diff --git a/shell/aliases.sh b/shell/aliases.sh
index 3a76962..a0c66d7 100644
--- a/shell/aliases.sh
+++ b/shell/aliases.sh
@@ -35,3 +35,5 @@ alias webshare='python -c "import SimpleHTTPServer;SimpleHTTPServer.test()"'
 
 alias pubkey="cat $HOME/.ssh/*.pub"
 alias colorslist="set | egrep 'COLOR_\w*'"  # lists all the colors
+
+alias jsonify='python -mjson.tool'
diff --git a/shell/functions.sh b/shell/functions.sh
index 2afaf92..49c6ff2 100644
--- a/shell/functions.sh
+++ b/shell/functions.sh
@@ -66,3 +66,19 @@ function command_not_found_handle() {
   command_not_found_handler $*
   return $?
 }
+
+function json() {
+  tmpfile=`mktemp -t json`
+  curl -s $* | python -mjson.tool > $tmpfile
+  cat $tmpfile
+  cat $tmpfile | pbcopy
+  rm $tmpfile
+}
+
+function xml() {
+  tmpfile=`mktemp -t xml`
+  curl -s $* | xmllint —format - > $tmpfile
+  cat $tmpfile
+  cat $tmpfile | pbcopy
+  rm $tmpfile
+}