aid: json
name: JSON
description: >-
  JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight, text-based,
  language-independent data interchange format that uses human-readable text to
  represent structured data as key-value pairs and arrays. JSON is standardized
  by RFC 8259 (December 2017), which obsoletes RFC 7159 (2014) and RFC 4627
  (2006). It has become the de facto standard for data exchange in web APIs,
  configuration files, and NoSQL databases due to its simplicity and broad
  language support.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Data Format
  - Serialization
  - Web Development
  - JSON
  - RFC 8259
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/json/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: json:json
    name: JSON
    description: >-
      JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) specification and related resources.
      Standardized by IETF as RFC 8259 (December 2017, edited by Tim Bray) and
      by Ecma International as ECMA-404. Defines the grammar and syntax for
      objects, arrays, strings, numbers, booleans, and null values.
    humanURL: https://www.json.org/
    tags:
      - Data Format
      - Serialization
      - RFC 8259
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.json.org/
      - type: Reference
        url: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8259
      - type: Specification
        url: https://ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-404/
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.json.org/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.json.org/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8259
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com