YAML
to
JSON
Converter

Convert between YAML and JSON formats instantly.

Output

{
  "name": "John Doe",
  "age": 30,
  "hobbies": [
    "reading",
    "coding"
  ],
  "address": {
    "city": "New York",
    "zip": "10001"
  }
}

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Frequently Asked Questions

YAML is a human-readable data serialization format that uses indentation to express structure and supports comments. JSON is stricter, requires quotes around strings and explicit brackets for objects and arrays, and does not allow comments.

YAML 1.2 is defined as a superset of JSON, meaning valid JSON is also valid YAML. However, YAML adds features such as comments, multi-line strings, anchors, and aliases that are not present in JSON.

JSON is required by many APIs, configuration systems, and tooling that do not support YAML parsing. Converting YAML config files to JSON is common when interfacing with applications that expect JSON input.

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