The HTML output accepts the `--msg-template` option.

Patch by Daniel Goldsmith. Closes issue #135.

1 files changed, 58 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pylint/reporters/json.py b/pylint/reporters/json.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2003-2014 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE).
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+# this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+"""JSON reporter"""
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
+
+import json
+import sys
+from cgi import escape
+
+from pylint.interfaces import IReporter
+from pylint.reporters import BaseReporter
+
+
+class JSONReporter(BaseReporter):
+    """Report messages and layouts in JSON."""
+
+    __implements__ = IReporter
+    name = 'json'
+    extension = 'json'
+
+    def __init__(self, output=sys.stdout):
+        BaseReporter.__init__(self, output)
+        self.messages = []
+
+    def handle_message(self, message):
+        """Manage message of different type and in the context of path."""
+
+        self.messages.append({
+            'type': message.category,
+            'module': message.module,
+            'obj': message.obj,
+            'line': message.line,
+            'column': message.column,
+            'path': message.path,
+            'symbol': message.symbol,
+            'message': escape(message.msg or ''),
+        })
+
+    def _display(self, layout):
+        """Launch layouts display"""
+        if self.messages:
+            print(json.dumps(self.messages, indent=4), file=self.out)
+
+
+def register(linter):
+    """Register the reporter classes with the linter."""
+    linter.register_reporter(JSONReporter)