Why does my JSON fail validation?

Common causes are trailing commas, single quotes instead of double quotes, or unquoted keys — all invalid in strict JSON.

JSON Validator

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Attempts to parse your input with the JSON grammar and reports the first syntax error found, if any.

Example 1

{"valid": true}

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