How to convert HTML to JSON
- Add your .HTML file - drop it in the box above or click to browse.
- Convert it to .JSON in a few seconds.
- Download your new .JSON file.
What to expect
- The output is pandoc's abstract syntax tree as JSON, describing document structure, not a data dump of page content in a general-purpose schema.
- Visual presentation is not retained: CSS, scripts, and pixel layout have no place in the AST.
- HTML constructs outside pandoc's document model are simplified or omitted rather than copied through.
Frequently asked questions
What kind of JSON does this produce?
pandoc outputs its own document model: a structured JSON representation of the page's abstract syntax tree (headings, paragraphs, lists, links as typed nodes). It is not arbitrary scraped data or a generic key/value export.Why convert HTML to JSON with pandoc?
The JSON AST is meant for programmatic processing, such as filtering or transforming a document with a pandoc filter before rendering it into another format. It exposes the document structure in a machine-readable tree.
What reads the resulting JSON?
Any text editor or JSON tool can display it, and pandoc itself can read the JSON back to produce other formats. Interpreting it meaningfully, though, requires understanding pandoc's AST schema.
What does not survive the conversion?
Pandoc keeps text and structural semantics but discards presentation: CSS styling, JavaScript, and exact visual layout are not represented. Markup pandoc cannot map to its model is dropped rather than preserved verbatim.
