import json

import pprint

def pretty_print_api_payload(payload):

"""

Pretty-prints an API payload (assumed to be a JSON string or dictionary).

"""

try:

if isinstance(payload, str):

data = json.loads(payload) # Parse JSON string to Python object

else:

data = payload # Assume it's already a dictionary/list

pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4) # Create a PrettyPrinter object

pp.pprint(data) # Print the data with indentation

except json.JSONDecodeError as e:

print(f"Error decoding JSON: {e}")

except Exception as e:

print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

if __name__ == '__main__':

# Example usage:

api_payload_json = '{"name": "John Doe", "age": 30, "city": "New York", "skills": ["Python", "API", "Data Analysis"]}'

pretty_print_api_payload(api_payload_json)

api_payload_dict = {"status": "success", "data": {"id": 123, "message": "Operation completed" }}

pretty_print_api_payload(api_payload_dict)