JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation. JSON is a lightweight format for storing and transporting dataJSON is often used when data is sent from a server to a web page JSON is "self-describing" and easy to understand

Sample JSON

Following JSON contains address information with title "Mailing Address"

                            
                                {
                                    "title": "Mailing Address",
                                    "Name": "Sidd B",
                                    "country": "Japan",
                                    "city": "Tokyo",
                                    "zip": 334455,
                                    "phone": [
                                        {
                                            "content": "123456",
                                            "type": "home"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "content": "222222",
                                            "type": "mobile"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "content": "33333",
                                            "type": "mobile"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            
                            

What is JSON Schema

JSON Schema is like XML Schema, it helps in describing the JSON Document. It can be used to validate the JSON payload.

following json schema describes a movie object.

Sample JSON Schema

{
    "$id": "https://jsonzone.com/movie.schema.json",
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "title": "Movie",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
        "name": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Name of the movie."
        },
        "director": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Movie director name."
        },
        "release": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "released date."
        },
        "budget": {
        "description": "Movie budget in rounded million USD.",
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 0
        },
        "rating": {
        "description": "Movie Rating on rottentomatoes.com.",
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0
        }
    }
}

{
    "name": "Avatar",
    "director": "James Cameron",
    "release": "December 16, 2022",
    "budget": 250,
    "rating": 9.0   
}