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JSON Formatter/Validator API

developer 1 credit / call v2026-04-22

Validate, beautify, minify, or repair JSON with precise error positions, size savings, nesting depth, and element counts.

One POST adds JSON Formatter/Validator to your app, site, workflow, or agent — formula, validation, edge cases, and docs already handled.

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Endpoint

POST · 1cr
POST https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/json-formatter-validator/run

Request body

Field Type Req.
json_text
JSON document to process
str
action
beautify | minify | validate | repair
str
indent_size
2 | 4 | tab
str
sort_keys
no | yes
str

Cost & access

  • 1 credit per successful call — failed calls refund.
  • Starts on: Free.
  • Max payload: 1048576 bytes.
  • Privacy mode: no_body_logs
  • Available on: free, starter, pro, business, scale

Response envelope

{
  "request_id": "01K...",
  "tool": "json-formatter-validator",
  "tool_version": "2026-04-22",
  "credits_used": 1,
  "result": { ... }
}

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JSON document to process
beautify | minify | validate | repair
2 | 4 | tab
no | yes

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Code examples

curl -X POST https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/json-formatter-validator/run \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"json_text":"{\"name\":\"Ada\",\"langs\":[\"python\",\"rust\"],\"active\":true}","action":"beautify","indent_size":"2"}'
import requests

resp = requests.post(
    'https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/json-formatter-validator/run',
    headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY'},
    json={'json_text': '{"name":"Ada","langs":["python","rust"],"active":true}', 'action': 'beautify', 'indent_size': '2'},
)
resp.raise_for_status()
data = resp.json()
print(data)
const resp = await fetch(
  'https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/json-formatter-validator/run',
  {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({"json_text":"{\"name\":\"Ada\",\"langs\":[\"python\",\"rust\"],\"active\":true}","action":"beautify","indent_size":"2"}),
  }
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);
<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/json-formatter-validator/run');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'Authorization: Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY',
        'Content-Type: application/json',
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'json_text' => '{"name":"Ada","langs":["python","rust"],"active":true}',
    'action' => 'beautify',
    'indent_size' => '2'
]),
]);
$resp = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
print_r(json_decode($resp, true));
require 'net/http'
require 'json'
require 'uri'

uri = URI('https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/json-formatter-validator/run')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = (uri.scheme == 'https')

req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
req['Authorization'] = 'Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY'
req['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
req.body = {
  'json_text' => '{"name":"Ada","langs":["python","rust"],"active":true}',
  'action' => 'beautify',
  'indent_size' => '2'
}.to_json

resp = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(resp.body).inspect
package main

import (
  "bytes"
  "encoding/json"
  "fmt"
  "io"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
    "json_text": "{"name":"Ada","langs":["python","rust"],"active":true}",
    "action": "beautify",
    "indent_size": "2",
  })
  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/json-formatter-validator/run", bytes.NewReader(body))
  req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY")
  req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

  resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
  if err != nil { panic(err) }
  defer resp.Body.Close()
  out, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
  fmt.Println(string(out))
}
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.*;

var client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
var req = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/json-formatter-validator/run"))
    .header("Authorization", "Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY")
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"json_text\":\"{\\\"name\\\":\\\"Ada\\\",\\\"langs\\\":[\\\"python\\\",\\\"rust\\\"],\\\"active\\\":true}\",\"action\":\"beautify\",\"indent_size\":\"2\"}"))
    .build();

var resp = client.send(req, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(resp.body());
how-to call json-formatter-validator
  1. Get an API key
    Get an API key. Sign up free for a bearer token. 1,000 credits/month, no card.
  2. Assemble the JSON body
    Required fields: . See the Request body table above for the full schema.
  3. POST to https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/json-formatter-validator/run
    Headers: Authorization: Bearer <key> and Content-Type: application/json. Copy-paste snippets in 7 languages are under Code examples.
  4. Parse the response
    Envelope: {request_id, tool, tool_version, credits_used, result}. The typed output lives in result.
faq frequently asked
What does the JSON Formatter/Validator API do?+

Validate, beautify, minify, or repair JSON with precise error positions, size savings, nesting depth, and element counts. Use it to add this utility without rebuilding formulas, validation, examples, and documentation.

How much does one call to JSON Formatter/Validator cost?+

1 credit per successful call. Failed calls (validation errors, 5xx) don't bill.

What parameters does the JSON Formatter/Validator API require?+

Required fields: (none). Full schema at /v1/openapi.json.

Is the JSON Formatter/Validator API deterministic?+

Yes — same input, same output, forever. Tool version 2026-04-22; output shape is stable within a major version.

Can an AI agent call the JSON Formatter/Validator API?+

Yes. Connect to https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/mcp over the Model Context Protocol. The agent discovers `json-formatter-validator` with its JSON Schema automatically, so the model can plan while MiniWebtool handles the exact tool result.

What format does the API return?+

JSON with a stable envelope: `{request_id, tool, tool_version, credits_used, result}`. Errors are RFC 7807 `application/problem+json`.

mcp use from an AI agent

Every endpoint on this site is also exposed via the Model Context Protocol at https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/mcp. Claude, Cursor, and any MCP-capable agent can discover this tool (json-formatter-validator) and its JSON Schema automatically — no client codegen.

# List tools the agent can call
curl -s https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}' \
 | jq '.result.tools[] | select(.name=="json-formatter-validator")'
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