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Format & Minify

JSON Beautify

JSON

Paste JSON to pretty-print it with a two-space indent.

Formatted JSON

About JSON Beautify

JSON Beautify pretty-prints a JSON value with a two-space indent. Objects and arrays are expanded onto their own lines. Strings, numbers, true, false and null stay valid JSON.

Key order stays as parsed unless Sort object keys is on. That option orders each object's keys by UTF-16 code unit. Array elements are never reordered, and numbers follow JSON.parse, so 1.0 becomes 1 and 1e2 becomes 100.

Formatting runs in your browser. The JSON you paste is never uploaded. Swap sends the result to JSON Minify.

Frequently asked questions

What does JSON beautify do?

It reprints a JSON value with a two-space indent so objects and arrays are easier to read. The result matches JSON.stringify with an indent of 2. Empty objects and empty arrays stay on one line.

Does beautify change numbers or key order?

Numbers are reprinted the way JSON.parse reads them, so 1.0 becomes 1 and 1e2 becomes 100. Key order stays as parsed unless Sort object keys is on. That option orders keys by UTF-16 code unit. Keys that JSON treats as array indexes still print in numeric order first, because that is how JSON.stringify lists them. Array elements are not sorted.

What happens when the JSON is invalid?

The output is replaced by a problem note that says Invalid JSON and points at the bad spot when the engine reports a position. A truncated value, a trailing comma or a comment is rejected instead of being repaired.

Is the text I paste uploaded anywhere?

No. Beautifying runs in your browser and the text you paste is never uploaded, logged or stored. Google Analytics records page views and feature use, never content.

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