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JSON Stringify Text

Escape raw text into a valid, quoted JSON string literal.

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How do you stringify text into JSON?

Feed it two paragraphs and a tab, and out comes one quoted literal with \n and \t where the whitespace was. The escaping matches JSON.stringify exactly: double quotes become \", backslashes double up, and control characters turn into \uXXXX sequences. Surrounding quotes are included, so the result drops into a JSON document or a source file as-is.

How to use the JSON Stringify

  1. 1 Put the raw text in, line breaks and all.
  2. 2 One escaped, quoted literal comes out.
  3. 3 Double-check the surrounding quotes are part of the output; they belong there.
  4. 4 Insert the literal into your JSON or source file.

What you can use it for

  • Embedding multi-line text as a JSON string value.
  • Escaping a snippet to paste into a config file.
  • Preparing a string for a JSON API payload.
  • Safely quoting text that contains quotes or newlines.

Frequently asked questions

Which characters get escaped?
Double quotes, backslashes, and every control character: newline to \n, tab to \t, carriage return to \r, the rest to \uXXXX. Identical behaviour to JSON.stringify on a string.
Are the outer quotes part of the result?
Yes. What you copy is a complete JSON string literal, valid on its own as a JSON document value.
What undoes this?
The JSON Unstringify tool reverses the process, returning the original raw text.

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JSON Unstringify Decode an escaped JSON string back into raw, readable text. JSON to Text Convert JSON into a readable, indented key: value outline.

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