Json Format API

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

Pretty-print JSON with the requested indentation (1-8 spaces).

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Request body

application/json

json

string required

JSON string to format.
indent

integer optional

Indentation spaces (1-8). Defaults to 2. Default 2.
minify

boolean optional

Strip all whitespace instead of indenting. Ignores indent. Default false.

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "json": {
    "a": 1
  },
  "indent": 2
}

curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/json-format/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "json": "{\"a\":1}",
    "indent": 2
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/json-format/execute', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', Authorization: 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"json":"{\"a\":1}","indent":2}),
});
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/json-format/execute",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={"json":"{\"a\":1}","indent":2},
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/json-format/execute');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Content-Type: application/json', 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"json":"{\"a\":1}","indent":2}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

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Call json_format from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. Same arguments, same output.

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Auth: API key
REST id: json-format
MCP name: json_format
Category: Data
Machine-readable: openapi.json · markdown.md

Request body

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