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Generate Pydantic v1/v2 Models from JSON in Seconds (and What to Fix Afterward)
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Generate Pydantic v1/v2 Models from JSON in Seconds (and What to Fix Afterward)

DEV Community: fastapi·Muhammad Iqbal·about 6 hours ago
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Hand-writing Pydantic models from a large JSON payload is mechanical work: map types, nest classes, repeat. I've been using a free JSON to Pydantic Converter from AabiTech to skip that step. Here's what it does and where you still need to think.

What it does

Paste JSON (or upload a file, up to 5 MB) and get Python model code back.

Nested objects become separate models, and arrays of objects become list[Model]

Pydantic v2 or v1 compatibility mode

Configurable root model name

2, 4, or 8 space indentation

Copy to clipboard or download as .py

Runs client-side; the page states your JSON is processed in the browser and generated code is never executed

No signup required.

Example

Input:

{ "name" : "Ayesha" , "age" : 25 , "active" : true }

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Output:

from pydantic import BaseModel

class User ( BaseModel ): name : str age : int active : bool

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With nested payloads, you get one class per object, referenced from the…

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