JSON Formatter & Validator

Format, validate, and analyze JSON input with stats

POST


                    api/v1/json/format

Format, validate, and analyze JSON input with stats

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Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`input`	string	Required	The input parameter
`indent`	string	Required	The indent parameter
`sort_keys`	string	Required	The sort_keys parameter
`minify`	string	Required	The minify parameter

Response details for this API endpoint. See the response format guide for the standard response structure.

Example Response

{
    "valid": true,
    "formatted": "{\n  \"name\": \"John\",\n  \"age\": 30\n}",
    "minified": "{\"name\":\"John\",\"age\":30}",
    "stats": {
        "keys": 2,
        "max_depth": 1,
        "size_bytes": 30,
        "arrays": 0,
        "objects": 1,
        "strings": 1,
        "numbers": 1,
        "booleans": 0,
        "nulls": 0
    }
}

Example Usage

Here's how to use this endpoint in various languages. For more examples, see our code examples page.

cURL

curl -X POST \
    "https://apixies.io/api/v1/json/format" \
    -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

JavaScript

fetch("https://apixies.io/api/v1/json/format", {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error("Error:", error));

PHP

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://apixies.io/api/v1/json/format");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;

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