JSON means JavaScript Object Notation. JSON is a format that is used to data-interchange purpose. For more information, refer to json.org website. Example of a JSON string, {"name": "Akarsh"} This JSON string can be stored in Objective-C using NSString like this, #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
int main (int argc, const char * argv[])
{
NSString *jsonString = @"{\"name\": \"Akarsh\"}";
NSLog(@"value of jsonString is %@",jsonString);
return 0;
}