null¶

When a schema specifies a type of null, it has only one acceptable value: null.

It's important to remember that in JSON, null isn't equivalent to something being absent. See Required Properties for an example.

Language-specific info:

Python

Ruby

In Python, null is analogous to None.

schema

1
{ "type": "null" }

data

1
null

compliant to schema

data

1
false

not compliant to schema

data

1
0

not compliant to schema

data

1
""

not compliant to schema

data

1
⠀

not compliant to schema

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