{} Formatter Guide

How to Format, Validate, and Inspect JSON Privately

Learn how to clean up messy JSON, catch syntax errors, inspect nested data, search values, and export results without sending pasted JSON to a server.

{} Format JSON🌳 JSON Tree view▦ JSON Table view

What JSON formatting does

Readable JSON

Formatting adds indentation and line breaks so API responses and configuration values are easier to read, review, debug, and share.

Minify JSON

Minify removes unnecessary spaces and line breaks for compact storage, transfer, logs, or configuration values.

Stringify JSON

Stringify converts JSON into an escaped string form that can be pasted into code or another JSON value.

How validation helps

Syntax feedback

Validation checks for missing commas, trailing commas, unquoted property names, mismatched brackets, or single quotes.

Smart Fix

Smart Fix can help with common safe repairs, but you should always review the corrected output before using it.

JSON Tree view and Table view

JSON Tree view

JSON Tree view is helpful for nested API responses because you can expand and collapse objects and arrays.

JSON Table view

Table view is best when JSON contains an array of similar records, such as users, products, orders, logs, or API result rows.

Recommended private workflow

Paste or load JSON

Paste JSON into the input panel or load it from a URL you trust.

Format and inspect

Use Format, fix validation errors, then switch to Tree view or Table view.

Export and use

Search, copy, stringify, download, or export the cleaned result.

Ready to format JSON?

Open the formatter and clean up your JSON directly in the browser.