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Complete documentation on JSON standards (RFC 8259, ECMA-404), best practices, validation schemas and conversion techniques for modern web development.

Official Specifications

RFC 8259 - The JSON Data Interchange Standard

The official Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard defining the JSON data interchange format syntax and semantics.

ECMA-404 - The JSON Data Interchange Syntax

Standardized JSON data interchange format specification maintained by Ecma International.

JSON Schema Specification

Standard for annotating and validating JSON documents with schemas (draft 2020-12).

Learning Resources

JSON.org Official Documentation

The original and most authoritative JSON reference created by Douglas Crockford, the inventor of JSON.

MDN Web Docs: Working with JSON

Mozilla's comprehensive guide to JSON including parsing, stringifying and best practices.

JSON API Specification

Standard for building APIs in JSON with conventions for requests and responses.

Advanced Topics

JSON5 Specification

Superset of JSON with extended syntax including comments, trailing commas and more.

JSON Schema Tutorial

Step-by-step guide to validating JSON documents with JSON Schema.

JSONPath Standard (RFC 9535)

Official standard for querying JSON documents with JSONPath expressions.

JSON Fundamentals

Core JSON Syntax

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data interchange format that is easy for humans to read and write, and easy for machines to parse and generate. It is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language Standard.

  • Data is in name/value pairs
  • Data is separated by commas
  • Curly braces hold objects {}
  • Square brackets hold arrays []
  • Strings must be double-quoted "string"
  • Numbers can be integers or floating point
  • Values can be: string, number, object, array, boolean or null

JSON Best Practices

Development Guidelines

  • Use UTF-8 encoding for maximum compatibility
  • Validate JSON against schemas in production environments
  • Minify JSON for production, pretty-print for development
  • Use consistent indentation (2 or 4 spaces)
  • Consider compression for large JSON payloads
  • Document your JSON structures with schemas
  • Use meaningful key names with consistent casing
  • Consider versioning for API response formats
  • Implement proper error handling for parsing

Available JSON Tools

Conversion Tools

JSON to CSV

Convert JSON to Comma-Separated Values

JSON to XML

Transform JSON to Extensible Markup Language

JSON to YAML

Convert JSON to YAML Ain't Markup Language

JSON to SQL

Convert JSON to SQL INSERT/UPDATE statements

JSON to Markdown

Convert JSON to Markdown table format

JSON to TOML

Convert JSON to TOML configuration format

JSON to GraphQL

Convert JSON to GraphQL Schema

JSON to .env

Convert JSON to environment variables format

JSON to BSON

Convert JSON to MongoDB BSON format

JSON to MessagePack

Convert JSON to binary MessagePack format

JSON to ProtoBuf

Convert JSON to Protocol Buffers binary format

JSON to HAR

Convert JSON to HTTP Archive format

JSON to iCalendar

Convert JSON to iCalendar (.ics) format

XML to JSON

Convert XML back to JSON format

CSV to JSON

Convert CSV back to JSON format

YAML to JSON

Convert YAML back to JSON format

TOML to JSON

Convert TOML to JSON format

.env to JSON

Convert .env to JSON format

BSON to JSON

Convert BSON back to JSON format

GraphQL to JSON

Convert GraphQL Schema to JSON

MessagePack to JSON

Convert MessagePack binary back to JSON

ProtoBuf to JSON

Convert Protocol Buffers binary back to JSON

HAR to JSON

Convert HAR back to JSON

iCalendar to JSON

Convert .ics files back to JSON

SQL to JSON

Convert SQL INSERT statements to JSON

Markdown to JSON

Convert Markdown tables to JSON format