YAML <-> JSON API

Converts between a YAML subset (block maps/lists, scalars, comments) and JSON in either direction. Answers 'How do I convert YAML to JSON (or back)?', 'How do I parse simple YAML config without a library?'.

Price$0.02per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/data-transform/yaml-json

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit120/minute

Cache0s public

data-transformyamljsonconvertconfigparsewrangle

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/data-transform/yaml-json

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "data": "name: Ada\ntags:\n  - x\n  - y\nactive: true",
  "direction": "yaml-to-json"
}

Example response

{
  "direction": "yaml-to-json",
  "result": {
    "name": "Ada",
    "tags": [
      "x",
      "y"
    ],
    "active": true
  }
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "data",
    "direction"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "data": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "name: Ada\ntags:\n  - x\n  - y\nactive: true"
      ]
    },
    "direction": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "yaml-to-json"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}