# Usage
### Install
with npm:
npm install jsoneditor
with bower:
bower install jsoneditor
download:
[http://jsoneditoronline.org/downloads/](http://jsoneditoronline.org/downloads/)
The library consists of three files: one javascript file, one css file and an
image. Both full and minified version are available.
## Load
To implement JSONEditor in a web application, load the javascript and css file
in the head of the HTML page:
```html
```
### Detailed error messages
Optionally, [jsonlint](https://github.com/zaach/jsonlint) can be loaded to get
more detailed error messages.
```html
```
### Code editor
The mode 'code' requires the [Ace editor](http://ace.ajax.org/) to be loaded.
JSON Editor comes with a custom built version of Ace containing the ace modules
`ace.js`, `ext-searchbox.js`, `mode-json.js`, `theme-textmate.js`, and a custom
theme `theme-jsoneditor.js`.
Besides loading ace, the content type must be specified on the page.
```html
```
## Use
In the body, create an div element with an id and a size:
```html
```
After the page is loaded, load the editor with javascript:
```js
var container = document.getElementById("jsoneditor");
var options = {
mode: 'tree'
};
var editor = new JSONEditor(container, options);
```
To set JSON data in the editor:
```js
var json = {
"Array": [1, 2, 3],
"Boolean": true,
"Null": null,
"Number": 123,
"Object": {"a": "b", "c": "d"},
"String": "Hello World"
};
editor.set(json);
```
To get JSON data from the editor:
```js
var json = editor.get();
```
## Full Example
```html
```
For more examples, see the
[examples section](https://github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor/tree/master/examples).