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The JQ API

A powerful HTTP API for processing JSON data using jq filter expressions.

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The JQ API is a lightweight HTTP service for processing JSON data with jq filter expressions. It accepts POST requests to a single /process endpoint, supporting data transformation, filtering, and extraction tasks. An interactive API tester on the homepage accepts input JSON, a jq filter, and an optional bearer token, with example requests and cURL usage shown alongside links to jq and API documentation.

Authentication is optional: no account is required, and any UUID can be used as an API key. Unique UUIDs are rate limited to 1,000 requests per day, while anonymous usage without a token is limited to 100 requests per day. Higher rate limits for a UUID can be requested by contacting the service.

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