JSON parsers

    1. Formatting JSONscreenshot http://json.parser.online.fr/ has been around the longest, formats and validates
    2. http://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/ Slow but works, the only one I found where you can plug in a url as well as code, validates and formats
    3. http://jsonlint.com/ validates and formats
    4. http://jsonviewer.stack.hu/ nice viewer
    5. Others http://freenuts.com/best-7-free-online-json-viewers/  sources a few more including
      1. http://www.jquery4u.com/demos/online-json-tree-viewer/# This tool loads a JSON file and displays the hierarchical structure of the data and values
      2. http://www.jsonviewer.com/ (nice formatting, you also have an option to paste the link of the page but you need IE)
      3. http://json.bloople.net/ (simple JSON to HTML),
      4. http://chris.photobooks.com/json/default.htm (JSON to HTML),
      5. http://ajaxstack.com/jsonreport/ HTML 5 JSON report, produces a very nice formatted output that looks like a report, remember to scroll across as needed
      6. http://yaml-online-parser.appspot.com/
    6. A guide to processing JSON while using the NYT API http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/processing-json-the-new-york-times
    7. http://processing.org/discourse/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1163101573/0 discussion with a couple of good observations
    8. http://webhole.net/2009/08/31/how-to-read-json-data-with-php/ Nice intro to reading JSON with php with examples
You can use the following "test" JSON to test out the parsers:
[{"seat": "", "committee_ext_id": "C00457705", "seat_held": "", "recipient_party": "R", "recipient_type": "C", "seat_status": "", "recipient_state": "", "contributor_category": "Z1100", "contributor_gender": "", "contributor_state": "VA", "recipient_category": "J2200", "is_amendment": false, "district": "", "organization_name": "Friends of John McCain", "recipient_ext_id": "C00457705", "parent_organization_name": "", "contributor_address": "", "transaction_id": "pac2pac:2012:0023727", "contributor_occupation": "", "filing_id": "11990259100", "contributor_city": "ARLINGTON", "recipient_state_held": "", "district_held": "", "recipient_name": "Country First PAC", "organization_ext_id": "C00341891", "contributor_zipcode": "22215", "transaction_namespace": "urn:fec:transaction", "date": "2011-02-01", "committee_name": "Country First PAC", "candidacy_status": false, "parent_organization_ext_id": "", "cycle": 2012, "contributor_name": "Friends of John McCain", "contributor_type": "C", "contributor_employer": "", "seat_result": "", "transaction_type": "18g", "amount": "2948598.00", "contributor_ext_id": "C00341891", "committee_party": "R"}]]