JSP Converter

Extract text from JSP files

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Drop or upload your .JSP file

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How to extract text from your JSP file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your JSP file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert JSP to another file type

To convert your JSP file to another format, you need Apache Tomcat or other Web software.

Convert a file to JSP

To convert other file formats to the "Server-Side Script" file type, you need software like Apache Tomcat or a similar tool.

About JSP files

A .jsp file is technically a JavaServer Page, a server-side script used to generate dynamic web content. These files contain a mix of HTML, XML, and Java code. While developers use them to build logic-heavy websites (similar to PHP or ASPX), a significant number of users encounter .jsp files accidentally.

The Problem:
Most non-developers find this file when attempting to download a bank statement, invoice, or ticket. Due to server misconfiguration, the browser saves the file with the script's extension (file.jsp) instead of the intended output format (e.g., file.pdf or file.xlsx).

Practical Constraints:

You cannot 'play' or 'run' it: A local .jsp file will not render as a webpage on your desktop; it requires a web container like Apache Tomcat to execute.
Proprietary confusion: Opening it in a text editor reveals raw code, not the document you expected.

Conversion & Solutions:

Fixing Downloads: If you expected a document, the most effective 'conversion' is often checking the file's true identity. Tools can inspect the file header to see if it is actually a PDF, Excel, or ZIP file disguised as a JSP.
For Developers (Web/Archiving): Convert source code to HTML (to see a static representation), PDF (for code documentation), or TXT (for safe editing).

Convert.Guru analyzes your JSP file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted JASP, PDF, JPG, JPS, JSPX, JSP 2, ASPX, HTML, JAVA, PNG, GSF, JSF and CRDOWNLOAD files.

FAQ

If you want to convert JSP file to PDF, JPG, JAVA, HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP, ASPX, JSPX or PY, you can use Apache Tomcat or similar software from the "Dynamic Web Page Generation" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert RSS, CSS, CGI, SITEMAP, PL, WEBMANIFEST, JSON, JS, XML, HTML, ICO or HTM files to JSP, try Apache Tomcat or another comparable tool in the "Dynamic Web Page Generation" category.

The JSP 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 JSP converter.