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Basic Text Tools

  • Character Counter - Count characters, words, sentences, lines in your text
  • Word Counter - Get accurate word counts and reading time estimates
  • Find and Replace - Search and replace text with regex support
  • Case Converter - Convert text to uppercase, lowercase, title case, camelCase, snake_case
  • Sort Lines - Sort text lines alphabetically in ascending or descending order
  • Reverse Text - Reverse characters or lines in your text
  • Add Prefix/Suffix - Add text before or after each line
  • Number Lines - Add line numbers to text

Text Cleaning Tools

  • Remove Duplicate Lines - Delete duplicate lines from text
  • Remove Empty Lines - Delete blank lines from text
  • Remove Extra Spaces - Clean up whitespace in your text
  • Remove Accents - Strip diacritical marks from text
  • Remove Punctuation - Delete punctuation marks
  • Strip HTML Tags - Remove HTML markup from text

Text Generators

  • Lorem Ipsum Generator - Generate placeholder text
  • Password Generator - Create secure random passwords
  • UUID Generator - Generate unique identifiers
  • Number Sequence Generator - Create lists of numbers

Encoding Tools

  • Base64 Encoder/Decoder - Convert text to and from Base64
  • URL Encoder/Decoder - Encode and decode URL strings
  • HTML Entity Encoder/Decoder - Convert HTML entities
  • Binary Converter - Convert text to binary and back
  • Hexadecimal Converter - Convert text to hex
  • Morse Code Converter - Translate text to Morse code

Text Analysis Tools

  • Word Frequency Analyzer - Count word occurrences
  • Character Frequency Analyzer - Analyze character distribution
  • Readability Score - Calculate Flesch reading ease
  • Text Diff - Compare two texts and find differences

Formatting Tools

  • JSON Formatter - Format and validate JSON data
  • SQL Formatter - Format SQL queries
  • XML Formatter - Format XML documents
  • CSV Tools - Work with CSV data
  • Text to Table - Convert text to formatted tables
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JSON Formatter

Keep a split editing workflow for structured text and code formatting.

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Keep the setup light, then work in the editor below.

Paste raw JSON to format it for reading or minify it for transport. Invalid JSON returns a clear error message in the output.

Input

Source text or content to inspect

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Tip: paste an API response, config file, or copied JSON payload to format it instantly.

Output

Processed result updates here

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How to Use the JSON Formatter & Validator

Follow these steps to use the json formatter & validator quickly and get the right result.

4 steps
1

Paste Your Text

Paste minified, messy, or broken JSON into the input box.

2

Choose Options

Choose Format or Pretty Print to add indentation, or Minify to compress valid JSON.

3

Step 3

If the JSON is invalid, read the error message and fix the syntax issue in the input.

4

Copy the Output

Copy the formatted or minified JSON into your API client, config file, documentation, or app.

More About This Tool

Learn when to use the JSON Formatter & Validator and how to get better results.

Quick guidance, practical use cases, and answers to the most common questions users have about this tool.

About the JSON Formatter & Validator

Format JSON into readable indentation, validate JSON syntax, pretty print API responses, and minify JSON for compact storage or transfer. The JSON formatter works with objects, arrays, nested data, strings, numbers, booleans, and null values, making messy API output easier to inspect.

Use it before pasting JSON into config files, no-code tools, API clients, CMS fields, docs, or bug reports. Validation runs in your browser and shows clear syntax feedback so you can fix missing commas, trailing commas, unquoted keys, broken strings, and unmatched brackets faster.

How to Use the JSON Formatter & Validator

  1. 1Paste minified, messy, or broken JSON into the input box.
  2. 2Choose Format or Pretty Print to add indentation, or Minify to compress valid JSON.
  3. 3If the JSON is invalid, read the error message and fix the syntax issue in the input.
  4. 4Copy the formatted or minified JSON into your API client, config file, documentation, or app.

Common Use Cases

  • +Pretty print minified API responses from fetch, cURL, Postman, or browser devtools
  • +Validate JSON config before deploying or sharing it
  • +Debug parsing errors caused by missing commas, invalid quotes, or extra trailing commas
  • +Minify JSON payloads for compact storage, fixtures, or examples
  • +Format webhook payloads, package metadata, design tokens, and no-code app data

Pro Tips

  • iIf validation fails, check the character before the reported error too; JSON parsers often notice the problem one token late.
  • iJSON requires double quotes around property names and strings. Single quotes and comments are valid in JavaScript, but not in JSON.
  • iUse minify only after validation passes so you do not compress broken data into a harder-to-read form.

Examples

Practical inputs and outputs for common json formatter & validator workflows.

Pretty print API JSON

Input

{"status":"ok","items":[{"id":1,"name":"Textshore"}]}

Output

{
  "status": "ok",
  "items": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Textshore"
    }
  ]
}

Makes compressed API responses easier to read and review.

Common validation error

Input

{"name": "Textshore", "active": true,}

Output

Invalid JSON: remove the trailing comma after true.

Trailing commas are common in JavaScript objects but invalid in JSON.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between JSON formatting and JSON validation?

Formatting makes valid JSON readable with indentation. Validation checks whether the JSON syntax is correct and reports errors when it is not.

Can this tool minify JSON too?

Yes. After the JSON is valid, you can minify it to remove extra whitespace and create a compact version.

Why does my JavaScript object fail as JSON?

JSON is stricter than JavaScript object literals. It requires double-quoted keys and strings, does not allow comments, and does not allow trailing commas.

Is the JSON uploaded anywhere?

No. Formatting and validation run in your browser, which is useful for API payloads, configuration files, and private development data.

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