json.minify - Real Function Reference

json.minify(json: string, options?: DecodeOptions): string

Arguments

string

required

JSON string to parse before minifying. The function reads this argument with string type checking.

DecodeOptions

Optional decode options used while parsing the input JSON. A boolean sets useNull. A table can set useNull and maxDepth.

string

JSON string produced after parsing and re-encoding the input with default encode options.

Controls JSON parsing behavior.

Name	Type	Required	Description
`useNull`	`boolean`	No	Represents JSON null with the library’s null sentinel instead of nil.
`maxDepth`	`integer`	No	Sets the maximum nesting depth, clamped from 1 to 4096.

Parse valid JSON and re-encode it with default compact JSON output.

local formatted = [[{
    "name": "Real",
    "enabled": true,
    "missing": null
}]]

print(json.minify(formatted, {
    useNull = true,
}))