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You can do the same in the browser console. I don't really get why people need an online tool for this:

   copy(JSON.stringify(obj, null, 2))

obj can be parsed with JSON.parse if it is in text.

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Even better, just open the JSON file in Firefox.

Not bad. I usually copy json data from the browser console, but for files this can be useful.

> I don't really get why people need an online tool for this:

That’s rather condescending, and probably not true. Surely you must be able to think of reasons why someone would use a website instead of writing a one-line program.

The only reason I can think of is if this is something which one very rarely needs. Otherwise, I'd think those who regularly handle JSON files are able to write a one line program.

And the JS console was only an example. Other languages can also pretty print JSON trivially. E.g. python.

On chrome at least copy(Paste json here) is enough

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