FAQ Section: JSON and Dictionaries

Frequently Asked Questions
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Usage

The new Dictionaries docs - MIT

The Web block to extract a dictionary from JSON (draggable)

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Why you shouldn't use numbers as keys in a dictionary - ABG July 2025

Tools

Blocks based JSON Browser - ABG

Blocks based JSON Filter and Lookup (2018, needs dictionary update) - ABG

Extracting data from JSON text (2016, needs refesh for dictionaries)

JSONTools extension - Luke Gackle

Web Component – JSON Response On App Inventor - Sajal Dutta

JSON Path Finder - @Luc_Volders

How to Prettify JSON with JavaScript - @Kevinkun

Collapsible JSON WebViewer - @Osmany_Ferrer_Borges , @TIMAI2

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