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Format JSON, inspect text and encode safely. Useful browser-local utilities with explanations of what is happening.

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JSON workbench

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Data formats

JSON is a text format for structured data. Its simplicity comes from a deliberately limited grammar.

Web basics

Characters such as spaces, ampersands and question marks can have structural meaning in a URL.