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JSON

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/ˈdʒeɪsən/abbreviationCommon term

In software engineering, JSON means: Short for JavaScript Object Notation: a simple text format for data, made of key-value pairs and lists, used by most web APIs.

In Turkish: JavaScript Nesne Gösterimi, JSON biçimi

How it is used

APIs send and receive JSON; you parse, validate and serialize it. Typical phrases are 'JSON response', 'JSON body', 'invalid JSON' and 'JSON file'.

Example sentences

  1. The endpoint returns JSON with the user's name, email and plan.

  2. The request failed because of a missing comma in the JSON.

Common collocations

  • JSON response
  • parse JSON
  • invalid JSON
  • JSON file
  • JSON body
  • APIShort for application programming interface: a set of rules that lets one program ask another program for data or actions in a fixed, documented way.
  • payloadThe actual data carried by a request, response or message, as opposed to the headers and other information around it.
  • RESTShort for representational state transfer: a common style for web APIs in which resources have URLs and are handled with HTTP methods such as GET, POST, PUT and DELETE.
  • endpointA specific URL of an API that accepts requests for one kind of action, such as GET /users to list users or POST /orders to create an order.

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