I'm trying to print a json string in a json format.

So, the input would be something like: "{\"a": 1, \"b\":\"2\"}"

I need the output to look like this:

{
  "a":1,
  "b":"2"
}

I have tried using JSON.stringify but it just prints out the same string. Any help is appreciated.

I'm trying to print a json string in a json format.

So, the input would be something like: "{\"a": 1, \"b\":\"2\"}"

I need the output to look like this:

{
  "a":1,
  "b":"2"
}

I have tried using JSON.stringify but it just prints out the same string. Any help is appreciated.

• javascript
• reactjs
• json

Share Improve this question Follow edited Mar 21, 2022 at 18:56 Emile Bergeron 17.4k55 gold badges8585 silver badges132132 bronze badges asked Mar 21, 2022 at 18:47 Shishir lakkadiShishir lakkadi 1511 silver badge44 bronze badges 5

• What is the different? `` is an escape char. – Alen.Toma Commented Mar 21, 2022 at 18:52
• 1 JSON is only ever a string. Other than not having a space between "a": and 1 (yeah... don't), you could parse to a JavaScript object, then stringify and give it a parameter to tell it to indent. – crashmstr Commented Mar 21, 2022 at 18:54
• Does this answer your question? Safely turning a JSON string into an object – Emile Bergeron Commented Mar 21, 2022 at 18:55
• While re-reading the question, I figured that this old question would fit more than the one I suggested above. – Emile Bergeron Commented Mar 21, 2022 at 18:58
• And to render pre-formatted code, you might want to look at this one: stackoverflow./q/37213957/1218980 – Emile Bergeron Commented Mar 21, 2022 at 19:01

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Parse your string to js object, than parse it to string to with new lines.

console.log(JSON.stringify(JSON.parse('{\"a": 1, \"b\":\"2\"}'), null, 2));

Before just running below code you should make a small change.

"{\"a": 1, \"b\":\"2\"}" ->
"{\"a\": 1, \"b\":\"2\"}"

const stringifiedJson = "{\"a\": 1, \"b\":\"2\"}";
const result = JSON.parse(json);
console.log(result);