1# strip-json-comments [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/strip-json-comments) 2 3> Strip comments from JSON. Lets you use comments in your JSON files! 4 5This is now possible: 6 7```js 8{ 9 // rainbows 10 "unicorn": /* ❤ */ "cake" 11} 12``` 13 14It will replace single-line comments `//` and multi-line comments `/**/` with whitespace. This allows JSON error positions to remain as close as possible to the original source. 15 16Also available as a [gulp](https://github.com/sindresorhus/gulp-strip-json-comments)/[grunt](https://github.com/sindresorhus/grunt-strip-json-comments)/[broccoli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/broccoli-strip-json-comments) plugin. 17 18 19## Install 20 21``` 22$ npm install --save strip-json-comments 23``` 24 25 26## Usage 27 28```js 29const json = '{/*rainbows*/"unicorn":"cake"}'; 30 31JSON.parse(stripJsonComments(json)); 32//=> {unicorn: 'cake'} 33``` 34 35 36## API 37 38### stripJsonComments(input, [options]) 39 40#### input 41 42Type: `string` 43 44Accepts a string with JSON and returns a string without comments. 45 46#### options 47 48##### whitespace 49 50Type: `boolean` 51Default: `true` 52 53Replace comments with whitespace instead of stripping them entirely. 54 55 56## Related 57 58- [strip-json-comments-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-json-comments-cli) - CLI for this module 59- [strip-css-comments](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-css-comments) - Strip comments from CSS 60 61 62## License 63 64MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](http://sindresorhus.com) 65
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