Parse JSON in Go

How to parse a JSON string into an object and serialize (stringify) an object back to JSON in Go. Use the encoding/json package from the standard library. Need to clean up the JSON first? Use the formatter & validator.

Parse JSON (string → object)

var obj map[string]any
json.Unmarshal([]byte(text), &obj)

Stringify (object → JSON string)

b, _ := json.MarshalIndent(obj, "", "  ")

Frequently asked questions

How do I parse JSON in Go?

Use the encoding/json package from the standard library. Parse with the snippet above; the result is a native object/map you can read.

How do I pretty-print JSON in Go?

Use the stringify snippet above with indentation, or paste your JSON into the formatter on this page.