Convert JSON to Markdown Table

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data format that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data objects. It's widely used for data exchange between web applications and servers, API responses, configuration files, and data storage.

Technical Details

JSON represents data with key-value pairs in a nested structure. It supports strings, numbers, booleans, arrays, objects, and null values, making it flexible for various data types. JSON is language-independent but derived from JavaScript syntax, making it particularly popular in web development. JSON files use the .json extension and have a MIME type of application/json.

Advantages

• Supports complex, nested data structures
• Native support in JavaScript and most modern programming languages
• Self-describing and human-readable
• Compact compared to XML and other structured formats
• Language-independent and widely adopted as a standard
• Perfect for API responses and data transfer
• No special parsing tools needed - standard in most programming languages

Limitations

• Not ideal for tabular data analysis
• No support for comments or metadata
• Can be verbose for large datasets
• No schema validation built into the format itself
• Nested structures can be difficult to analyze in spreadsheet tools
• Converting to tabular formats requires flattening of nested objects

Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain-text formatting syntax. It's designed to be easy to read, write, and convert to HTML and other formats.

Key features of Markdown include:

• Simple syntax for headings, lists, links, and emphasis
• Support for inline HTML
• Easy to learn and use, even for non-technical users
• Widely supported across various platforms and applications

Markdown is commonly used for:

• Documentation and README files
• Forum and blog posts
• Note-taking and writing
• Creating content for static site generators

While the core syntax is standardized, there are several flavors of Markdown with extended features, such as GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) and CommonMark.