JSON Object to String

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How can I take a JSON object and convert it back into the original string format?

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Piotr Rochala · Answer 1 · 2011-06-20T14:33:29.877

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You could use an excelent json2.js library: https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js

Check out the JSON.stringify method.

Edit:

It seems like the librabry moved to github repo now: https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js

edited Jun 20 '11 at 14:33

answered Sep 02 '10 at 14:37

Piotr Rochala

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score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 02 '10 at 14:42

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Use the stringify method from Douglas Crockford's JSON object:

http://www.json.org/js.html

This will show your object in an alert box:

alert(JSON.stringify(myObject));

answered Sep 02 '10 at 14:42

Silkster

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Why would you need jquery support? After all it's pure javascript. – Xavier Combelle Sep 02 '10 at 14:45
the JSON library is not part of jQuery, but it is very useful. I highly recommend using it. – Silkster Sep 02 '10 at 14:50
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JSON is included natively in most modern browsers now! – Silkster Jan 10 '18 at 21:21

Bruno · Answer 3 · 2010-09-02T15:07:46.070

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There are a few jQuery plugins to do this. jQuery-json is one of them, which I've tried successfully.

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answered Sep 02 '10 at 14:39

Bruno

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

when it's an object, it's a javascript object, then it gets encoded as a string, a string that is a javascript syntax that expresses the object json-encoded. (JSON: JavaScript Object Notation).

However, these are the jquery built in function to parse json is jQuery.getJSON (retrieves the object out of the string).

to do things the other way around check this: Serializing to JSON in jQuery

JSON Object to String

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