1 # strip-json-comments [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/strip-json-comments.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/strip-json-comments)
3 > Strip comments from JSON. Lets you use comments in your JSON files!
10 "unicorn": /* ❤ */ "cake"
14 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.
16 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.
22 $ npm install --save strip-json-comments
29 const json = '{/*rainbows*/"unicorn":"cake"}';
31 JSON.parse(stripJsonComments(json));
32 //=> {unicorn: 'cake'}
38 ### stripJsonComments(input, [options])
44 Accepts a string with JSON and returns a string without comments.
53 Replace comments with whitespace instead of stripping them entirely.
58 - [strip-json-comments-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-json-comments-cli) - CLI for this module
59 - [strip-css-comments](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-css-comments) - Strip comments from CSS
64 MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](http://sindresorhus.com)