Extract a user email
Input
{
"user": {
"email": "dev@example.com"
}
}Output
$.user.email extracts dev@example.comJSONPath Tester | Extract Values from JSON
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Paste JSON, enter a JSONPath expression, and inspect matching values with paths, counts, and copy-ready output in your browser.
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OpenHow to Use This Tool
- 1
Paste an API response, webhook body, log payload, or nested JSON document into the JSON input.
- 2
Enter a JSONPath expression such as $.user.email or $.orders[*].id.
- 3
Evaluate the expression to parse the JSON and collect matching values.
- 4
Review the match count, warnings, result paths, and extracted values.
- 5
Copy or download the copy-ready results for debugging notes, tests, or documentation.
When to Use This Tool
API Response Debugging
Extract one field or a repeated collection from a nested API response while checking the exact JSON paths that matched.
Webhook Payload Inspection
Inspect incoming event payloads and verify the expression you plan to use in webhook handling code.
Test Fixture Extraction
Pull stable IDs, emails, timestamps, or nested values from JSON fixtures for assertions and test setup.
Log Payload Review
Query JSON log entries locally to find nested request, response, user, or metadata values.
Examples
Extract order IDs
Input
{
"orders": [
{ "id": "ord_1001" },
{ "id": "ord_1002" }
]
}Output
$.orders[*].id extracts ord_1001 and ord_1002Supported JSONPath Syntax
The evaluator supports root selectors with $, dot properties, bracket properties, array indexes, wildcards for arrays and objects, and recursive property lookup with two dots.
Use expressions such as $.user.email, $['user']['email'], $.orders[0].id, $.orders[*].id, and $..id for common API response inspection.
Filters, slices, unions, script expressions, current-node references, and parent-node references are intentionally unsupported so evaluation stays predictable and browser-local.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q.Are my JSON payloads uploaded?
A. No. JSON parsing and JSONPath evaluation run locally in your browser. The tool does not send pasted API responses, logs, or extracted values to a server.
Q.Which JSONPath syntax is supported?
A. It supports $, dot properties, bracket properties, array indexes, wildcards, and recursive property lookup. These cover common extraction tasks for API responses and nested JSON.
Q.Can I use JSONPath filters?
A. No. Filter expressions such as [?(@.status == 'paid')], slices, unions, and scripts are not supported in this version. Use direct paths, indexes, wildcards, or recursive property lookup.
Q.How is this different from the JSON Formatter?
A. The JSON Formatter focuses on beautifying, validating, and reading a full JSON document. The JSONPath Tester focuses on querying that JSON and copying only the matching values and paths.
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