JSON

aid: json
name: JSON
description: JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight, text-based, language-independent data interchange format
  that uses human-readable text to represent structured data as key-value pairs and arrays. JSON is standardized by RFC 8259
  (December 2017), which obsoletes RFC 7159 (2014) and RFC 4627 (2006). It has become the de facto standard for data exchange
  in web APIs, configuration files, and NoSQL databases due to its simplicity and broad language support.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Data Format
- Serialization
- Web Development
- JSON
- RFC 8259
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/json/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: json:json
  name: JSON
  description: JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) specification and related resources. Standardized by IETF as RFC 8259 (December
    2017, edited by Tim Bray) and by Ecma International as ECMA-404. Defines the grammar and syntax for objects, arrays, strings,
    numbers, booleans, and null values.
  humanURL: https://www.json.org/
  tags:
  - Data Format
  - Serialization
  - RFC 8259
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.json.org/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8259
  - type: Specification
    url: https://ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-404/
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.json.org/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.json.org/
- type: Reference
  url: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8259
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com