Hide JSON Strings

How to use Hide JSON Strings

1. 1. Paste your JSON. Paste the JSON object containing the keys and values you want obscured. The tool rewrites string characters as backslash-u escape codes rather than changing the underlying data.
2. 2. Choose what to hide. Select Keys and values to escape both property names and their string values, Keys only to hide just the field names, or Values only to leave keys readable while masking the data itself.
3. 3. Copy the escaped JSON. Copy the resulting document, still valid and parseable JSON, where every targeted character now appears as a unicode escape sequence instead of a plain readable character.

When to use Hide JSON Strings

Hide JSON Strings rewrites keys and values as unicode escape codes while keeping the document fully valid JSON that any parser can still read correctly. Use it when you want text to be unreadable at a glance in a shared file without actually encrypting or removing the data.

• Sharing a code sample without revealing plain field names. You are demonstrating how a JSON structure works in a tutorial and want the field names visually obscured as escape codes so attention stays on the structure rather than specific words.
• Testing a parser's handling of escape sequences. You are building or debugging a JSON parser and need sample input where every character is expressed as a unicode escape code to verify the parser decodes them correctly.
• Demonstrating how JSON unicode escapes work. You want to show a teammate or a student exactly what backslash-u escape sequences look like by converting familiar, readable text into that form directly.
• Making a payload harder to skim in a casual screen share. You want to display a JSON structure on a shared screen without the literal string contents being immediately readable to everyone glancing at the presentation.

Examples

{"pin": "1234"}

{
  "\u0070\u0069\u006e": "\u0031\u0032\u0033\u0034"
}

About the Hide JSON Strings tool

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