JSON ⇔ YAML Converter
Convert between JSON and YAML formats
1. What is JSON and YAML?
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data format using brackets and braces to structure data. YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) is a more human-readable format that uses indentation instead of brackets. Both are commonly used for configuration files and data exchange between systems.
2. How does it work?
The converter parses the structure of your input format and transforms it to the target format while preserving the data hierarchy. When converting JSON to YAML, brackets are replaced with indentation and colons. When converting YAML to JSON, indentation is analyzed to determine nesting levels and converted to bracket notation. Both conversions maintain data types like strings, numbers, booleans, arrays, and objects.
Use Cases
JSON is widely used in web APIs and JavaScript applications. YAML is popular for configuration files (Docker Compose, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines) due to its readability.
3. Examples
Simple object
JSON: {"name":"John","age":30} ⇔ YAML: name: John
age: 30