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# JSON Editor
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[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsoneditor)
[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsoneditor)
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[](https://github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor/blob/master/LICENSE)
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JSON Editor is a web-based tool to view, edit, format, and validate JSON.
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It has various modes such as a tree editor, a code editor, and a plain text
editor.
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The editor can be used as a component in your own web application. The library
can be loaded as CommonJS module, AMD module, or as a regular javascript file.
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Supported browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Edge, Internet Explorer 11.
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< img alt = "json editor" src = "https://raw.github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor/master/misc/jsoneditor.png" > < img alt = "code editor" src = "https://raw.github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor/master/misc/codeeditor.png" >
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Cross browser testing for JSONEditor is generously provided by < a href = "https://www.browserstack.com" target = "_blank" > BrowserStack< / a >
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< a href = "https://www.browserstack.com" target = "_blank" > < img alt = "BrowserStack" src = "https://raw.github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor/master/misc/browserstack.png" > < / a >
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## Features
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### Tree editor
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- Change, add, move, remove, and duplicate fields and values.
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- Sort arrays and objects.
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- Transform JSON using [JMESPath ](http://jmespath.org/ ) queries.
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- Colorized code.
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- Color picker.
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- Search & highlight text in the tree view.
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- Undo and redo all actions.
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- JSON schema validation (powered by [ajv ](https://github.com/epoberezkin/ajv )).
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### Code editor
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- Colorized code (powered by [Ace ](https://ace.c9.io )).
- Inspect JSON (powered by [Ace ](https://ace.c9.io )).
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- Format and compact JSON.
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- Repair JSON.
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- JSON schema validation (powered by [ajv ](https://github.com/epoberezkin/ajv )).
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### Text editor
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- Format and compact JSON.
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- Repair JSON.
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- JSON schema validation (powered by [ajv ](https://github.com/epoberezkin/ajv )).
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## Documentation
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- Documentation:
- [API ](https://github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor/tree/master/docs/api.md )
- [Usage ](https://github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor/tree/master/docs/usage.md )
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- [Shortcut keys ](https://github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor/tree/master/docs/shortcut_keys.md )
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- [Examples ](https://github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor/tree/master/examples )
- [Source ](https://github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor )
- [History ](https://github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor/blob/master/HISTORY.md )
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## Install
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with npm (recommended):
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npm install jsoneditor
with bower:
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bower install jsoneditor
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> Note that to use JSONEditor in Internet Explorer 11, it is necessary
> to load a polyfill for `Promise` in your application.
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## Use
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```html
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
< html >
< head >
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<!-- when using the mode "code", it's important to specify charset utf - 8 -->
< meta http-equiv = "Content-Type" content = "text/html;charset=utf-8" >
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< link href = "jsoneditor/dist/jsoneditor.min.css" rel = "stylesheet" type = "text/css" >
< script src = "jsoneditor/dist/jsoneditor.min.js" > < / script >
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< / head >
< body >
< div id = "jsoneditor" style = "width: 400px; height: 400px;" > < / div >
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< script >
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// create the editor
var container = document.getElementById("jsoneditor");
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var options = {};
var editor = new JSONEditor(container, options);
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// set json
var json = {
"Array": [1, 2, 3],
"Boolean": true,
"Null": null,
"Number": 123,
"Object": {"a": "b", "c": "d"},
"String": "Hello World"
};
editor.set(json);
// get json
var json = editor.get();
< / script >
< / body >
< / html >
```
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## Build
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The code of the JSON Editor is located in the folder `./src` . To build
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jsoneditor:
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- Install dependencies:
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```
npm install
```
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- Build JSON Editor:
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```
npm run build
```
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This will generate the files `./jsoneditor.js` , `./jsoneditor.css` , and
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minified versions in the dist of the project.
- To automatically build when a source file has changed:
```
npm run watch
```
This will update `./jsoneditor.js` and `./jsoneditor.css` in the dist folder
on every change, but it will **NOT** update the minified versions as that's
an expensive operation.
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## Custom builds
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The source code of JSONEditor consists of CommonJS modules. JSONEditor can be bundled in a customized way using a module bundler like [browserify ](http://browserify.org/ ) or [webpack ](http://webpack.github.io/ ). First, install all dependencies of jsoneditor:
npm install
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To create a custom bundle of the source code using browserify:
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browserify ./index.js -o ./jsoneditor.custom.js -s JSONEditor
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The Ace editor, used in mode `code` , accounts for about one third of the total
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size of the library. To exclude the Ace editor from the bundle:
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browserify ./index.js -o ./jsoneditor.custom.js -s JSONEditor -x brace -x brace/mode/json -x brace/ext/searchbox
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To minify the generated bundle, use [uglifyjs ](https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS2 ):
uglifyjs ./jsoneditor.custom.js -o ./jsoneditor.custom.min.js -m -c
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