Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your JSON file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert JSON to another file type
To convert your JSON file to another format, you need Visual Studio Code or other Developer software.
Convert a file to JSON
To convert other file formats to the "Data Interchange Format" file type, you need software like Visual Studio Code or a similar tool.
About JSON files
The .JSON file is the backbone of modern web communication, storing structured data in JavaScript Object Notation. It is a lightweight, text-based format used extensively for transmitting data between a server and a web application, as well as for configuration files in software development. While designed to be human-readable, raw .JSON files often present significant challenges for end-users. Large files can appear as a single, massive line of text without line breaks, making them impossible to read without specialized "prettifiers" or code editors like Visual Studio Code or Sublime Text. Furthermore, the strict syntax means a single missing comma can render the file unusable. For business analysis and reporting, the nested hierarchical structure of JSON is difficult to interpret compared to tabular data. To make this data actionable, users should convert .JSON to CSV or XLSX to view and manipulate the data in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets. For archiving, documentation, or sharing static reports with non-technical stakeholders, converting to PDF ensures the structure is preserved in a readable layout. Developers may also need to convert JSON to XML or YAML for system interoperability.
Convert.Guru analyzes your JSON file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert JSON file to CSV, PDF, XML, YAML, TABLE, HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP or ASPX, you can use Visual Studio Code or similar software from the "Data Interchange & Configuration" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RSS, CSS, CGI, SITEMAP, PL, WEBMANIFEST, JS, XML, HTML, ICO, HTM or RB files to JSON, try Visual Studio Code or another comparable tool in the "Data Interchange & Configuration" category.
The JSON Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our JSON converter.