A JSON parser reads JSON text and checks that it is valid. Paste JSON below and click Prettify: this free parser runs in your browser, shows the exact error if the syntax is broken, and prints valid JSON with clean indentation. Nothing is uploaded.
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.json file from disk.JSON.parse().Once your JSON parses, the same workspace can validate it, minify it, sort its keys, or convert it to CSV, YAML, TypeScript interfaces and more. Every tool is free, needs no account, and processes data only on your device.
Paste your JSON into the input pane above and click Prettify (or press Ctrl+Enter). The parser runs JSON.parse() in your browser: valid JSON is printed back with clean indentation, and invalid JSON shows the parser's error message so you can find the broken character.
No. Parsing, formatting and every conversion on parsejsononline.com run locally in your browser with JavaScript. Your data is never sent over the network, so it is safe to paste API responses, config files or tokens.
The most common causes are trailing commas, single-quoted strings, unquoted keys, and comments. None of these are allowed by the JSON specification. Use the JSON Repair tool to fix them automatically, then parse again.
A JSON parser reads text and turns it into a data structure, failing if the syntax is invalid. A formatter takes parsed JSON and prints it back with indentation. This page does both in one step: it parses your input, then pretty-prints the result.