https://gigajson.com/blog/ Practical guides to working with JSON files. en Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gigajson.com/blog/n8n-json-expressions/https://gigajson.com/blog/n8n-json-expressions/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhat {{ $json.field }} means in n8n, why saved workflows show ={{ }}, how to reach nested and odd keys, other nodes' items, and $jmespath queries. https://gigajson.com/blog/open-json-file/https://gigajson.com/blog/open-json-file/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTOpen a .json file with Notepad, TextEdit, a browser, VS Code, Excel or a phone. Then make it readable, fix errors and handle big files. https://gigajson.com/blog/json-vs-toon/https://gigajson.com/blog/json-vs-toon/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTOON used 32 to 42% fewer tokens than compact JSON on records without list fields, and up to 25% more with one. Measured on 600 records. https://gigajson.com/blog/reduce-json-tokens-for-ai/https://gigajson.com/blog/reduce-json-tokens-for-ai/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA worked example: 270 tokens of JSON down to 127 with TOON and all data kept, then 44 by keeping only the fields the question needs. Free tools, no upload. https://gigajson.com/blog/json-crack-alternative/https://gigajson.com/blog/json-crack-alternative/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhen GigaJSON is a useful JSON Crack alternative: large files, table browsing, queries and saved history, with practical limits and screenshots. https://gigajson.com/blog/compare-json-files/https://gigajson.com/blog/compare-json-files/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCompare JSON files locally with GigaJSON. Find changed values, ignore object key order, understand array differences and review saved versions. https://gigajson.com/blog/json-large-numbers/https://gigajson.com/blog/json-large-numbers/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhy JSON.parse rounds large numeric IDs, when to use strings or BigInt, and how GigaJSON warns before you write rounded values. https://gigajson.com/blog/convert-json-to-csv/https://gigajson.com/blog/convert-json-to-csv/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTurn nested JSON into a CSV that Excel opens correctly: flattening objects, three ways to handle arrays, and keeping leading zeros, long IDs and dates. https://gigajson.com/blog/fix-invalid-json/https://gigajson.com/blog/fix-invalid-json/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTrailing commas, single quotes, comments, NaN, cut-off files and JSON from AI chats: what each parser error means and how to fix it, with before and after. https://gigajson.com/blog/open-large-json-file/https://gigajson.com/blog/open-large-json-file/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhy editors freeze on big JSON files, and what works instead: jq, streaming parsers like ijson, VS Code's limits, and browser tools. Measured trade-offs. https://gigajson.com/blog/query-api-responses-ndjson-logs/https://gigajson.com/blog/query-api-responses-ndjson-logs/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTRead JSON API responses and JSON Lines logs: curl and jq commands, skipping broken log lines, counting errors, and viewing logs as a table. https://gigajson.com/blog/jq-vs-jsonpath-vs-jmespath/https://gigajson.com/blog/jq-vs-jsonpath-vs-jmespath/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe same eight tasks in jq, JSONPath and JMESPath, all tested, with a playground to run them on your JSON. Which one to use, and where each runs out.