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CSV to JSON Converter

world's simplest csv tool

Free online CSV to JSON converter. Just upload your CSV file in the form below and it will automatically get converted to JSON. In the tool options, you can adjust the CSV column delimiter character, quote character, and skip commented CSV lines. Additionally, you can adjust JSON's output format. Created by programmers from team Browserling.

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᠎᠎᠎           Tool Options

Input CSV Format

Column separator character.
Field quotation character.
Line comment symbol (skip lines).

Conversion Options

First row is treated as a header.
(Used as JSON keys.)
Don't convert empty lines.
Don't quote numbers
and booleans.

JSON Indentation

Indent output JSON with
two spaces.
Indent output JSON with
one tab.
Output minified JSON.
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Generate Headers

Convert JSON object keys or
the elements of the first JSON
array into TSV data headers.

TSV Field Separator

The character that separates
fields in the output TSV file.
To use tabulation, enter the
character "\t".

TSV Field Quoting

The character used to quote
fields in the output TSV file.
Add quotes around all
output TSV values.
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YAML Indentation

How many spaces to indent with?
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What is a CSV to JSON Converter?

This tool transforms Comma Separated Values (CSV) files to JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) data structures. Both formats are often used for data migration and backups, as well as as a data exchange format in various applications, including databases. Both formats, CSV and JSON, are semi-structured, which means the data has a raw format (viewable in a text editor) but still has some structure, allowing it to be parsed and easily extracted. By default, the CSV format uses a comma symbol to separate data columns and a double-quote symbol to quote fields. However, in the options of this tool, you can customize these values. If the input CSV data has a delimiter other than a comma (such as a semicolon ; or a pipe symbol |), then you can specify it in the "Column Separator" option. If the CSV uses a different character for quoting the fields (such as a single quote '), you can specify this quoting character in the "Field Quotation Character" option. In case the CSV contains comments (which usually start with a hash symbol # or a double slash //), you can exclude them by specifying the comment symbol in the "Line Comment Symbol" option, thereby speeding up parsing of the CSV as unnecessary lines will be skipped and won't be parsed. Several other options control the conversion process. If your CSV file has column titles (called headers) on the first row of data, the tool can automatically use the header values to set the keys of the JSON object. If the input CSV contains empty lines, you can choose to skip them. If empty lines aren't skipped, then a single empty value will be created for the first column of data. Additionally, you can customize the format of the output JSON. Specifically, you can choose not to wrap JSON numbers and booleans in quotes, as well as choose how to indent the JSON data structure. It can be indented with two spaces per level, a tab per level, or minified by using no indentation. Also, for the reverse transformation from JSON to CSV, you can use our Convert JSON to CSV tool. Csv-abulous!

CSV to JSON Converter Examples

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Three-column CSV to Unformatted JSON

In this example, we convert a CSV with three columns into a JSON array of arrays of three elements. Each value from the CSV is converted into an individual item in the JSON array, wrapped in quotes, and placed in an array. After the conversion, all arrays are nested together, producing the output JSON. Additionally, the output JSON is minified, as we select the the unformatted JSON mode without indentation.

foo,bar,baz a,b,c 1,2,3
[["foo","bar","baz"],["a","b","c"],["1","2","3"]]
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Column separator character.
Field quotation character.
Line comment symbol (skip lines).
First row is treated as a header.
(Used as JSON keys.)
Don't convert empty lines.
Don't quote numbers
and booleans.
Output minified JSON.

Use CSV Headers as JSON Keys

In this example, we load a CSV that uses semicolons as field separators. To convert this non-standard CSV to JSON, we specify the semicolon ";" as the separator symbol in the options. We also enable the headers option, which creates an array of JSON objects with the header values as keys of the JSON objects. For a nice visual formatting of the output JSON, we choose a two-space indentation, which is applied to each level of JSON.

name;age;school richard;25;sjsu alex;18;mstu
[ { "name": "richard", "age": "25", "school": "sjsu" }, { "name": "alex", "age": "18", "school": "mstu" } ]
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Column separator character.
Field quotation character.
Line comment symbol (skip lines).
First row is treated as a header.
(Used as JSON keys.)
Don't convert empty lines.
Don't quote numbers
and booleans.
Indent output JSON with
two spaces.

Convert Book CSV Data to JSON

This example converts CSV data about famous books into JSON. It uses the first line of data as the key values for the JSON objects. It also skips empty lines and commented lines starting with the "#" symbol. It also enables the dynamic data types option, which prints numbers and booleans without quotes. Finally, it indents the JSON data structure with tabs.

title,author,genre,publication,film_adaptation The Hunger Games,Suzanne Collins,Dystopian,2008,true #Pride and Prejudice,Jane Austen,Romance,1813,true The Lord of the Rings,J.R.R. Tolkien,Fantasy,1954,true
[ { "title": "The Hunger Games", "author": "Suzanne Collins", "genre": "Dystopian", "publication": 2008, "film_adaptation": true }, { "title": "The Lord of the Rings", "author": "J.R.R. Tolkien", "genre": "Fantasy", "publication": 1954, "film_adaptation": true } ]
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Column separator character.
Field quotation character.
Line comment symbol (skip lines).
First row is treated as a header.
(Used as JSON keys.)
Don't convert empty lines.
Don't quote numbers
and booleans.
Indent output JSON with
one tab.

Pro tips Master online csv tools

You can pass input to this tool via ?input query argument and it will automatically compute output. Here's how to type it in your browser's address bar. Click to try!

https://onlinetools.com/csv/convert-csv-to-json?input=foo%2Cbar%2Cbaz%0Aa%2Cb%2Cc%0A1%2C2%2C3&char-delimiter=%252C&char-comments=%2523&char-quote=%2522&convert-headers=false&convert-skip-empty=false&convert-dynamic-types=false&formatting-none=true

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Add CSV Quotes

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Quickly change the character that CSV fields are wrapped in.

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Convert a CSV file to a plain text file.

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Convert a null-separated values file (0SV) to a CSV file.

Convert CSV to SSV

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Convert a CSV file to a pipe-separated file (PSV).

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Convert a pipe-separated file (PSV) to a CSV file.

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Compare Two CSV Files

Visually show the differences between two CSV files.

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Find CSV cells that contain certain data.

Filter CSV Cells

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Cut CSV

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Rotate CSV Rows

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Sort CSV Rows

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Shuffle CSV Values

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Create a Random CSV

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Create an Empty CSV File

Generate a CSV file that contains nothing.

Create a Large CSV File

Generate a large CSV file for testing.

Create a Custom CSV File

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Delete Empty CSV Columns

Remove CSV columns that are completely empty.

Delete Empty CSV Rows

Remove CSV rows that are completely empty.

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Delete Empty CSV Lines

Remove all empty lines in a CSV file.

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Delete extra commas around CSV values.

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Delete First CSV Line

Delete the first line from a CSV file.

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Optimize CSV File Size

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Average CSV Rows

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