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JSON Escape / Unescape
Escape text as a JSON string or unescape quoted JSON string values locally.
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What this tool does
JSON Escape / Unescape helps prepare string literals for JSON payloads and decode escaped JSON strings back into readable text.
Common use cases
Escape text as a JSON string or unescape quoted JSON string values for payloads, tests, and logs.
Use JSON Escape / Unescape when you are working with copied API payloads, logs, encoded values, config snippets, identifiers, or debugging data and need a quick browser-local check before pasting the result into docs, tickets, tests, or another developer tool.
How to use it
- Choose escape or unescape mode.
- Paste text or a quoted JSON string.
- Copy the escaped or unescaped result.
Example workflow
Copy a small payload or encoded value from an API response, request URL, log line, or config file. Run the focused check here, confirm the output is readable, then continue with related developer data tools such as validation, formatting, decoding, timestamp conversion, or CSV/JSON conversion.
Privacy note
Client-side only: text is transformed in your browser and is not uploaded.
FAQ
What does escape mode do?
It converts pasted text into a quoted JSON string with newline, quote, and slash escapes.
What does unescape mode expect?
It expects a quoted JSON string value, then returns the decoded plain text.
Is text uploaded?
No. Escaping and unescaping run locally in your browser.
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Browse the Developer Tools hub or continue with the Developer Data Toolkit when this task is part of a larger workflow.