Nested JSON string formatter

Pretty-print JSON inside JSON strings.

RawLens detects escaped JSON payloads inside string fields and formats the nested value as readable structured data directly in Chrome.

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Before

{"foo":"{\"bar\":1}","status":"error"}

After

{
  "foo": {
    "bar": 1
  },
  "status": "error"
}

Built for real API and log payloads.

Production logs and API errors often wrap the interesting payload in a JSON string. Most formatters clean up the outer object but leave the inner body escaped. RawLens expands those JSON-looking strings so request metadata, webhook bodies, upstream responses, and error details are easier to read.

From raw pages

Open a JSON response in Chrome and RawLens can format it in place.

From selections

Select a payload on any page and press vv.

From clipboard

Copy a log or API body and press pp to inspect it locally.