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