A Bubble developer reached out with a problem that looked simple at first:
“Users need to upload JSON data and display it in the app.”
Easy… right?
Until reality kicks in.
Large JSON files started breaking everything:
Workflows became heavy
Parsing nested data was a nightmare
Performance dropped
And extracting simple fields required way too much logic
The worst part?
They didn’t even need the full dataset.
Just a few fields buried inside thousands of lines.
So instead of forcing Bubble to handle everything natively, we changed the approach:
Process the data before Bubble even touches it.
We built JSON Stream & Flatten that:
• Takes JSON from a URL, file, or direct input
• Extracts only the fields you need (using simple dot notation)
• Flattens complex nested structures
• Returns clean, ready-to-use data
What used to take:
-> multiple workflows
-> backend processing
-> manual parsing
Now takes:
-> one action
No hacks.
No heavy logic.
No performance issues.
Sometimes the problem isn’t Bubble…
It’s trying to make it do what it wasn’t designed for.
What the plugin does:
Raw JSON → Extract → Clean Data → Ready to Use
Editor:
Demo:
https://testlpu.bubbleapps.io/version-test/json_stream___flatten