partial-json-parser
Parse partial JSON generated by LLM
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Yes. This is a specialized, well-maintained tool with zero dependencies, permissive licensing, and a clear use case in modern LLM-streaming workflows. The active maintenance, recent releases, and top-5000 PyPI position indicate real adoption. Install if you're building applications that stream structured JSON from language models.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.6 or later.
- Zero runtime dependencies and pure Python implementation make installation frictionless.
- Active maintenance with recent releases; last commit 2026-04-22 and latest release 2025-11-17 indicate ongoing support.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license is permissive, allowing use in commercial and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions.
last release 2025-11-17 (270 days) · last repo commit 2026-04-22 · 137 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 6,367,402 downloads/mo, #1,920 on PyPI
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pip install partial-json-parser
from partial_json_parser import loads
result = loads('{"key": "v') # Returns: {'key': 'v'}
# Or complete the JSON string:
from partial_json_parser import ensure_json
completed = ensure_json('{"key": "v') # Returns: '{"key": "v"}'- Performance characteristics when parsing very large incomplete JSON structures.
- Behavior with deeply nested or complex partial JSON edge cases beyond the documented examples.
What it is and what it does
partial-json-parser handles a specific problem in LLM integration: when streaming JSON responses token-by-token, the JSON is incomplete until the final token arrives, making standard JSON parsing fail. This library extracts and returns whatever valid data it can from incomplete JSON, and can also complete partial JSON strings to valid syntax so they parse cleanly.
The parser works like the standard json.loads when given complete JSON, but accepts an optional `allow_partial` parameter (bitwise flags from the `Allow` enum) to specify which data types are permitted to be incomplete—strings, numbers, arrays, objects, booleans, null, or special values like NaN and Infinity. By default it allows all partial types. It has zero runtime dependencies, is implemented in pure Python, and includes type hints.
Use it for
- Stream structured data from LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) and display partial results to users as tokens arrive.
- Extract valid JSON objects from incomplete LLM responses mid-generation without waiting for completion.
- Build chat interfaces that show structured data (like JSON-formatted lists or tables) incrementally as the model generates them.
- Parse and validate JSON from sources that may truncate or cut off mid-response, recovering what data is available.
- Debug or inspect malformed JSON by attempting to extract the maximum valid structure before the error point.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
This is a specialized, well-maintained tool with zero dependencies, permissive licensing, and a clear use case in modern LLM-streaming workflows. The active maintenance, recent releases, and top-5000 PyPI position indicate real adoption. Install if you're building applications that stream structured JSON from language models.
Install
partial-json-parser on PyPI
Before you install
Zero runtime dependencies and pure Python implementation make installation frictionless. Active maintenance with recent releases; last commit 2026-04-22 and latest release 2025-11-17 indicate ongoing support.
Requires Python 3.6 or later.
License in practice
MIT license is permissive, allowing use in commercial and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install partial-json-parser
from partial_json_parser import loads
result = loads('{"key": "v') # Returns: {'key': 'v'}
# Or complete the JSON string:
from partial_json_parser import ensure_json
completed = ensure_json('{"key": "v') # Returns: '{"key": "v"}'Verify before relying
- Performance characteristics when parsing very large incomplete JSON structures.
- Behavior with deeply nested or complex partial JSON edge cases beyond the documented examples.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.6 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 270 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 6,367,402 / month, #1,920 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableIntended Audience :: Developers |
Evidence: partial_json_parser-0.2.1.1.post7-py3-none-any.whl
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