Format, compact, or validate JSON payloads.

Recent JSON runs

Run the formatter or validator to build a quick history you can reuse.

Result

Run the tool to see the result here

Overview

JSON Toolkit focuses on day-to-day JSON authoring tasks: make responses readable, ship compact payloads, confirm that incoming data is valid, and keep a reproducible context through the built-in local history.

Use Cases

Readable API responses

Pretty-print minified JSON to debug API responses or log output without switching editors.

Trimmed payloads

Compact large objects before persisting them to storage or sending them over the network.

Validation checks

Verify JSON copied from documentation, customer input, or configs and surface syntax errors immediately.

Reusable workspaces

Use the built-in history to restore recently formatted payloads without hunting for previous snippets.

How to Use

  1. Select the operation

    Choose pretty, compact, or validate depending on whether you want readability, smaller output, or confirmation.

  2. Paste the JSON

    Drop in any JSON string, object, or array. Validation runs strict parsing to catch trailing commas or invalid tokens.

  3. Reuse the result

    Review the byte-size summary and restore previous runs from history whenever you need the same payload again.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does validation support JSON5?

No. Validation follows the official JSON specification, so JSON5 features like comments or trailing commas will raise errors.

How is byte size calculated?

The tool uses UTF-8 byte length so the numbers match what would be transmitted over the network.

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