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How to make comment in JSON file
{
"//field": "These 'double quote' 'double quote' are used as comments, because JSON doesnt' allow comment",
"field": {},
"#another-field": "Another comment",
"another-field": {},
"/*stuff": "Be careful to use them when you have full control of the content :)",
"stuff": [],
"bla": "bla"
}
@lurkie
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lurkie commented Feb 10, 2020

JSON 5 (https://json5.org/) does support comments. However, support for it is limited. E.g. PHP does not support it yet.

@mbaetaoliveira
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You can use:

/*
{
"Comments": [
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,",
"consectetur adipiscing elit.",
"Suspendisse vitae risus ligula.",
"Fusce vel urna turpis."
]
}
*/

@AMorgaut
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AMorgaut commented Apr 24, 2020

other options
put all the comment in the key :-)
there should be less duplicates problems
ex

{ 
  "// this is fun":"",
  "// this is also fun": "",
  "whatever": {
    "// other scope": "",
    "// this is fun": ""
  },
  "port": 8090, "// can't use native port":""
}

@erwinpratama
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I'm also looking for this.

@SchreinerK
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SchreinerK commented Aug 29, 2021

Because JSON is a subset of YAML, # should be used as comment character. IMHO :-) but as with everything one could argue about it
The YAML port: 8090 #can't use native port
could be converted to
a) "port": 8090, "#can't use native port":""
b) "port": 8090, "#":"can't use native port"

@hemraker
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hemraker commented Jan 6, 2022

Change the file extension to .json5 and you can haz comments 🙂

@xgqfrms
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xgqfrms commented Apr 14, 2022

@masterewot
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I found it

@lsloan
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lsloan commented Oct 17, 2022

Hjson, at https://hjson.github.io/, works better for me than JSON5. YMMV.

Its Python module has been maintained more recently and its documentation shows the syntax of multiline comments as well as #-based comments.

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