Can comments be used in JSON?

Question

Can I use comments inside a JSON file? If so, how?

Answer 1

We are using strip-json-comments for our project. It supports something like:

/*
 * Description 
*/
{
    // rainbows
    "unicorn": /* ❤ */ "cake"
}

Simply npm install --save strip-json-comments to install and use it like:

var strip_json_comments = require('strip-json-comments')
var json = '{/*rainbows*/"unicorn":"cake"}';
JSON.parse(strip_json_comments(json));
//=> {unicorn: 'cake'}