How to merge json files

[potatoman]

I am not a programmer, data expert or even have basic understanding of these types of things... I am sum kid trying to merge my json files together(containing my Spotify streaming history, 7 files).

I was disappointed that there doesn't seem to be a simple, quick way to merge such a file. I eventually learned that it is not just text, but has specific structuring as mentioned in the video. But I genuinely think it is a simple file and I should only really ecounter problems when I have VERY large json files and the merging process crashes. Like, even here... With your video you can only merge two and it involves copying and pasting 😩

I found an app that can merge such files, but when I did it with the trial version of the app it said it can only do 10000 lines per file I think...so I got the full version. It worked, but I got frustrated because the merged result looked a bit too different for my liking this time.

So it's something very small and I think it would not affect how the data will be processed later on for what I'm doing (making my own Spotify Wrapped).

Basically the json files contain every song I listened to, the artist, album, time and date I listened. What I didn't like about the merged result was that the app added something unnecessary. So in the time listened line would normally be the time and then the amount of time listened in milliseconds. But the bloody thing added a "T"(i guess time idk) and a "Z"... Which again I think shouldn't do any harm really but it pissed me off that it didn't merge the damn thing and keep things the same like it did as I used the trial version. Plus everything looked more spaced out.

Anyway I'll just continue with this and hopefully I am stressed for nothing like I hope I am.

But no really, most other methods seemed complicated and easy only if you are familiar with dev tools or whatever ... 😭 I only go to GitHub to download programs...not to "clone entire repositories". I don't want to get Python and some code file thing just to merge, what at the end of the day, is just text in specific structures. I do feel like I don't know something about json format that makes it more complicated than it seems but honestly guys don't you as experts have a simple, on the go way to do these things. Mxm...

Have a good day.

[MrBlackitalian]

The app is not currently available :-(