# JSON and Data Tools – CSV to JSON Parser

> JSON and Data Tools – CSV to JSON Parser is a paid API for AI agents from json-data-tools.x402tookit.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Parses CSV text (with quotes, escaped quotes, embedded commas, and newlines) into JSON rows, auto-detecting the delimiter and returning column names, records, and row count.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://json-data-tools.x402tookit.com/csv-parse?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/json-and-data-tools-csv-to-json-parser-800bd4df
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ydXbL_bUZ4HKQjp4jy1mU

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability json-and-data-tools-csv-to-json-parser-800bd4df
```

Example prompt: Can you parse this CSV text into JSON rows for me? It has a header row and some fields with commas inside quoted values: 'name,city,note\n"Smith, John","New York","loves coffee"\n"Doe, Jane","Los Angeles","works remotely"'

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you have raw CSV text (up to 4000 chars) that needs to be parsed into structured JSON records, especially when the input may contain quoted fields, embedded commas, embedded newlines, or escaped quotes that naive string splitting would mishandle. It is ideal for lightweight, per-call CSV-to-JSON conversion within an agent workflow without requiring a full data processing library. Prefer alternatives if your CSV exceeds 4000 characters, requires streaming, or needs schema validation beyond parsing.

## Known failure modes

- CSV text exceeds 4000 character limit — endpoint may truncate or reject input
- No header row present — column names will be auto-generated or parsing will be incorrect
- Ambiguous delimiter (e.g. both commas and tabs present) — auto-detection may choose wrong delimiter
- Severely malformed CSV with unclosed quotes — may produce ragged row count or partial parse
- Empty input — returns empty columns and records arrays
- Non-UTF-8 encoded content passed as string — may produce garbled cell values

## How this service works

Parse CSV text (quotes, escaped quotes, embedded commas and newlines) into JSON rows, detecting the delimiter.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing: an array of column names, an array of record objects keyed by column header, the total row count, the detected delimiter character, a count of ragged (malformed) rows, and optional source/summary metadata. Each record maps column names to cell values.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "csv"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "csv": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "CSV text with a header row, up to 4000 chars"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "asOf": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "source": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "columns": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "reasons": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "records": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
         "name": {
          "type": [
           "null",
           "string"
          ]
         },
         "note": {
          "type": [
           "null",
           "string"
          ]
         }
        }
       }
      },
      "summary": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "verdict": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "degraded": {
       "type": [
        "boolean",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "rowCount": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "number"
       ]
      },
      "delimiter": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "disclaimer": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "notChecked": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "raggedRows": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "number"
       ]
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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