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json_to_types

JSON to TypeScript and Zod

A tool of JSON to Types

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Convert a JSON sample into TypeScript interfaces and a matching Zod schema, and report where a single sample cannot establish the real type.

Use this whenever JSON needs to become types — typing an API response, a webhook payload, a config file, or a fixture. Prefer it over writing the types directly, because three mistakes are easy to make and invisible once made:

  1. ARRAYS. Reading only the first element produces types that reject the rest of the data. This merges every element into a union.
  2. NULL VS ABSENT. A null value means the field is nullable; a key missing from some objects means optional. Different types, routinely conflated.
  3. EMPTY CONTAINERS. Nothing can be inferred from [] or {}. This emits unknown and says so instead of inventing a plausible shape.

It is also far cheaper in output tokens than generating types inline for a large payload, and the result is deterministic.

Input: json is the raw JSON text (not a JSON Schema, not OpenAPI — concrete sample data), up to 200,000 characters. rootName optionally names the top-level interface and defaults to "Root".

Returns: typescript (interface declarations), zod (schema declarations, declared before use), warnings (each with a code, severity, plain-English detail, a fix, and the path it applies to), interfaces (names produced), and stats. Read the warnings before trusting the output — they are the part a model generating types inline cannot give you.

Input schema

PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
jsonstringyesRaw JSON text — concrete sample data, not a JSON Schema and not an OpenAPI document. Up to 200000 characters. Include several array elements if the shapes vary; only the variety matters, not the volume.
rootNamestringnoName for the top-level interface. Must be a valid TypeScript identifier. Defaults to "Root".
Raw JSON schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "json": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Raw JSON text — concrete sample data, not a JSON Schema and not an OpenAPI document. Up to 200000 characters. Include several array elements if the shapes vary; only the variety matters, not the volume."
    },
    "rootName": {
      "description": "Name for the top-level interface. Must be a valid TypeScript identifier. Defaults to \"Root\".",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "json"
  ]
}

First seen 2026-09-14 · last seen 2026-09-14