Ini Json Converter API

POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/ini-json-converter/execute

Convert classic INI, .cfg or .conf text to JSON, or a JSON object back to INI. Each [section] becomes a nested object and keys above the first header sit on the root. Comments opened by ; or # are dropped, quoted values keep their spaces and punctuation, and a duplicate key keeps the last value and is reported. Values stay strings unless infer_types is on. JSON to INI takes one level of sections and rejects deeper nesting or arrays rather than guessing a syntax. Not a TOML, .properties or systemd unit parser.

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Request body

application/json

input

string required

The INI/.cfg/.conf text or the JSON object to convert.
mode

string optional

Conversion direction. Default: ini-to-json. One of ini-to-json · json-to-ini. Default "ini-to-json".
infer_types

boolean optional

ini-to-json: turn integers, decimals, true and false into JSON types. Default: false (every value is a string). Default false.
indent

integer optional

ini-to-json: JSON indentation width (0-8). Default: 2. Default 2.
delimiter

string optional

json-to-ini: how each line separates key and value. Default: " = ". One of = · = · : . Default " = ".

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "input": "[server]\nhost = localhost\nport = 8080"
}

curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/ini-json-converter/execute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "input": "[server]\nhost = localhost\nport = 8080"
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/ini-json-converter/execute', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"input":"[server]\nhost = localhost\nport = 8080"}),
});
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/ini-json-converter/execute",
    json={"input":"[server]\nhost = localhost\nport = 8080"},
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/ini-json-converter/execute');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Content-Type: application/json'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"input":"[server]\nhost = localhost\nport = 8080"}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

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