JSON validator online: fast checks before shipping

A JSON validator should do 3 things well: reject invalid syntax, show exactly where it fails, and give you formatted output you can read.

Common validation failures

  • Single quotes instead of double quotes for keys or strings.
  • Trailing commas after the last array/object item.
  • Unescaped line breaks or quote characters inside strings.
  • Pasting HTML error pages and trying to parse them as JSON.
// Invalid JSON
{
  "name": "Kim",
  "active": true,
}

// Valid JSON
{
  "name": "Kim",
  "active": true
}
Paste your payload into the JSON Formatter & Validator tool to validate, pretty print, and minify in one place.