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Indent valid JSON for easier reading and debugging. Invalid JSON is reported without changing your input.
Apply each text tool to the previous result.
01 / Guide
The input is parsed as JSON and serialized with two-space indentation. String values are unchanged.
Formatting checks JSON syntax but does not validate a particular API schema. Numbers and key ordering follow JavaScript JSON serialization.
02 / Example
{"name":"Ada","active":true,"items":[1,2]}{
"name": "Ada",
"active": true,
"items": [
1,
2
]
}03 / Guide
Use this direction when a compact JSON response is difficult to inspect. The converter parses the document and writes it again with two-space indentation, placing nested objects and arrays on separate lines. This makes missing or unexpected fields easier to spot in an API response, configuration file or test fixture. Formatting does not add comments, explain the business meaning of fields or check whether an endpoint’s schema is correct; it only requires the input to be syntactically valid JSON.
If the parser reports an error, look for single quotes, trailing commas, unquoted property names, comments or unmatched brackets. Those are common in JavaScript snippets but are not valid JSON. Spaces inside string values remain meaningful, while formatting outside them changes. Since the operation parses and serializes, duplicated keys, extremely large numeric values or a signed document may need special care. Keep an untouched copy if exact bytes matter, and compare the parsed data rather than assuming a prettier document is semantically verified.
JSON is a data format made of objects, arrays, strings, numbers, booleans and null. Whitespace between tokens usually has no effect on the represented structure, while spaces inside a quoted string are part of its value. A formatter parses the input and serializes the resulting value again with indentation; a minifier performs the same parse-and-serialize step without indentation. Both operations require valid JSON syntax, including double-quoted property names and strings. JavaScript comments, trailing commas and undefined values are not valid JSON input here.
Parsing is more than moving spaces. Duplicate property names can collapse to one value, numbers are represented with JavaScript number semantics, and key order may follow the serializer rather than the original spelling. These tools are useful for inspecting or compacting normal application data, but they do not validate an API schema or guarantee byte-for-byte preservation of the original document. Compare important data after conversion, especially very large integers, duplicate keys and files where exact whitespace or ordering has meaning to a separate signing or diffing process.
Paste a complete JSON value and let the parser rebuild it with indentation. The conversion takes place in this browser, so the text is not uploaded to a formatting service. Read the new line breaks as visual aids to the nesting of objects and arrays, not as changes to string values. Expand your attention to each closing bracket, comma and quoted property name when locating a missing field. The tool reports syntax errors instead of repairing invalid input, leaving you in control of what the data should mean.
Use the formatted result as a working copy while keeping the original payload for comparison. If the source came from an API, check its documentation before assuming that a field with a familiar name has the meaning you expect. Pretty printing can make a structure easier to see, but it does not certify required keys, allowed values or data types against a contract. When a response is large, inspect one nested branch at a time and copy the whole output only after verifying that parsing and serialization produced the intended data.