d372e2a4c93f91a0f95003f70864.png)  
and when I save it in a file, it comes as:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/original/2X/b/b47670f16746ee8ce2ccbe9da5142be497dad62e.png)  
this is how _Raw_ response looks like.  
I wish the file looked like:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/original/3X/0/0/0016de332a6332264b19f4d0061e3637b6767235.png)

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**Author:** ![john-paul](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/john-paul/32/919_2.png) [@john-paul](https://community.postman.com/u/john-paul)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/is-it-possible-to-save-pretty-printed-response/10170/4 "2020-01-17T21:34:32Z")

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Ahh, I see. Thanks for clarifying.

For now, I’d recommend downloading a text editor with support for making pretty JSON, like [Atom](https://atom.io/) with the [Pretty JSON](https://atom.io/packages/pretty-json) package installed.

I’ve also filed a feature request for saving responses to file as pretty JSOB, so that our team can review: [https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/7931](https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/7931)

Hope that helps! Let me know if you need anything else.

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**Author:** ![xbranko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c68b51/32.png) [@xbranko](https://community.postman.com/u/xbranko)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/is-it-possible-to-save-pretty-printed-response/10170/5 "2020-01-17T21:59:57Z")

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Thanks for filing a feature request. In the meantime I’ll use pretty formatting in the editor, as you suggested.