JSON Minify / Compress: Shrink the Size

While debugging we like JSON nicely formatted and readable, but on the network or in a file those extra spaces and line breaks only add size. Minifying removes the characters that are "friendly to humans but redundant for machines".

Note that minifying only removes whitespace — it does not change the meaning. It is usually the inverse of formatting: format for reading, minify for shipping.

If your JSON contains string values with lots of consecutive spaces, minifying will not touch the inside of those strings; it only cleans whitespace outside the structure.