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# strip-json-comments [](https://travis-ci.com/github/sindresorhus/strip-json-comments)
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> Strip comments from JSON. Lets you use comments in your JSON files!
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This is now possible:
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```js
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{
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	// Rainbows
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	"unicorn": /* ❤ */ "cake"
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}
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```
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It 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.
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Also 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.
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## Install
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```
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$ npm install strip-json-comments
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```
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## Usage
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```js
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const json = `{
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	// Rainbows
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	"unicorn": /* ❤ */ "cake"
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}`;
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JSON.parse(stripJsonComments(json));
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//=> {unicorn: 'cake'}
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```
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## API
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### stripJsonComments(jsonString, options?)
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#### jsonString
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Type: `string`
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Accepts a string with JSON and returns a string without comments.
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#### options
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Type: `object`
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##### whitespace
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Type: `boolean`\
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Default: `true`
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Replace comments with whitespace instead of stripping them entirely.
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## Benchmark
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```
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$ npm run bench
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```
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## Related
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- [strip-json-comments-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-json-comments-cli) - CLI for this module
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- [strip-css-comments](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-css-comments) - Strip comments from CSS
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---
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