JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight, text-based data interchange format defined by the ECMA-404 JSON Data Interchange standard. Formatting JSON involves parsing key-value object trees and re-serializing them into a clear structure with indentation spaces, making it readable for software engineers. If you need to compress JSON files for smaller payloads, check out our JSON Minifier tool.
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