Debug Guide

Invalid JSON Repair Guide

This guide is for developers who work with copied API payloads, logs, config snippets, and rough JSON-like text. The goal is to get broken data back into a valid, debuggable structure quickly.

Most common invalid JSON problems

  • - Trailing commas after the last item in an object or array.
  • - Single-quoted strings copied from JavaScript, Python, or docs.
  • - Unquoted object keys such as `status: ok` in logs or pseudo-code.
  • - Non-JSON literals like `True`, `False`, `None`, `undefined`, or `NaN`.

Recommended repair workflow

  1. 1. Start with JSON Repair to turn common syntax issues into valid JSON.
  2. 2. Use JSON Validator next if you still need precise error feedback.
  3. 3. Use JSONPath Tester when you need to verify selectors or inspect matched fields.
  4. 4. Use JSON Diff to compare before and after structures and focus on real changes.

When Repair is especially useful

  • - You copied a partial API response and need to keep debugging immediately.
  • - You received JSON-like text from Python, logs, monitoring tools, or chat threads.
  • - You want to clean up invalid JSON before formatting, querying, or diffing it.