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<!--GITHUB
page_title: Docker Distribution JSON Canonicalization
page_description: Explains registry JSON objects
page_keywords: registry, service, images, repository, json
IGNORES-->
# Docker Distribution JSON Canonicalization
To provide consistent content hashing of JSON objects throughout Docker
Distribution APIs, the specification defines a canonical JSON format. Adopting
such a canonicalization also aids in caching JSON responses.
## Rules
Compliant JSON should conform to the following rules:
1. All generated JSON should comply with [RFC
7159](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc7159.txt).
2. Resulting "JSON text" shall always be encoded in UTF-8.
3. Unless a canonical key order is defined for a particular schema, object
keys shall always appear in lexically sorted order.
4. All whitespace between tokens should be removed.
5. No "trailing commas" are allowed in object or array definitions.
## Examples
The following is a simple example of a canonicalized JSON string:
```json
{"asdf":1,"qwer":[],"zxcv":[{},true,1000000000,"tyui"]}
```
## Reference
### Other Canonicalizations
The OLPC project specifies [Canonical
JSON](http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Canonical_JSON). While this is used in
[TUF](http://theupdateframework.com/), which may be used with other
distribution-related protocols, this alternative format has been proposed in
case the original source changes. Specifications complying with either this
specification or an alternative should explicitly call out the
canonicalization format. Except for key ordering, this specification is mostly
compatible.
### Go
In Go, the [`encoding/json`](http://golang.org/pkg/encoding/json/) library
will emit canonical JSON by default. Simply using `json.Marshal` will suffice
in most cases:
```go
incoming := map[string]interface{}{
"asdf": 1,
"qwer": []interface{}{},
"zxcv": []interface{}{
map[string]interface{}{},
true,
int(1e9),
"tyui",
},
}
canonical, err := json.Marshal(incoming)
if err != nil {
// ... handle error
}
```
To apply canonical JSON format spacing to an existing serialized JSON buffer, one
can use
[`json.Indent`](http://golang.org/src/encoding/json/indent.go?s=1918:1989#L65)
with the following arguments:
```go
incoming := getBytes()
var canonical bytes.Buffer
if err := json.Indent(&canonical, incoming, "", ""); err != nil {
// ... handle error
}
```